• Wolf Link 🐺@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    Ok? So what If you already bought and read the books, does that mean you’ll have to throw them away, burn them, and you’re never ever allowed to enjoy the fictional story of Harry Potter ever again because the author is an ass…? Or that by liking the fictional story you automatically support her world view as well, finances aside?

    It’s the exact thing I described. Yes J.K. Rowling is nuts but that does not mean that you have to hate the Harry Potter books / movies. You can hate the author for what she did and said independendly from the stories she wrote.

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      1 year ago

      Keep the books, cherish 'em. I don’t care.

      I’m just saying knowingly giving money to hateful people is where folks tend to draw the line. Some folks can still enjoy the art, some folks have their perception of the art tainted by the hateful ideologies of the artist.

      You’re free to do as you wish, but some folks have trouble separating the art from the artist, and have valid concerns around consuming of art from hateful artists.

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      1 year ago

      I always hated those books when I was a kid before any of the shit about JK came to light - and its cause she’s a fucking hack.

      Troll, the film from 1986 is a story about Harry Potter and the Potter family where he ends up training along side a witch to defeat evil.

      She’s a hack and her story blows.