@jalefkowit I get what you're saying, I really do. Despite this being a big part of my childhood, I have boycotted her works.

However... I cannot bring myself to hate my friends for not boycotting the things I dislike. A weakness of mine

@sounddrill but they recognize rowling being a transphobe is awful at least, right?

@jalefkowit

@xyhhx @jalefkowit oh yeah they do.

I don't have any friends that love JK Rowling after that, I think. It was a general statement after some self introspection

@sounddrill @xyhhx @jalefkowit

The artist is not the art is not the fandom. You can like horrible peoples' work without condoning the author. (Or, as someone on here put, Rowling is a horrible person who did one good thing.)

In any case, I don't think it's a moral failing to like HP, as long as you're not *paying* for it.

@agturcz @suetanvil Are you saying we should permanently condemn everyone who has at any point been in the Harry Potter fandom?

Condemning giving money is one thing, condemning liking something is another thing completely.

@ahltorp @suetanvil For the first paragraph: I deeply believe people can change.

The second paragraph is your opinion. You're free to have it. But you will be judged, individually by each trans person, and determined if you are a safe person for them, or not. Some of them may know you personally, and they might say "yes", and mean it. Other will see only this toot, and make a quick evaluation - right, or wrong - based on their former experiences with people having opinion similar to you.

You have been informed. Do with this knowledge whatever you like.

@agturcz @ahltorp

To be clear, I don't actually *like* HP. I was pretty meh on it when it came out and have studiously avoided it since Rowling whipped out her transphobia for the world to see.

But, if that decision were harder--if HP was something I loved and it meant a lot to me--I don't know if I'd have made that decision. And so I can't judge someone for choosing the difficult choice just because it was easy for me.

(ctd)

@agturcz @ahltorp

I bring this up because it's better to have many imperfect allies than few perfect ones and chasing away folks who are mostly on your side except for this one niggling thing is going to do more harm than good.

Someone who sincerely supports trans rights and realizes Rowling a shitty person but still enjoys this creation of hers and the surrounding fan culture is still someone you want on your side.

(ctd)