had this convo just yesterday 🤦‍♀️

https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/41078091

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I would say it’s fine to pirate Harry Potter media.

So if you are really that into it, just pirate it.

I disagree.

Interacting with the new show, even through piracy, leads to more voices talking about it and making Rowling’s cash-cow culturally relevant. It also normalises the shit takes she pushes through her stories at children.

I don’t like Ben Shapiro, and wouldn’t pay a dime for his streaming service. But pirating Chip Chilla to show to my kids still gives him a say in how me and my family view the world.

Why does Rowling get a pass? Because I happened to read her racist, classist tripe when I was a kid?