• Storksforlegs@beehaw.org
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    4 hours ago

    i also have the right to boycott everything in her orbit, because she is a hateful disinfo spreading terf who is going to get people hurt.

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    If everything were fine that would be one thing you could have a discussion about, how much intolerance do you tolerate etc. When thethe senate and state legislatures are literally chomping at the bit to genocide the trans then enabling that rhetoric can only be collaborators to evil. Not to mention that trans aren’t the only group she has targeted. Working with the “maybe the nazis weren’t so bad” person when America is falling to the nazis is certainly a choice

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    Honestly I haven’t been watching HBO because it was too expensive. Now the boycott has a deeper meaning beyond my wallet.

    I’m no longer a cheapskate, now I’m a person with principles. Hell yeah

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    Well, the show might benefit from me pirating that thing. I do have a right to flip the bird towards TERFS express my personal view ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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      Why do you want to watch or promote something created by an outspoken bigot, especially where her active involvement is touted as a selling point?

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        If you want to avoid every movie or show where a bigoted or otherwise very critical person or company is heavily involved in the production, the range of movies or shows would shrink drastically. So instead of not watching I pirate. The bigots don’t make a profit off of me and we’re all good.

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    She has a right to express her opinion…where? In the Constitution of HBO? Do the Ts and Cs specify a right to free speech? Don’t talk to me about rights HBO this is a choice

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      This. She has the right to express her opinion, she doesn’t have the right to be provided a platform or the right to require others to listen.

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        Oh, could you explain this to me like I’m five? I haven’t watched the Batgirl movie and I’m not aware of the surrounding context

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          Instead of releasing the Batgirl movie, which was pretty much complete and fans were excited about, Zaslav canceled it for the tax write off.

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                Yes. Out of touch and also disdainful of the entertainment his compankes make, seemingly.

                Hes the kind of guy who would attend a TCM event with famous directors and talk about how he loved film, only to attempt killing off the whole channel not long after (he was talked out of it by some of those same directors)

                He hates all entertainment that isnt cheap reality TV, and is the worst possible person to oversee an entertainment empire.

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      Not excusing Rowlings general behavior but a thing about the toilet habits of the past is that it does actually check out in real history.

      It did not matter if it was the palace of Versailles or even the church. Men often just relieved themselves in whatever corner they saw fit.

      Women were more discreet by relieving themselves under their ball gowns where they stood, then walk away like nothing happened.

      Chamber pots did already exist, Versailles did provide them, people just didn’t bother.

      The main difference with Rowlings version is that wizards did clean up after themselves magically while muggles used servants.

      Except if you didn’t live in a class that had servants, the market place was known to accumulate huge amounts of waste as the day went on. For peasants the toilet was “outside”

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        “The Harry Porter Universe (not fixing the spelling mistake) is bit of a Bullshit liberal fantasy about jamming magic into a heirarchal modern education institution and perpetuating class and wealth divides via it” – Loosely paraphrasing a PhilosophyTube vid-essay, and a good final nail in a coffin of one’s fandom, if anyone’s looking for that sort of thing.

        This fun fact is just the…splatter on the uh *checks notes Dementor’s cake, i guess =/