Steve StrezaFeb 6, 2023

#JKRowling doesn't just espouse transphobic beliefs [0], she funds a sexual assault clinic that explicitly turns away trans women [1], and aligns herself with eugenicists and alt-right anti-abortion homophobes [2].

Buying #HogwartsLegacy directly funds her efforts to harm trans causes and take away the rights of trans people. You should not buy it.

[0] https://www.glamour.com/story/a-complete-breakdown-of-the-jk-rowling-transgender-comments-controversy
[1] https://www.themarysue.com/if-j-k-rowlings-womens-shelter-turns-away-trans-women-then-it-isnt-helping-women/
[2] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ou_xvXJJk7k

A Complete Breakdown of the J.K. Rowling Transgender-Comments Controversy

“Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling first came under fire for posting a series of controversial tweets about the transgender community in 2020.

Glamour
Show threadBetoFeb 7, 2023
@stevestreza honestly none of her public comments seem as egregious as they are reported on many outlets. She has beliefs, shouldn’t she have the right to have them? Are they bad opinions? Yes, but they don’t seem as extreme as they are often made out to be. I find it extreme to go as far as to tell other people enjoying a game is funding some type of an evil person. She may be wrong, but she is not evil. Buying Hogwarts legacy is not the same as buying something like Mein Kampf, Respectfully
Show threadSteve StrezaFeb 7, 2023
@Bto They are not "bad opinions", they are a political position which she regularly leverages to regress trans rights, or to deny trans people access to care. She has a fortune to use to achieve those political goals. She's aligned herself with ultra-conservatives who advocate eugenics and taking away gay rights or abortion rights. And by purchasing the game, you directly and indirectly fund those causes.
Show threadBetoFeb 7, 2023
@stevestreza but isn’t everything political? As much as I am pro aboriton rights, I do see how someone who is against is still coming from a not evil person perspective. It’s a gray area I wish we could all at least accept that. Eugenics topic I Willa crept I am not to familiar with. But I think, equating this game to this is not right. Like it or not Harry Potter will always be a cultural thing that people will flock to immerse themselves. Rightfully so.
Show threadviolet handsFeb 7, 2023
@Bto @stevestreza trans rights are not a gray area and neither is bodily autonomy.
Show threadBetoFeb 7, 2023
@chairgirlhands @stevestreza nor is freedom of speech. As much as I dislike her speech.
Show threadSteve StrezaFeb 7, 2023
@Bto @chairgirlhands Nobody is denying her speech, nor could we, as she has a fortune and infamy which give her a massive megaphone to espouse her hateful beliefs.
Show threadviolet handsFeb 7, 2023
@stevestreza @Bto Germany put legal restrictions on hate speech after WW2 because they realized an effective way to prevent genocide is to stop people from planning it and advocating for it openly. The US should do the same.
Show threadBeto
@chairgirlhands @stevestreza no. Government should never hold that power over anybody’s belief or speech. Like Voltaire said “I don’t agree with what you have to say, but I will fight to the death for your right to say it”. That is true freedom. Germany’s method is a recipe for a pressure cooker.
Feb 7, 2023 at 3:44amWeb
Show threadviolet handsFeb 7, 2023
@Bto @stevestreza Germany’s method has kept fascism out and led to a better society than the US. Minorities are safer there than here. Maybe let go of your starry eyed idealism and do what actually keeps people safe.
Show threadBetoFeb 7, 2023
@chairgirlhands @stevestreza you think minorities are unsafe here? Where is here exactly?
Show threadCHECK PINNED IF YOU FOLLOW MEFeb 8, 2023
@Bto @chairgirlhands @stevestreza what rowling does is in opposition to human rights, which trans rights are a part of. if you believe that it's okay to spread hate that results in anti-trans violence, you are against human rights