Not really down with burning the books, just that Rowling is using money from the series to fund a campaign against trans people.

I’m not going to spend money that someone is going to use to turn around and attack my rights with.

Like, if I was in the UK - it would be illegal for me to piss basically anywhere. Trans women are supposed to use the men’s, but because trans men are autistic self hating lesbians (the kind of shitty propaganda that bitch funds) we don’t exist and can’t piss in the men’s or the women’s.

I’m not very opposed to the mediocre children’s book series for their content - it’s just typical “the status quo is good actually.” I’m not going to give money to people who are using their money to hurt me.

I don't want to burn the books, just strip Rowling of ownership so she doesn't profit off of them any further is all. Maybe put them in the public domain early

everyone's pretty much on board with burning Harry Potter books.

No they aren’t.

The setting is fun. The author is garbage. Also don't think too hard about the characters or the way different magical races are portrayed.

When you reveal yourself to be a bigoted, hateful person, most evolved and compassionate people tend to dislike you.

I got threatened with a ban on Blahaj because I pointed out basically this when somebody posted a picture of a burning Harry Potter book. It wasn't even a criticism, it was just pointing out how funny life is that, for completely opposing reasons, trans people (and allies) and crazy Fundamentalists would both support what was happening in the picture.

The author (who was apparently a mod) made some comment about "hurr durr, mah both sides" and deleted my comment. It was very confusing, as my comment showed I clearly supported one of those sides (since I even referred to the Fundamentalists as crazy).

"It's the work of the devil!"

Maybe they were right all along. 🤔

I kinda feel vindicated now. after the whole "dumbledore is gay" thing, I complained that it was bullshit and made absolutely zero sense.

the whole journey none of it came up once, nor did it progress his character arch at all. it was a bit of fluff that sold books.

it cheapened the struggles of being gay IMO and honestly makes more sense now than it did then considering what kind of a vile troll she is.

Not enough people. You still see people talking about it, citing their Hogwarts houses, playing the games, squeeing about news of the TV show snd so on as if nothing was amiss, and dismissing any concerns about the profits going to persecute trans people as some kind of weird Peta-tier puritanism. It’s still considered acceptable in the mainstream to be into HP and be accepted as a good person.

In order to burn her books, you first have to purchase them, and at that point you've defeated your own purpose.

Overfixation on sexual identity issues is bad for trans people. Slow and steady progress is better than letting radicals steal the microphone. If you don't believe me, take a look at what Alberta and Saskatchewan are doing to trans rights. The only reason they are persecuting trans people is to spite the previous federal government whose performance was so lackluster that they resorted to identity politics slogans in order to appear "progressive". Trans people already have it tough. Using them as a banner instead of actually supporting them is going to make things even more difficult for them.

Yup, the month has only begun but I've already bought a 2nd Order of the Phoenix to burn. Poetic, really.

And it's not like the books changed. Just the people reading them.

Persecuting infidels has always been a universally popular occupation. The Christianity etc is only a justification.