Now is not the time to criticise the quality of JK Rowling's prose.

[andrewducker]

I've seen multiple posts in the last week or so saying "Well her worldbuilding wasn't great, and I wasn't impressed by her prose style, and she didn't credit her inspirations very well, so it's not like she was a huge loss as a writer."

And I think these posts are massively lacking in empathy. I mean, hurray, you don't have a huge attachment to a

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[radiumhead]

my motto is "money talks, bullshit walks." I seperate the art from the artist. If a great one turns out to be a nazi, not my problem. Likewise, im not gonna buy a shitty book just because someone is a good perosn.

[andrewducker]

Bigots get none of my money until they're dead. I'm not funding their bullshit.

[radiumhead]

and what rowling said isnt even that bad. Like wow, its so strange a woman might not agree that a guy who gets turned into a woman is a REAL woman.

[andrewducker]

Women support self-identification by 3:1 (57%:21%) and the majority of those that don't are the same bigoted people who don't support gay rights or women's rights.

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/uk-women-support-self-identification-transgender-people-boris-johnson-gra-a9616136.html

[sravakavarn]

Just now? I suspected in 2006.