I mean, you’re more than welcome to stay politically ignorant. I’m not an arbiter, but I am just describing facts.

Also, what they said was absolutely not 'fuck ethics I’m going to concern myself with my own needs"

Nice bad faith misrepresentation of what they said.

Congratulations on missing the point

Unfortunately not all of us saw it, and some even still vehemently refuse to accept it

Your scale is off. Religions and cults are the same thing. The only difference is how accepting society is of them. There is no third option.

Then you should already understand that keeping your actions “legal” doesn’t guarantee protection, and that forgoing effective means of resistance only helps the oppressors to have an easier time oppressing your fellow people.

The voters are not responsible for your oppression. The regime that is engaging in oppressive practices is.

Holy fuck someone other than me mentioning the GOAT that is the Big O

Yea, a lot of people seem to be blinded by their hate of JK they have completely forgotten how the books portrayed many of the themes.

Like, they weren’t incredibly nuanced depictions; it is literally a children’s/young adult series. They aren’t exactly known for their depth. Yet, they are still good starting points for children to begin thinking about larger concepts and themes, even with their imperfections.

No, it indirectly funds her through a convoluted system of ownership and IP law.

The problem isn’t people consuming media. The problem is the system that funnels wealth into the pockets of bigots.

Except they aren’t giving money to someone who will use it for harm. They are giving it to whatever production company has created the series.

It is only after this, and through a convoluted system of ownership and IP laws, that the production company is forced to give a percentage of its proceeds to the hateful bigot.

If you want to criticize anything, criticize that system. Not individuals for wanting to engage in simple creature comforts that they find enjoyable.

Don’t confuse that mentality for left-wing thinking. It is an entirely liberal, center-right reactionary mentality to be overly concerned about optics and moral purity.

What you have said is actual left-wing thinking. You have essentially described the point of “no ethical consumption under capitalism”. That if people really care about this, then they need to actually do something about it instead of just shaming others for indulging on simple creature comforts.

Guarantee that the people bitching about others enjoying HP media also go home to suck down a bottle of Coke which directly funds militant anti-labor hit squads in South America to prevent their bottling plants from unionizing. Or maybe they are a Pepsi person, where their purchase has helped fund the exploitation of prisoners who are forced for pennies an hour to make their cans. Or any other of the myriad of things under our current economic structure that funnels wealth into the hands of the elite who seek to oppress the working class.

Due to how capitalism works, every purchase you make helps fund oppression. That’s how the system was designed: to ensure those in power who wish to oppress will ensure wealth is funnelled into their pockets through their convoluted system of ownership.

If it isn’t Harry Potter media that tangentially funds Rowling through royalties it is something else that funds another bigoted owner somewhere along the supply chain of the rest of the items you purchase in your life.

You really give a shit about this? Then direct your criticisms at the convoluted system that forces people to give up the things they enjoy because some bigot holds a piece of paper that says they own an idea.

This production has nothing to do with JK except for the fact she has a piece of paper that entitles her to reimbursement. That’s the problem, not the people simply trying to make a living or people indulging in media that they enjoy.

As they fucking should.

You don’t need permission to protest. If they try to stop you, protest harder and escalate accordingly

You forget the fact they are doing this to countless people regardless. They don’t get to make that choice to just sit this out.

It’s called having solidarity with those being targeted, accepting the same risks they are being subjected to by simply existing, in order to help defend them against oppression. Part of that oppression is how the State has designed its laws to inhibit the ability of people to fight back against it.

If you allow the opposition to dictate how you are allowed to resist, then you already lost because they will never just allow people to effectively resist their authority. Change requires mass civil disobedience.

Or, continue to follow the rules of the oppressors, fail to effectively resist, and when they are done coming for their current target, they will eventually get around to coming for you, except by then you won’t have anyone around to help defend against it.

Yes. The entire point of direct action is to have an immediate and noticeable effect.

A protest is meant to disrupt the status quo in such a way that the establishment is forced to meet demands or else we continue to bring things to a standstill.

If your protest is not disruptive of the status quo, it is being ignored.

You and I have different metrics for “success”

Don’t forget the MOVE bombings where police literally bombed a residential area in Philadelphia.

Stop giving a shit about what is illegal. It was made illegal because it was effective. The establishment doesn’t want you to be effective.

People in this country have forgotten how to protest effectively. They have allowed themselves to be defanged and relegated to the sidelines where their actions will be inconsequential to the establishment they are protesting against.

Too concerned with “optics”, legalities, and trying to naively appease the opposition by asking nicely with a sternly worded letter.

One can only hope.

You’re downvoted but you’re right.

The only thing fascists the like of the American right wing deserve is a shallow mass grave.