• captainlezbian@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    The fact that she recently threatened to sue amnesty international and posted an upskirt picture of a (trans) woman (claiming it contained genital, and stating it’s because this woman refused to debate her) would in most circumstances convince people to drop her. But for some reason we’re still struggling to convince people that they can live without this series.

    It was important to my childhood too, but I don’t get to have nostalgia the hatemonger who wrote the books made them into something deeply associated with extreme bigotry against me, I wish that ruined it for everyone else too.

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      I’m not trans but people I care about are.

      I may be the minority, certainly the sales numbers indicate it as such, but it’s ruined for me.

      My happy memories tied to Harry Potter are intrinsically also tied to my trans friends. Everytime she opens her mouth she assults those memories (and my friends’ existence). I have no interest in fueling hate against people I know and love.

      I’m sorry that more people don’t feel the same.

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        Yeah and in case anyone is curious here’s a source after all, I’m just some lady on the internet with a bias, you shouldn’t trust me.

        But yeah, it’s really fucking bad. She should be arrested for it, but we all know she won’t face any consequences. Hell with how the uk has been lately I wouldn’t be surprised if the victim gets charged. No mercy for “evil trans predators” especially when they’re mad at “brave citizen journalists who are simply documenting their sex”

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      Disgusting, I plan to make sure she gets none of my money. She hasn’t really since the last main series movie came out. I just wish people would get over their nostalgia and see how this woman is using the money gained from tgeir love to fuel hate. I have never eaten ChicFilA and don’t plan to for instance. I do my best to not support problematic shit when I can. Buy bootleg merch if you want the stuff and pirate the movies and games.

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        I think it’s also important to remember that they’re not going to articulate it to themselves as “hate,” when they think they’re only passively supporting someone who is hateful. Liberals conceive of morality as individual actions and intent exclusively, which is partially why we still have to teach adults that racism is more than one person calling another a slur.

        The idea that financially supporting – let alone merely endorsing – a franchise owned by a hateful person is inconceivable to them as an act of hatred when they have no ill-will toward any trans people individually (if they even know any). I’m sure we’ve all experienced the family member who shuts down at the notion that they have to be better than simply not committing hate crimes directly.

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      I made my kindergarten teacher call me Harry Potter for like 2 weeks when i first got glasses. They were HP branded glasses too. I had all the binders and everything. Harry Potter, Star Wars, and LOTR were all pretty equal in my mind as a little kid. (i now recognize that LOTR is superior and SW is better than HP).

      JK Prowlings actions shattered me. Even though i was no longer that level of fanatic by that time. She was just getting super vocal about her trans hate and racism as i was coming out and starting my transition. What a cunt. Ruined a good thing for so many because she couldnt just not be the worst.