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**Frownland** · 10-16-2021, 06:29 PM

Such a shame that we can only watch Harry Potter movies on every major network and HBO after we had the nerve to call JK Rowling transphobic. What have we done?

Guybrush · 10-16-2021, 06:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

Such a shame that we can only watch Harry Potter movies on every major network and HBO after we had the nerve to call JK Rowling transphobic. What have we done?

Of course we can because the world is full of transphobes and people who don't care. The major networks cater to them and make cash.

It's more that liking Harry Potter is now a signal that you're a transphobe to liberals who will now disregard anything you have to say about anything.

(Disclaimer: humorous hyperbole)

~~jwb~~ · 10-16-2021, 08:22 PM

I would def ban my kids from reading Harry Potter

WWWP · 10-16-2021, 08:33 PM

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Originally Posted by The Batlord

Hey where's Steph so I can tell her not to buy a house with some dude?

**Frownland** · 10-16-2021, 08:37 PM

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Originally Posted by jwb

I would def ban my kids from reading Harry Potter

They can read it, but only as a part of the Symposium of Evil where we also cover Mein Kampf, Bell Curve, Turner Diaries, The Secret, etc.

The Batlord · 10-16-2021, 11:16 PM

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I can't say for sure that cancel culture isn't good, because I'm not 100% sure. It could be that cancelling Dave Chapelle is the best thing for the world. But Dave is a guy who has brought a lot of joy to so many people and who also has spoken on some issues in a positive way. I still don't know what he's said this time around, but it seems sad to define the man entirely by a bad take during a stand up routine. I also don't think people like John Cleese and Richard Dawkins should be barred from speaking at unis and I wanna watch Harry Potter with my kid, even if Rowling has some bad ideas.

I'd rather help change the environment than cancel artists. We tend to focus a lot of attention on combating negatives, but it may actually be better to spend that time promoting the positives. It's a better way of influencing the "free market of ideas". You stand a better chance of getting your ideas under the radar and past the defenses of your would-be opponents. Before I get accused/strawmanned for it, I am not saying we can't still disagree. Do so, loudly if you want

Who's cancelling any of those people? The idea that a Twitter mob can cancel JK Rowling is a fiction probably penned by JK Rowling, along with all the reactionaries who want to elevate her. She's still rich. She's still on Twitter. She's still spreading TERF ****. And now you're here giving credence to her. Guess you got some reactionary genes in you.

And if you prefer to support a positive rather than combat a negative does that mean that when CNN invites Richard Spencer on to talk about something, we shouldn't discourage the platforming of a white nationalist, we should encourage them to speak to people who aren't white nationalists as well? Don't boot Alex Jones off Youtube, cause you don't want good Youtubers booted off along with him?

You still sound like a marketplace of ideas liberal. All the science **** is just dressing your ideas up in a lab coat.

SGR · 10-16-2021, 11:31 PM

If I could cancel two people, it would be Harry and Meghan. God am I sick of hearing about them. If Joe Biden promises to deport them back to where they came from, he'll have my vote in 2024.

~~jwb~~ · 10-16-2021, 11:59 PM

who?

The Batlord · 10-17-2021, 12:04 AM

Prince Harry and his vaguely black wife that scandalized a nation.

WWWP · 10-17-2021, 12:21 AM

I would love to be scandalized by her

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~~jwb~~ Account Disabled Join Date: Jul 2019 Posts: 4,403	I would def ban my kids from reading Harry Potter

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SGR No Ice In My Bourbon Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: /dev/null Posts: 4,326	If I could cancel two people, it would be Harry and Meghan. God am I sick of hearing about them. If Joe Biden promises to deport them back to where they came from, he'll have my vote in 2024.

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