There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series

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There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series - Lemmy.World

Lemmy

For fuck’s sake… Rowling is an idiot and I totally disagree with her, but let’s not pretend she’s Hitler or something.

I hate these fabricated pearl clutching controversies.

So we all agree that if Hitler were profiting from a new HBO series, none of us would watch that. How far away from Hitler does one have to be to no longer warrant a boycott?
I think your thinking of this as a reason not to consume it but its a good point. If they have one drunk driving offense. If they jay walked. What is a light enough offense to overlook. Like there is a ton of movies that Harvey Weinstein had a hand in and so don’t watch any of those.

What if the offense isn’t in the past? What if it’s ongoing, and giving the person more money enables them to be even more harmful in the future?

I could see that as being a good place to draw the line. Like maybe I’ll watch an old Kevin Spacey movie, but I won’t give money to someone who is going to use that money to harm innocent people.