“There is no ethical consumption under capitalism” is not a legit response to explicitly and loudly unethical sources of entertainment.
“There is no ethical consumption under capitalism” is not a legit response to explicitly and loudly unethical sources of entertainment.
“This whole Nazi thing will die out...”
“The South lost, so the whole Confederacy thing will die out...”
“If we ignore racism, it will die out...”
How’s that “wait it all out” plan working for everyone? All those problems are solved, right? I’m sure you think so, since if it doesn’t happen to you or the ones you know,…
“I 100% support LGBTQ+ community, buuuuuuttt...”
Is like saying
Ok, let’s hammer it lol.
I guess maybe what you’re not getting is that whilst Rowling’s views being reinforced might not directly harm trans people in the US, it does here in the UK, because she’s directly funding lobbying and legal intervention groups, as well has helping and supporting people with much more extreme TERF or straight-up…
Your reading comprehension is just really not great.
The argument that Rowling had nothing to do with the game’s content is hilarious, “they decided to make the most antisemitic game in history all on their own” isn’t the genius defense you think it is.
they already got paid for their work dumbass.
You would be ok with the hundreds of people working their asses off to make the game potentially lose their jobs because of something 1 bigoted woman said
I am not so deluded to think that me not buying a game results in anyone losing a job. What a ridiculous exaggeration - not even a nice straw man. I’m not going to support a woman with views I vehemently disagree with simply to keep other people in jobs. That would be silly logic. You saying “we must support the awful…
“Give me a reason that’s substantiated, not a threat of your perception of me shifting. “
If things died out because they got old then fascism, racism, and other garbage ideas would long be gone.
You used way too many words to just say “my apathy is more important to me than supporting trans people.”
It genuinely astounds me the level of effort people will put in to say how little they care.
Contributing to hate speech is done in two ways: by actually making the speech or by endorsing the speech (see, e.g., Trump’s statement on the Charlottesville terrorism incident, where he described neo-nazis as “very fine people.”) Endorsing speech can be done in myriad ways, including by spending money. You may have…
“just ignore it and it’ll pass over time”
It is ridiculously naive, but not less so your claim that it doesn’t matter. It isn’t like somewhere, abstractly, up the line there is a bad actor here: JK Rowling is a prominent part and directly benefits. Much more so than most scenarios, and she has used her influence to continue to hurt trans people. It also isn’t…
It’s not really “looking for reasons” when Rowling has very publicly made those statements…but this is all spoken like someone who probably has never had to deal with comments like these directed and them. Must be nice.
And who do you think inspires people to commit those murders, who shifts those people’s worldviews enough that they make the decision that a trans person’s life isn’t valid?
People aren’t “looking for reasons” to be angry. People are rightfully angry over transphobia, and this game is based on the franchise created by one of the world’s most visible transphobes. And fuuuuuuuuuck you and your stance of “ignore it and it’ll go away”. That’s not how social change works. The trans community…
and she celebrates every single time that happens.