I ended up clicking through to a different, related article:
John Lithgow considered quitting Harry Potter reboot over JK Rowling’s trans views
and this bit really caught my attention:
The actor acknowledged that some criticism, including from members of the LGBTQ+ community, had been difficult, noting he briefly considered leaving the project before deciding to stay.
He said he now expects in “every interview I will ever do for the rest of my life this will come up”.
So, he knows he’s hanging this albatross across his neck. I’m not sure if this self awareness makes it better or worse, but it does make me laugh for whatever goddam reason.
I HAVE NO BACKBONE, I’M LOYAL TO WHOEVER PAYS THE MOSTmore respectable than this, at least:
Similarly, Nick Frost disabled comments on his announcement post when he was confirmed to be playing Rubeus Hagrid.
At least he is honest that he only cares because he is worried what others think about him.
Boy oh boy I wanna see some of the comments on this in mild liberal circles
I have a comparison to book burnings on my bingo card
Oh wow, a book burning I support
Lol that rules. I’m sure libs wont approve cause they really hate when you destroy books.
I guess I’m old enough to see the Harry Potter book burnings go full circle.
If only my parents were based enough to support book burnings for cool reasons instead of “You want to go to Heaven, don’t you sweetie? Then stop learning witchcraft from that sinful book!”
I’m not sure that buying Harry Potter book to vandalise them is a good course of action. You still give Rowling your money.
Secondhand book store
There’s like millions of copies out there, I don’t think she’ll see a penny from this
Is it new books or second hand. With second hand it doesn’t really matter, with new books it seems kinda silly.
It’s a used bookstore
So you pay them to do it? How did they get the books? if they paid for them, this whole event still lines the Prime Terfs pockets.
There’s one book only. Customers pay 25p to vandalize the book in some way. After the event ends, the book will be auctioned off as a piece of community resistance artwork and the proceeds donated to five specific trans people in need. It’s all in the article
