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Here’s a perfect example of what I mean by controlling the dialogue. I’m known throughout my extended family as a massive potter head. A young person in my life had picked up Harry Potter from the library, gotten into it, and knew I’d be someone interested in talking about his new found interest. As part of those conversations, we got to talk about Goblins, why they’re bankers in Harry Potter, and the long history of antisemitism and what creatures with long noses and fingers who control all of the money might mean to some readers. Then we talked about how to enjoy things that are kind of gross, the power of popularity, and my own nostalgia and how Harry Potter became a part of my identity. If the only people participating in the fandom were bigots, I bet that conversation would have gone a lot differently.
That person is lucky to have you. You seem like a good person.
My point was merely that not everyone has that person.
You’re going to focus on the people who can be helped (I support positivity), diehard anti-JKR people are going to focus on the people who can’t be/aren’t helped. And the reality is probably somewhere in between.
It is a very complex situation, and I didn’t mean to come across as being against your stance, simply wanted to elaborate the complication of it all, and why some people prefer a harder stance.
I think what a lot of folks miss is that expecting the people who are actively being hurt to do this emotional labor is not okay. I don’t talk about Harry Potter in front of those whom it hurts. I use content warnings on my socials. And I accept that this is work I have to do as a straight cis dude, and it can’t be offloaded to someone else. That missing peace is what makes the anti jkr folks as vocal as they are.
Here’s a perfect example of what I mean by controlling the dialogue. I’m known throughout my extended family as a massive potter head. A young person in my life had picked up Harry Potter from the library, gotten into it, and knew I’d be someone interested in talking about his new found interest. As part of those conversations, we got to talk about Goblins, why they’re bankers in Harry Potter, and the long history of antisemitism and what creatures with long noses and fingers who control all of the money might mean to some readers. Then we talked about how to enjoy things that are kind of gross, the power of popularity, and my own nostalgia and how Harry Potter became a part of my identity. If the only people participating in the fandom were bigots, I bet that conversation would have gone a lot differently.
That person is lucky to have you. You seem like a good person.
My point was merely that not everyone has that person.
You’re going to focus on the people who can be helped (I support positivity), diehard anti-JKR people are going to focus on the people who can’t be/aren’t helped. And the reality is probably somewhere in between.
It is a very complex situation, and I didn’t mean to come across as being against your stance, simply wanted to elaborate the complication of it all, and why some people prefer a harder stance.
I think what a lot of folks miss is that expecting the people who are actively being hurt to do this emotional labor is not okay. I don’t talk about Harry Potter in front of those whom it hurts. I use content warnings on my socials. And I accept that this is work I have to do as a straight cis dude, and it can’t be offloaded to someone else. That missing peace is what makes the anti jkr folks as vocal as they are.