JK Rowling certainly wasn't obsessing about trans people when she was on the dole.

And I think that's the appropriate stance. Its ok to admit you _used_ to like something before you became aware of the creator's opinions or behaviors. Just don't give them any more money.

Strange, I was _just_ thinking of the mastodon.lol implosion what, 3 yrs ago? 4? when the stupid wizard game came out... that ended.. poorly. In any case, yeah, promoting or talking openly about the bad things on socials counts as giving the bad thing air which is giving it - and thus the creator - more money. (not to excuse that admin for handling everything badly)

I guess from my point of view stating that 'I am against hate' goes without saying & I am more interested in the subjective elements of the discussion.
I really don't feel the need to show off or promote myself either (you know how YTer will film themselves donating and shit like that) even though you are right - opening with that would have been better.
I don't suffer like you guys suffer so I didn't read it from your POV, sorry about that

And I literally just told you NOT to do that.

I told you that it's far more effective to educate people about JK Rowling's bigotry. You don't need to educate trans people about why cishet people are still engaging in her work. We already know. And it's still shitty.

Nowhere in your first comment do you do that. Please work on your self awareness.

I am simply stating my beliefs in whatever way 500 characters or less allow me to.

I genuinely hope the author stops reaping boundless amounts of cash after everything they have done. It is part of lots of things that are horrible in the modern world.

Ok then what happened here is a very different problem.

Minorities are often acutely aware of what is causing our oppression to happen. We spend a LOT of time discussing it within our circles and doing what we can to fight it.

We KNOW that lots of people are unaware of what's happening.

The issue with this thread is that you felt the need to come in and tell us why it's happening, and that wasn't necessary. So it comes across as starting a fight and downplaying the issue. So just don't do that.

Tell us what you're doing to fight the ignorance. Not why the ignorance is occurring.

JK posted an upskirt image of a Trans woman on her Shitter account, which is sexual harassment. If that isn't someone's last straw, then they're not worth associating with.

Rather than playing semantics with trans people on the internet, you could go help get the message out.

Go tell others what JK Rowling is doing and why it's bad to engage with her work. Show that you actually care.

Then we don't have to keep going down this rabbit hole.

But if you keep just arguing with trans people on the internet about it and downplaying our experiences and telling us we're overreacting, then you're absolutely part of the problem, if not THE problem, in your actions alone.

yes

and this really annoys me:

https://mas.to/@afewbugs@social.coop/117070276725917015

(read the last paragraph in the story; ugh)

By opinions I mean the ones based on the art and author thing - factual, referential statements that happened aside, I think I am only discussing the subjective matter on 'who could someone who enjoys an IP possibly be & what can we attribute to them based on that'.

Don't downplay what I'm saying as "opinions."

JK Rowling wants me, and everyone like me, dead. That is not an opinion. It's a fact.

She laughs when trans people kill themselves.

She gives money to politicians and lawyers who want us banned from all parts of society.

You. Are a part of that by engaging with her work.

That is not an opinion. So fuck you for calling it one.

People should absolutely take responsibility for their bad choices but I think expecting everyone to know the biases of the creators of anything, while maybe a fair curiousity, should not be an expectation imposed on absolutely everyone.

These are my personal opinions though & I completely understand yours as well.