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Swift backlash from 2SLGBTQ+ community over series author J.K. Rowling

Natalie Stechyson · CBC News · Posted: Jul 28, 2026 1:10 PM EDT

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[-] Abyssian@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago

I'm sorry that words are difficult for you.

[-] blartcap_@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Unfortunately your problem is that I understood your words too well. How else would I be able to tell that you didn't respond to what I said at all? If I had a poor understanding of words, I'd see all your big words and how many of them there were and think "Wow, this guy must be correct".

So, since you were the one to fail to respond to what was asked in the first place, the question is which words I used were so incomprehensible that you ended up spending 20 minutes typing up something that didn't apply? Was it "correctly"? Maybe "doughnuts" since it's spelled in a regional way?

[-] Abyssian@lemmy.world 2 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

The bulk of the words were pointing out that a part of being able to separate an artist from their art is not caring if enjoying their art led to a financial benefit for the person you dislike. I enjoy some music made by serial adulterers. I've enjoyed movies that include actors who are generally known to be complete pieces of shit to most humans they interact with. I'm not researching everything about the lives and views of everyone involved with every piece of media I enjoy. And it's very possible for awful people to make wonderful things. I'm not going to stop enjoying those things because of that, even if I strongly dislike the artist as a person.

tl;dr: I don't fucking care if she gets a penny because I buy a dozen donuts. She has a mountain of money. You're not financially harming a billionaire by not eating a donut.

[-] blartcap_@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

The question was about how you see buying these doughnuts as appreciating the art more than supporting the artist, not how much you care about giving the artist a penny.

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