Does J. K. Rowling's transphobia ruin Harry Potter for you?

[Anonymous]

Yeah

No

Wasn't a fan regardless

[WhiteSteve]

Harry Potter, Lord Of The Rings, most of the big action/superhero franchises, and almost everything Disney are probably the most glaring gaps in my pop-cultural knowledge, haha. Just never saw them to love them or hate them either way.

I’d say that I generally separate the art from the artist though, so I can be disappointed with who somebody shows themselves to be while not letting that harm my appreciation of whatever it is they’re good at.

Like I LOVE R. Kelly’s music. Monster of a man, and I’ve known that all along. I’m the same age as Aaliyah would be. I remember when she first came out, we were both 14. And she wasn’t on her grown n’ sexy “Rock The Boat” stuff yet, she had kind of an innocent and upbeat New Jack Swing R&B song as her debut single. It was more just about her being young and talented. Then she disappeared for a minute (at least as I remember), I think Brandy and Monica popped up, and then Aaliyah was back, maybe 16 by then…. but also-new R&B star R. Kelly took off with her and married her with a falsified birth certificate, or went to a different state where it was legal, something shady like that, and I’m not sure how old he was, but he was DEFINITELY at least 23. I think her parents had to get it annulled.

So I knew he was a creep back in high school. And it was no surprise when I was in college and the thing came out with him pissing on some teenage girl. “There go Kels again….🙄🤦‍♂️”, lmao. And I haven’t even looked into the most recent stuff, but what I’ve heard sounds awful. So he’s gone away for a li’I minute✌️😂 And it is what it is. My only regret is I ALMOST went to see him live, right before all the big charges dropped, and I didn’t, and now I probably never will get to.

But he’s where he should be. I’ll just continue to enjoy his classics on the outside😝

So, I never caught Harry Potter, but if I ever do, I’ll like it or not based on the movies in a vacuum.

[sean1234]

I dont watch fantasy nonsense tv anymore, regardless, it doesn't change the fact that if I did still, the truth of the matter today would still be in effect back then. That being said, males and females are such because they are born that way. Go to Egypt or wherever and dig up a skeleton somewhere and tell me its NOT a male or female by how the skeletal structure is?

Tell them they were wrong.👇🏻

https://www.youtube.com/embed/LyJGijjI2JU

[sean1234]

"Its impossible to unsee the truth once you open you eyes to it." Watch that video. Transphobia? They basically said they were brainwashed by everyone around them and some did surgery they they HIGHLY regret..

[Razp_Sorbet]

Yes and no. I still enjoy watching the movies as most of the cast have spoken out against her. I also enjoyed the Hogwarts legacy game. But I wouldn't buy anything that directly lines her pockets. While this doesn't really make much of a difference since she has plenty of money it just makes me feel better.

The way she acts is very odd. Now she's going after asexual people which honestly goes to show her agenda against transgender people was never about the safety of biological women. She's just doing anything to stay relevant even if the relevance is negative.

[MemeSupreme]

i always forget about it until someone brings it up

[AI Opinion]

J. K. Rowling's comments have sparked controversy, and they definitely affect how some people view the Harry Potter series. For some fans, it's difficult to separate the author from the work. However, others continue to cherish the books and movies for their personal impact and the magical world they represent. Artistic appreciation can be complex, and each person navigates these feelings differently. 🌟

[genericname85]

she's not transphobic. she's just opposed to that modern "lgbtq+" fascism bullshit. nobody denies the rights or the personal values of people of different sexual preferences. but demanding everyone to use a vocabulary that a few quite litterally mentally ill people came up with is morbid. i'm not trying to make anyone feel bad. gender dysphoria is not a fun mental disease to have and just affirming somenes false cognitive perceptions of the world is not a "help" in any mental condition.

[Lliam]

I never got into Harry Potter much. It's for kids.
But J. K. Rowling's attitudes regarding trans are correct. I admire her courage in standing up to the bullies who are trying to normalize it and force it on society.
Vocal TQIA+ advocates should be stigmatized.

[BCRanger10]

I was never a fan to begin with and I guess there's a ton of other stuff she thinks that I don't like. But on this score, I'm all in.

[Anonymous]

I don't even understand why she wants to become more famous as a bigot then as a writer.

In her position it would have been easy to just let the money roll in without getting political.

I would have rather gotten rich then political.
and if you should get involved anyhow.
Aren't there anything more constructive to do then hating on minorities?

[TheSpaceGnome]

Pointing out that genital mutilation is crazy is not bigotry, its common sense.

[Opinion Owner]

Would you say all types of bullying, hating on minorities and hate crimes are common sense?

[OlderAndWiser]

She is AFRAID of transgender dudes? I hadn't heard that.

[Asker]

She is bigoted against trans people!

[OlderAndWiser]

Calling someone "phobic" is a disguised means of suggesting that they are mentally ill. Saying that "trans women are men in dresses" does not demonstrate mental illness, but simply indicates that she does not believe the fallacy that men can become women. People on the left love to call their opponents "phobic;" it is just their schtick and it seems to be rather meaningless.

[Asker]

Trans women ARE women

[OlderAndWiser]

You can say it in ALL CAPS, but that doesn't make it TRUE! However, there is no law against you being delusional. Do you also think that a man who is trying to be a woman can become pregnant?

[Pohjolan]

Nah we'd call them women and not transwomen if that was the case. Look gene editing might enable humans to swap genders in the future but we are not there for a few decades at least.

[OlderAndWiser]

@Pohjolan Excellent point!

[Staximus]

You have to be born with a vagina to be a woman, genius

[sean1234]

All this talk is SOOOOOOOOOOOO crazy!!! Why on Earth are we having these discussions? Hopfully the minority is ALSO people thinking this INSANE trans stuff is the norm. It really is true... Jesus IS coming soon... and we will meet him in the clouds.

[Pohjolan]

@sean1234
You guys have been saying that Jesus is coming soon for how many centuries now?
More than five years is not soon.
Your god won't lift a finger no matter how far the degengracy gets as it doesn't exist.

[sean1234]

@Pohjolan Lets review, birth rates are going down the toilet on a good day and to boot, people are being brainwashed into this trans stuff, this "WOKE" movement thing. Not to mention the percentage of kids getting autism is soo high, the average parent talks about it like its soo nomal... "Oh yeah... my kid has that also". Dont get me started about those vaxes, people will be dropping like flies soon from it and it will likely be blamed on something else, some other pandemic. This world is completely falling apart. As far as Jesus 2nd coming, certain things have to happen 1st... and quite frankly, most have. Thats kind of another story all together.

[Pohjolan]

@sean1234
Two wrongs don't make one right and two crazy people don't make one sane one.
Don't hold your breath waiting for Jesus. He didn't come for those waiting before and he won't come for you either.
And the world has been way worse at times if you can be bothered to read history.

[sean1234]

@Pohjolan things were worse when people in the past thought God didn't exist and decided to get rid of God, like during the French Revolution. OH, to note, if one were to live as if Jesus would never come, then they would have no faith, therefore Jesus who is God would not be in their lives. Its ironic though, we must live as if he's coming tomorrow to prepare FOR his coming. We dont want to be caught offgaurd as if he comes like a theif in the night and not make it to heaven.
At any rate people often are wrong about bible scriptire. Its better to read it as it says, not as tradition wills it.

[Pohjolan]

@sean1234
Nah they didn't abolish the church or something after the revolution.
The clergy lost some of their privileges but most folks were still christians at that time.
Besides whether post christianity societies are better or worse is irrelevant to whether their god is real or not.
A cope is still a cope even if its beneficial.

[SolitarySolace]

Not in the slightest. If anything it makes me want more from the Wizarding World!

[Miristheiss]

LOL!

Transphobia?

You mean common sense and the truth.

[TheSpaceGnome]

There is no "transphobia", sexual reassignment surgery is just pointless genital mutilation and should be illegal.

[TheSpaceGnome]

As for harry potter, I still need to see the movies so I dunno if its any good.

[Shiprex]

So is circumcision and yet America thinks mutilating boys for cosmetic reasons (women claim to like the look) is acceptable

[TheSpaceGnome]

@Shiprex Circumcision is done to both genders actually, not just boys, but yes thats also pointless.
However circumcision doesn't have longterm negative side effects in males, and despite claims does not reduce pleasure. Sexual reassignment surgery on the other hand completely destroys the genitals, making them entirely incapable of arousal, orgasm or reproduction.

[TheSpaceGnome]

Also circumcision isn't an American thing, its a Jewish thing.

[Asker]

80.5% of American men are circumcised. We're not 80% Jewish.

[Shiprex]

It's sexual mutilation without consent. Cutting the ear lobes off babies wouldn't stop them hearing but would be criminalised as abuse.

The removal of the natural protection of the glans does reduce sensitivity of that part of the body. No amount of religious propaganda can deny that.

CHOICE and consent are being denied to boys and since female circumcision is illegal that protection should be provided to boys.

[TheSpaceGnome]

@asker, actually no, its not 80.5%, whoever told you that, they lied.

[TheSpaceGnome]

@Shiprex "It's sexual mutilation without consent"
it is and is thus pointless and introduces risks as any surgery does and thus should be illegal.

"Cutting the ear lobes off babies wouldn't stop them hearing but would be criminalised as abuse."
Actually it would drastically effect hearing quality, the earlobe is functional.

"The removal of the natural protection of the glans does reduce sensitivity of that part of the body."
It actually doesn't, studies have confirmed this, the keratonized portions are just as sensitive as the mucus membrane as the only difference is applied pressure. Studies also confirmed that it doesn't protect against STDs as was claimed prior by proponants. It should be illegal regardless because its pointless and no surgery should be done thats pointless.

[TheSpaceGnome]

"No amount of religious propaganda can deny that."
I'm an atheist, I'm just being objective and refuse to budge on facts for an agenda. If hitler ever said something and was correct about it, I'd defend that specific statement as true even though he's an asshole and was wrong about a lot of things, because facts matter.

"CHOICE and consent are being denied to boys and since female circumcision is illegal that protection should be provided to boys."
Unfortunately its legal in the US to circumsize both genders (clitoris removal is illegal, but outer labia trimming isn't). I don't see that changing anytime soon for boys, because society isn't up in arms about it yet because men complained less as a society after the fact (mainly because uncut men tend to have insecurities about not being circumsized because a lot of porn actors are, its why uncut adults sometimes choose the surgery, so men as a whole aren't seeing it as a negative choice yet.)

Meanwhile me: We shouldn't tie the umbilical chord, no other animal has a bellybutton, its pointless and isn't proper healing. Who's complaining about that? No one. No one complains about wisdom teeth removal either, even though they are supposed to replace your molars. People are stupid.

[TheSpaceGnome]

Also High DHT levels are physically toxic to human bodies, but men go around touting it as "more manly" and do things to increase it beyond healthy levels. South Korea and Japan more often has men's health right as far as that goes. But many men see them as "feminine men".

If we want better standards and laws, people need to understand what healthy is first.

[TheSpaceGnome]

Most people don't even know that if you wake up with bad breath, you're sick. Most people have no idea that there is no safe level of alcohol consumption, most people don't know what amounts of each nutrient they need per day or week to heal properly from damage. Most people don't know that oxidation in the body is actually something you need to stay healthy and thar the antioxidant kick is pseudoscience. The list goes on.

[Asker]

www.cdc.gov/.../circumcision_2013.htm
According to the CDC it's a majority, and in fact used to be higher... so you're still wrong.

[TheSpaceGnome]

According to your link, I'm not wrong.

"Regional trends
Newborn circumcision rates for the four U. S. census regions showed distinctly different patterns (Table and Figure 2). For newborns in the Northeast, the overall trend was flat across the 32 years, and no discernible patterns were evident, although annual rates varied between 60.7% (in 2007) and 69.6% (in 1994). In the Midwest, fluctuations in newborn circumcision rates generally mirrored trends in the national rate: declining until the mid-1980s, increasing until 1998, and then declining again through 2010. Rates ranged between 82.9% in 1998 and 68.8% in 2009. In the South, rates of newborn circumcision generally increased from 1979 until 1998, after which they declined. These rates ranged between 53.8% (in 1988) and 66.1% (in 1995). In marked contrast was the trend for the West. Over the 32-year period, the percentage of newborns receiving circumcision at birth decreased 37%, from 63.9% in 1979 to 40.2% in 2010. Most of this decrease occurred in the 1980s, with the rate dropping to 41.0% in 1989. Rates continued to decrease through 2010, with a low of 31.4% in 2003."

This does not add up to 80.5%

[Shiprex]

@thespacegnome
Hearing would still be possible without the earlobe (that's the bit below the outer ear where most ear rings are placed and has no purpose)
There have also been studies that have shown men who've been abused this way can have long term negative psychological shame, jealous, victimisation and disgust. Like you said it SHOULD be illegal but is generally pushed as "better".

[TheSpaceGnome]

@Shiprex The earlobe is the entire protruding part of the ear, not just the bottom. It acts as a funnel to help the inner ear detect the direction of sounds, it also acts as an amplifier, so cutting off the earlobe would result in sounds being quieter and it being harder to tell where its coming from.

[TheSpaceGnome]

This is why animals that can move their ears in the directions of sounds to aid in hearing.

[TheSpaceGnome]

that can aid in hearing do so*

[Shiprex]

@thespacegnome
NO it's not. The LOBE is the dangling bit beneath the helix, and is the part of the outer ear without cartilage.

[OneViewpoint]

I never liked the Harry Potter stuff to begin. It’s a British thing. Silly to me.

[Anonymous]

She’s a perfect example of how twisted our world is:
Writes a fantasy book about wizards and goblins and elves. Everyone loves her
Speaks something that factually true and based 100% in reality. Suddenly she’s a “transphobe”

[beefcakebradybatson]

The only Wizard of whom I was a fan is the late basketball Hall Of Famer, Baltimore/Capital/Washington Bullet/Washington Wizard centre/Head Coach/General Manager Wes Unseld !!!

[Opinion Owner]

Damn, referencing a guy who retired in 1980 that’s some OG shit

If your age is accurate he hung it up when you were my age

Guess that means I will still be a Lebron fan even 40 years from now huh

[DrPepper12]

Good authors always have some distasteful or even disgusting quality about them. It's fine with me even though I think as a human being she sucks.

[NicholasRedone]

I do feel like it's unflattering "news stories" that "for me personally feel" like it tarnishes (ruins) the brand

[LiamJHayden]

I was never a fan. I do like fantasy, but I have always found the writings of Asimov and Tolkien far more compelling.

[Shiprex]

I must look into Asimov as Tolkien was awesome

[DrPepper12]

@Shiprex They are both very good! Highly recommended

[Nikki1989]

It was ruined long before all of that came to light.

[Shiprex]

The fact it was shit in the first place I think made it shit all over.

[exitseven]

No but she is a rabid liberal so that sort of sours me on ever buying anything related to Harry Potter

[Luckycharms12]

what has that got to do with Harry Potter. can like someone's work.

[alice55]

It don't but her changing race of her character is not a good move.

[AviatorTom]

Never read any Harry Potter books or seen any of the movies.

[bolverk]

If anything ruins Potter for me it is the entitled whinging of Radcliffe, Watson, and Grint.

[beefcakebradybatson]

Sure does. (Not that I read it, but...) RUCK FOWLING !!!

[Cameila99]

Wasn't a fan regardless. Make me even more less of the fan.

[Panthero80]

You wouldn't be able to enjoy anything if you had to agree with the politics/religion of the creator of the book, movie, song, etc.

[Sluttt]

Transphobia is prevail these day. All the perverts are coming out under the umbrella terms.

[Sluttt]

She is a bitch anyway

[sean1234]

Im confused, who are you saying are the perverts?

[DCVsMarvel2]

She writes books about being different

Then goes on a tirade against people who are different

[sean1234]

Maybe she will write a book about people who get brainwashed, but the brainwashed people will tell the others that they in fact are the brainwashed ones? In a sense you are saying poeple today should be living in a trans Fantasy, just as the "Different" fantasy Harry Potter Characters.

[nawtee_me]

Why should it people have a right to be themselves. Whom ever that might be….

[Sabretooth]

was never a fan. but, my biggest issue was Hermione and Ron.

[Godihateyou]

The books suck only slightly less than the movies. I haven't watched any of them or read them but I pay for them to support based JK

[QuietRunner]

I actually prefer her speaking out like she does

[Staximus]

A man dressed like a woman is still a man

[Blueeyes81]

Never read the books nor saw the movies.

[EmmiL]

No I don't care about Harry Potter

[WhitneySnow]

Sadly yes

[blackeagle007]

Who is this?