Hurem Posted February 22, 2023 Posted February 22, 2023 1 minute ago, Harrier said: I can see this point of view because emotionally I can see how attacks drove her into a corner. She doubled down in the face of what were initially disproportionate attacks and threats years ago. But in the end she has responsibility for her own actions and until she relents her TERF activism I don't think she deserves much sympathy. I guarantee you she has had many people try to reach out to her in good faith by now, and she's ignored them. Oh, I don't think she deserves any sympathy at all. I'm just thinking that letting her off the hook might've been more beneficial for the community than coming for her, because I don't feel the rest of the world cares about this at all.
LustSpell Posted February 22, 2023 Posted February 22, 2023 Most people don't know about her remarks, no. That's why I found the uproar behind the game stupid because trying to punish average people for enjoying something they have no idea about is stupid.
Headlock Posted February 22, 2023 Posted February 22, 2023 2 hours ago, Machete said: Genuine counter question: Do a majority of gay people? You forget that a lot of gays are secretly transphobic, if not outwardly. We even have an example: 2 hours ago, RussianRoulette said: Same.
Headlock Posted February 22, 2023 Posted February 22, 2023 1 hour ago, Harrier said: I can see this point of view because emotionally I can see how attacks drove her into a corner. She doubled down in the face of what were initially disproportionate attacks and threats years ago. But in the end she has responsibility for her own actions and until she relents her TERF activism I don't think she deserves much sympathy. I guarantee you she has had many people try to reach out to her in good faith by now, and she's ignored them. Which shows she never deserved sympathy in the first place
XAMJ Posted February 22, 2023 Posted February 22, 2023 They know she says weird things but don't care since people love Harry Potter. They are able to put the 2 apart.
midnightdawn Posted February 22, 2023 Posted February 22, 2023 She never does tv or radio interviews so that minimizes the exposure of her comments. She just posts essays online which most people can't be bothered reading. Trans issues aren't considered relevant to a lot of people. They might be supportive of trans people but conservatives have made the debate all about bathrooms and trans athletes. Also a lot of straight people don't care about Harry Potter so JK Rowling's opinions are irrelevant to them.
Archetype Posted February 22, 2023 Posted February 22, 2023 3 hours ago, Aristotle said: complain about JK Rowling's transphobic tweets Absolutely zero people I know, queer or straight, follow JK Rowling on Twitter nor do they go out of their way to search for news about her. She’s completely irrelevant if you aren’t obsessed with HP or following trans rights. Most people don’t care about what she has to say because they don’t care about her as a person, not because they agree or disagree with her stance on trans people.
BrokenMachine Posted February 22, 2023 Posted February 22, 2023 The majority of straight people don't care about JK Rowling in general
Into The Void Posted February 22, 2023 Posted February 22, 2023 43 minutes ago, Archetype said: Absolutely zero people I know, queer or straight, follow JK Rowling on Twitter nor do they go out of their way to search for news about her. She’s completely irrelevant if you aren’t obsessed with HP or following trans rights. Most people don’t care about what she has to say because they don’t care about her as a person, not because they agree or disagree with her stance on trans people. This.
kellysclarkson Posted February 22, 2023 Posted February 22, 2023 They're not even in the know, social media isn't real life
Mr. Mendes Posted February 22, 2023 Posted February 22, 2023 I don't think even the majority of gay people care. I would go as far to say that I don't think the majority of people on Twitter who push back against her really care, its more for appearances sake than anything else. Transphobia is deeply engrained into the public consciousness and even those who're supportive of the trans community still carry with them certain biases that they may be unaware if. It's a systematic phobia and it's why the trans community has responded so vocally to the rhetoric someone like JKR is choosing to share. Her comments just contribute to that transphobic system being kept in place. I hope with time more people realize what it is she's actually saying. Because she's hiding behind feminism, she's gotten away with a lot of it, but at it's core, it's transphobia.
Robert Posted February 22, 2023 Posted February 22, 2023 Most people aren’t that aware or only have a vague awareness. Twitter isn’t a good reflection of real life.
bestfiction Posted February 22, 2023 Posted February 22, 2023 No, but people care about Harry Potter, not JK
vale9001 Posted February 22, 2023 Posted February 22, 2023 (edited) 99.9% of straight men are against the idea someone with a ***** can be in the same lockroom of their teen daughters. And it's not the Trump voter, It's every Obama and biden voter too. Edited February 22, 2023 by vale9001
FOCK Posted February 22, 2023 Posted February 22, 2023 Most people don’t care enough about trans welfare & causes as much as they claim to. See: People not even being willing to forego the simple request not to support a video game as a show of basic allyship. I also don’t think the GP is as invested or aware of JK’s remarks & toxic rhetoric. The majority likely agree with her in private, because of the disingenuous & incomplete way it’s reported.
Mr. Blue_Shirt Posted February 22, 2023 Posted February 22, 2023 Sadly, most people don't really give af about transphobia and homophobia in general
liquiddiamonds Posted February 22, 2023 Posted February 22, 2023 She knows it stays in a bubble. The closest it came from crossing beyond twitter was when she was not announced for the reunion. Most potterheads don’t follow her like that. Still, i doubt they’s do anything about it, since the ones that know don’t do and defend the books as part of their personality, childhood, etc lol most of the world is transphobic anyway
AvadaKedavra Posted February 22, 2023 Posted February 22, 2023 (edited) I am sure that 90%-95% of the planet does not care about cancel culture or all that. Only North Americans discuss it continuously. The world is more conservative-backwards than many who live in their American bubbles believe I love everything Harry Potter but i dont wanna support Rowling. I dont know if i should get the products pirated or something. All the other fantasy franchises are not as interesting as this one Edited February 22, 2023 by AvadaKedavra
RunUpDoneUp Posted February 22, 2023 Posted February 22, 2023 (edited) As a member of the lgbt community, why would you use the metric of the demographic responsible for the systematic harm and genocide of our people the world over as any reasonable barometer that would give any insight into whether a member of one of the strongest classes on our planet in all of human history is doing harm, as any sort of grounding mechanic? Straight people are literally inoculated from lgbt existence by and large by sheer number of their kind, much less the media's horrible, HORRIBLE ability to cover us well, not even taking into account the massive hate campaigns launched by religious institutions the world over before most of these people have even gone to school where once again, our existence is minimal if at all acknowledged. In context; what straight people think affects policy effectiveness NOT whether something that has literally been well poisoned before any governmental body has even tried to make life easier for them, is worth fighting for. For most of lgbt history, thousands of us have had to die before straight people have taken notice in mass(this scales for population size by the by.) Edited February 22, 2023 by RunUpDoneUp
chester Posted February 23, 2023 Posted February 23, 2023 On 2/22/2023 at 1:18 AM, Hurem said: No. I feel as if she was the wrong enemy to fight, honestly. Had she not been called out in the first place, her ego wouldn't be bruised enough to go as far as donate money to support transphobic political groups (or whoever she's been giving her money to). Receipts?
SapphireSky Posted February 23, 2023 Posted February 23, 2023 Why would they care lol they would agree with her
Heartbreak Prince Posted February 23, 2023 Posted February 23, 2023 Of course not, no-one really knows outside of the Terminally Online who constantly give her promotion.
Gladiator Posted February 24, 2023 Posted February 24, 2023 (edited) No, but as a disclaimer to that observation, the majority of the straight people I know have no idea what is going on with her and what she says on Twitter. The last thing they heard from her was that wizards would crap on the floor and make it disappear. Edited February 24, 2023 by Gladiator
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