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Oh... shit. Oops (lemmy.zip)
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[–] [S] 31 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I'm trans myself... but yea I guess you're right. Didn't really see this as problematic... but yea fair enough

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  • [–] 31 points 1 day ago (1 child)

    It's not. It's just a scene from a movie. Aim your artillery at that cβ€”nt Rowling, instead.

    I liked the meme, keep em coming!

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  • [–] 2 points 20 hours ago (1 child)

    This is what aiming at her looks like.

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  • [–] 2 points 20 hours ago (1 child)

    This, as in what?

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  • [–] 2 points 18 hours ago (1 child)

    As in pushing back and making noise when people post stuff that helps keep her relevant.

    If I have a tool for decreasing the amount of harm she does, this is it.

    Will it make much difference? No, but if a single person hesitates before posting potter stuff in the future, then it helped a little

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  • [–] 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

    I, like many folk, just want to see less of Rowling, not more. That's all

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  • [–] 3 points 23 hours ago (1 child)

    I get where you're coming from and it's hard to tell the difference, but actually that's Robbie Coltrane, not J.K Rowling

    Jokes aside, that's a beloved character played by a beloved actor who unfortunately won't be appearing in any more movies. Personally I haven't sent a single cent Rowling's way since watching Deathly Hallows part 2 in the movies and never will again, but the bitch can't take away the fond memories I have of reading the books and seeing the movies, especially the first one where this is from.

    I think most people here on the fediverse know enough not to support her financially, but when it comes to memes, the movies aren't just her art, they were made by a ton of people who don't necessarily share her views (I suspect that in the 00s, nobody knew about them). And it'd be a shame to lose good memes that evoke such nostalgia

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  • [–] 3 points 23 hours ago

    Keeping her relevant in popular culture is supporting her financially, politically and socially, because her relevance influences both her wealth and her political clout.

    And I'm going to pushback against that. In this case, it was a single line snarky comment that referenced the meme in question. In response, I got 5 or so responses from people, each of them multi paragraph long, insisting on telling me just how it's actually ok to post Rowling stuff.

    And from my perspective, if you're ok enough with Rowling to not say anything when a Rowling meme is posted, you should also be ok enough with someone posting a snarky one liner in pushback against it.

    But if folk are ok with a meme that entrenches the relevance of a virulent transphobe, but a snarky response to that meme warrants a multi paragraph response, then it might be time to re-evaluate priorities...

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 22 hours ago (1 child)

    Same here. I would never willingly watch harry potter or support her on purpose. I just thought this was a good meme template and honestly, I love Hagrid. Hagrid is fictional and his actor is dead. I don't care about JK, she can die. I still love Hagrid.

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