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Sorry, but no. You can sit by the sidelines and cause harm. It's been done many times over throughout history, and sadly I'm sure we'll see it again. I'm literally witnessing a bunch of people ignore the plight of a marginalized group right here, right now.
I'm calling it out because it's exactly that. It's literally the least amount of effort I can put in while still doing what I think is right, not fucking nothing, and certainly not engaging in a community that is transphobe adjacent.
Again, company you keep reflects on you, ignoring a problem can be just as harmful as actively causing harm under certain circumstances.
Are these those specific circumstances? Maybe not. But I'll be damned if I don't call out indifference to suffering when I see it, which is exactly what this is.
I'm not speaking for all trans people. I'm speaking for me. It's the internet, try and stop me. If any person, trans or otherwise, wants to engage with me and argue why I'm wrong and presents a solid argument, I'd be more than happy to hear it.
But so far, all I'm hearing is a bunch of pearl clutching rhetoric dancing around the fact that to support HP in any way shape or form can only help JKR, and by proxy, her transphobic agenda. If that's what you all want to do, then go ahead. But don't pretend that's not what's happening.
I get it, you think you're doing good, I'd ask you to reconsider that. You're claiming someone is doing something no one has even considered yet. Judge the result, not your idea of what they're trying to do. You're painting a monster no one else sees.
I won't answer your second post to me since it wasn't targeted at you, and I'm lazy.
Yeah. That wait and see approach hasn't usually worked out for minorities...
No. I'm pointing out that due to nostalgia and a desire for community, HP fans willing to turn a blind eye to the hateful rhetoric of JKR are engaging with transphobic communities, even if the community rules attempts to discourage outright hate speech. If you can't see how that's harmful, you're blind.
Fair enough, though I'm happy to engage in discourse on that point as well.