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yennijb t1_jbol4c8 wrote

Reply to comment by SweetHatDisc in No Friends No Life by flipper1965

It's weird to stand up for trans people? To not give money to a bigoted TERF who uses it to hurt people?

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SweetHatDisc t1_jbolsq3 wrote

Not in and of itself, but if the way you go about that is haranguing strangers on the internet because they enjoyed a video game, yeah, that is a bit weird.

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KadenKraw t1_jbotomr wrote

You can be trans in Hogwarts legacy

The badass town inkeeper is trans

The game has an extremely diverse ethnic cast

There are several gay relationships in the game

The game represents and puts lgbtq people in a far greater light than any negativity from Rowling

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yennijb t1_jbowj38 wrote

Except it funnels money towards her which she directly stated that she conciders proof that her TERF-ness is right and doubles down on the antisemitic issues with the goblins.....

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KadenKraw t1_jboy8kx wrote

Except it also funnels money towards all the employees working on the game and all their families. Making money off of a game that has plenty of lgbt and poc representation.

Tell me how Goblins are antisemitic?

Goblins are bankers, merchants, artists, tradesmans in the Wizard world. Exactly the same as goblins or dwarves in other fantasy settings such as world of warcraft.

So why are goblins a jewish stereotype? Because some have hooked noses? That's the only difference between a dwarf. Pretty sure it makes you anti-semetic if you compare goblins to jews but not dwarves just because some goblins have hooked noses.

You are welcome to explain yourself better though.

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yennijb t1_jbp603v wrote

I'm not Jewish, but I do understand history, and the use of a shofar like horn in relation to the 1612 uprising of goblins has been called out by many Jewish people and organizations as reflective of the pogroms against the Jewish uprising in Germany in 1612-1614. https://www.thegamer.com/hogwarts-legacy-draws-further-complaints-of-antisemitism/

It's not just about hooked noses and them being bankers, but those are extremely visual representations of stereotypes, and not the only negative ones JK seems to think it's fine to use and proliferate (there's also Asian and Irish ones).

Also, the "people who worked on the game" have already been paid, I worked in the game industry, unless you're a bigwig/ceo type person, you don't even have a chance at bargaining for royalties. I don't understand why people get that for movies but not games....

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KadenKraw t1_jbp8lt2 wrote

Lol the goblin horn looks nothing like a shofar. Do you even know what one looks like or what the horn in game looks like? It looks way closer to a viking horn than a shofar so you are totally wrong there. Very rarely bejewl or put metal on a shofar. Its also made of animal horn not wood like the goblin horn its very obliviously viking style.

How do you feel the representation of Goblins in the wizarding world is negative? Like I said they are artists and artisans. We met many in the game. Like a merchant and painter or a sweet guy with a mooncalve pet. We even get help from the badguy's brother that is working against the bad goblin because he doesn't agree with his ideals. Goblins aren't presented as a homogeneous group at all or in a negative way.

> Also, the "people who worked on the game" have already been paid,

Do you think all work ends when a game releases? Do you think they get paid a lump sum for the whole development? What do you think happens to a studio and its employees if a game doesn't sell? It shutsdown and everyone is fired.

They aren't paid once for the game dude. They are still working every day for a paycheck, to provide patches, finish the other platform ports. And if the game does well, they keep their jobs and work on the next game or dlc.

> I'm not Jewish

Then I don't you need getting offended on my behalf. I grew up in a town of 16,000 jews and none of us ever compared the golbins to jews. Its only after JK got terfy and people wanted to find reasons to get upset. Way more jews see no issue then those that do. Or non jews that want to get offended on others behalf.

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