@stux
I don't agree.
The Harry Potter books were definitively the best reading experience I've ever had in my life.
I've read all of the books to my kids as well, and I wouldn't miss a minute of that wonderful time.
There is some much magic and wisdom in those books, and the prophecies of the hard times we are in at the moment.
I am here to protect her and willing to cast every spell I know with the exception of one of the forbidden ones.
@anthrazit @stux I have some follow-up questions.
- do you think I deserve healthcare?
- do you support my right to call my wife a woman?
- do you think people should be allowed to choose what we do with our bodies?
- do you think racism or anti-Semitism are bad?
- do you think women are harmed by a system that enforces strict gender roles and places their value on how well they meet an arbitrary aesthetic standard?
If you answered "yes" to any of these, you might want to rethink your support.
If I would solemnly swear to just have social contact with people I totally agree with I would be the loneliest person in the world.
@anthrazit so instead you choose to align yourself with fascists. Personally, I'd rather be lonely* than a fascist, but YMMV
*I've actually discovered that trying to take away human rights from entire groups of people is a pretty easy line to draw and still find plenty of friends, especially when those groups altogether are >half the planet. I associate with people who disagree with me on all sorts of things--whether certain people deserve the right to exist doesn't have to be on the list
@anthrazit This is not about agreeing if eggs are good or not. This is about agreeing if trans people have rights.
If you don't think they do, then no. I absolutely cannot "have social contact" with someone like you. @raphaelmorgan @stux
@anthrazit
Popper's Paradox as social contract is very simple, and you've just excluded yourself from it.
@dzwiedziu @raphaelmorgan @stux
Actually according to this definition this is something you do, not me.
It is not a blank check to silence opposition: The goal is to protect a tolerant society, not to censor all views deemed unpopular.
I have never excluded someone in this discussion by his/her opinion.
I just defend Rowling's right to have a different one. I don't agree on some of her views, but I defend her right to have a different view.
That is democracy, if you like it or not.
@anthrazit
Ah, first reply and I got DARVO crossed from my alt-right bingo, and several right-wing talking points.
What you call “unpopular” is in JKKKR's words: transphobia, queerphobia, holocaust denial, financing those views; from her works you can add pro-slavery (Dobby), antisemitic (goblin bankers), (a short list).
So you can defend her “views” and call it a “democracy” or even “marketplace of ideas”, but you're just pro-fash.
Image unrelated.
@dzwiedziu @raphaelmorgan @stux
You have definitely not read Harry Potter.
@anthrazit
Well, it's for the better, if I'd become a pro-fash, like you.
Now bugger off.
@anthrazit @dzwiedziu @raphaelmorgan @stux
A TOLERANT society, huh?
This isn't about censorship. It's about handing money directly to people who are trying to push a marginalized group out of existence. Forcing trans women to be in mens' prisons, for example, is going to get some of them killed. Do you get that?
https://www.advocate.com/news/jk-rowling-anti-trans-organization
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