everyone’s pretty much on board with burning Harry Potter books.
No they aren’t.
I don’t want to burn the books, just strip Rowling of ownership so she doesn’t profit off of them any further is all. Maybe put them in the public domain early
If wishes were horses, beggers would ride.
One of this things is within your power; the other, isn’t.
That said, burning her books only benefits her. If you want you hurt her, find someone who wants to buy and read them, and give them yours.
In order to burn her books, you first have to purchase them, and at that point, you’ve defeated your own purpose.
People burning books usually burn other people’s books, not their own.
:shrug: Someone bought them.
Not necessarily. They could go to the store and burn all the stock of one particular book.
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Citation provided
Not seeing where the books came from in any of the accounts of book burnings, but even if they’re in a bookstore, the publisher’s already got the money, as has the author. It’s all performative nonsense either way.
Performative nazism, lol.
And it’s not like the books changed. Just the people reading them.
The setting is fun. The author is garbage. Also don’t think too hard about the characters or the way different magical races are portrayed.
When you pay the game you realize how few women and non-white characters there were.
Yeah if you start analysing it and paying the slightest attention with -phobias in mind the whole thing starts looking at bit sus.
When you reveal yourself to be a bigoted, hateful person, most evolved and compassionate people tend to dislike you.
I’m not OK with burning them
But OMG it’s a kid book. It’s fine. For pre-teens. Everybody obsessing over it passed 16 must see a psychologist imo
As a psychotherapist, let me tell you, it would be a good idea if more adults read some children’s books sometimes.
A kids book owned by someone who is using the money and fame to campaign to destroy the lives of a bunch of my friends and millions of others.
You can like the book at whatever age idc, but please understand the sentiment that the author should not be getting revenue from those books because they are trying to legally define people out of existence. I’m not a fan of erasing media and, not having read the books, I have no way to be offended by their content, but I do not want Rowling profiting from their sale. Spread pirated digital copies in place of print until it ends up in public domain.
I used to be of that opinion, but after a series of conversations about it I came around to the idea that any engagement, even non-commercial, has the effect of promoting the brand.
I’m just waiting for her to die so we can do like Lovecraft and enjoy the books while hating the author.
I kinda feel vindicated now. after the whole “dumbledore is gay” thing, I complained that it was bullshit and made absolutely zero sense.
the whole journey none of it came up once, nor did it progress his character arch at all. it was a bit of fluff that sold books.
it cheapened the struggles of being gay IMO and honestly makes more sense now than it did then considering what kind of a vile troll she is.
I thought it was fine in a “it didn’t come up because it didn’t and shouldn’t have mattered” way.
