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Woodpeckinpah123 t1_j7nevbt wrote
Reply to comment by roscid in Witch Hunt For Hogwarts Legacy Content Creators Ongoing by windowhihi
Are they, though? I suspect the vast majority are just people who like gaming or HP or earning a paycheck.
roscid t1_j7ob8fa wrote
No, wouldn't go so far. I'm sure many of the people buying the game simply just aren't that invested in the larger politics and just see it as any other game. Whether it is wrong to financially support someone who works to actively harm society is, I concede, a moral gray area. I'm not necessarily saying I agree with this site's intention, but I'm mostly indifferent to it personally.
I was moreso just arguing the larger point that just because bullying group X is wrong doesn't mean that group Y doesn't deserve that same treatment. Just because we know we shouldn't harass vulnerable or innocent groups doesn't mean we must extend that same kindness to bigots.
I am less concerned with any individual person's purchasing decision than I am of the words and actions of the figurehead spreading hateful speech in the first place, in this case Rowling herself. Going after the people who play the game isn't something I am personally interested in, but it doesn't mean I have to be outraged that other people do it.
Woodpeckinpah123 t1_j7pp4vk wrote
"...then they came for me-and there was no one left to speak for me."-Martin Niemoller
roscid t1_j7pp8wc wrote
Can you expand on what you mean by that?
I am aware of the context and the origin of the quote, I just don't see how it applies here.
Woodpeckinpah123 t1_j7ps31f wrote
It's fairly self explanatory.
roscid t1_j7pu59b wrote
If you're using it to say that we should hear bigots out and debate them civilly in the "marketplace of ideas," then I strongly disagree with you. We should not tolerate intolerance.
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