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JK Rowling condemns Lilly Wachowski's claim she's 'funding trans genocide' (www.thepinknews.com)
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The Sense8 creator said: “JK Rowling funds trans genocide, full stop. So, if you support Harry Potter, you’re supporting trans genocide.

“The money that goes into you enjoying these products, a portion of that money goes to JK Rowling and that money goes into her funding anti-trans legislation all over the world.”

Wachowski suggested that trans allies should boycott work that benefitted Rowling financially, including HBO’s upcoming TV adaptation of the Harry Potter series.

“In the same way that if you are against Elon Musk, you boycott or don’t buy Tesla; and if you’re against global warming/climate change, you try not to buy as much gas, you try to mitigate your use of these products,” she said.

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[–] 8 points 3 weeks ago (1 child)

When people do fucked up shit and my consumption gives them the means to continue doing fucked up shit, I stop consuming. It's not a hard concept.

Woody Allen is a predator? Guess I'll wait until he's dead before I re-watch Annie Hall. Bill Cosby is a rapist? I don't need to buy Leonard Part 6 on DVD. Hell, Chipotle got caught union busting? There's other Mexican places that are better anyway. I can choose not to engage once I know it's a bad thing.

Stop trying to justify your own moral failing by saying, "Well I bet everyone does it and they just don't know it!" No one makes perfect choices, and you're right that some of the stuff I consume is probably made by bad people and I just don't know it yet. The difference seems to be that once I do know, I change my behavior.

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  • [–] 1 point 3 weeks ago

    The difference seems to be that once I do know, I change my behavior.

    No, you don't, and you've told us you haven't. You just tell us you do for "points" on the Internet, like anybody's counting.

    I've said at least 2-3 times that I read these books and played these games in the past and that I'm not buying the new audiobooks, I'm not watching the new series, etc. But you still persist.

    If anyone were counting, they'd be able to see that as well.

    Hold yourself to the same moral code you hold others to. Your problem is that your moral and ethical system benefits you and makes everyone else a liability. Alter it a bit so you're held to the same standards. Otherwise, you can't hold the high ground, and anyone you're trying to score points with can see it.

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