I forgave people's ignorance about J.K. Rowling 10 years ago
I forgave it 5 years ago, except in two long time romantic interests who purchased Hogwarts Legacy. claiming to get me better than anyone yet clearly not understanding me at all
but its 2026. if you're selling it, buying it, unboxing it for a video, I gotta figure you know its enabling a Trans Genocide and don't give a damn
@normjess As soon as I realised she was also ‘Robert Galbraith’ I stopped watching those filmed episodes. Harry Potter was good for getting my kids reading back in the day [in their 30’s now]; but none of us will entertain anything related to him/her about the place ever again. If I see any such books in the local store I turn them upside down and back to front… 😈
@normjess I would posit a possible exception to the broad brush... you *could* be an Auld Pharte who has only just discovered the very tip of the Internet iceberg and has no bl----y CLUE what a trans person is...
I am reasonably certain my mother the Luddite is in that class of people. I haven't broached the subject specifically yet.
Now, once I do, her reaction will absolutely have a bearing on the nature, indeed, the possible _existence_ of our continued relationship. As indeed it should for all such people once suitably clue-batted.
AND, yes, people who are _making videos_ (instead of just watching them aimlessly), who will doubtless *be* cluebatted within 0.0000001 seconds of posting such a vid, double down in any way? F them and the billionaires they rode in on.
@stonebear2
I'm sure some people living under a rock have never seen a smartphone or anyone with a different skin tone
but that's not the vast majority of people
if cis people were being removed from society, and trans people were buying products that fund it, you better believe cis people wouldn't have sympathy for any ignorance
last month clothing brands and fast food companies suddenly decided they could start doing Harry Potter themed stuff again. backlash over, nobody cares anymore
its probably to seed the ground for that TV show full of morally devoid actors generating capital for Rowling's favourite anti-trans organizations and then pretending to be neutral in press
the deepest cut will be when people who claim to be my friend buy Hogwarts Legacy 2 and then act like its me that is the problem for being mad
I feel you though. my mother does not support me. I look after her, but I've stopped loving her