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Further proof that being "cancelled" isn't a thing, never has been.
Sure, a tiny few experience legal consequences for illegal actions. But in general, cancellation is just not a thing.
I think being cancelled can affect small groups and fan bases, but doesn't have any impact on the larger population.
It didn't help that boycotting it didn't make much sense. The game itself goes out of it's way to make sure it's "inclusive", actually boycotting it will hurt a lot of people involved in the game more than it would hurt Rowling. Supposedly the royalties are very minor for stuff that doesn't actually include any of the Harry Potter storyline, and JK Rowling is already richer than God.
Yeah, I noticed the same thing, in fact I think the game was a bit too aggressive on that part, starts becoming too "in your face" if it makes any sense. But still, told that to a few friends and they still refuse to even pirate it, can't say I understand.
The (Dixie) Chicks.
You're talking about The Chicks, who just finished a tour in 84 locations, including 6 nights in Vegas?
Yeah, they took a pretty hard hit for publicly stating their political beliefs, but like true artists, they then went to make a chart-topping, award-winning song about the controversy, kept working on their craft, and just finished a tour that doubtless made them millions (I tried to find an exact number, but couldn't).
Why yes, I do have some relatives who made the comment "Go woke, go broke" wrt The Chicks. This certainly could have gone very differently.
That's actually a great example.
I come back to this video pretty often
I think JK Rowling is still canceled, but... HP stuff is very special to a lot of people. They're able to separate her from the world she created I think.
If asked point blank most would probably be aware of and disagree with her stance on trans people.
Down vote me all you want, I know my opinion is the majority, just not for Lemmy people.
You can't cancel Rowling and keep buying HP stuff. That's giving her money, not separating anything from anything.
You can't buy chocolate and a ton of other common ingredients without supporting slavery. There's no ethical consumption under capitalism, the HP franchise is a small drop in the ocean of suffering. Expecting peole to be aware of all those things and also boycott every single one is not feasible and should be solved top down.
"No ethical consumption under capitalism" isnt supposed to be used as justification to support shitty people. Lots of decent people write fantasy books. Buy their shit instead of a bigot's.
No, it just means it's pretty much impossible to buy stuff and not support something shitty, Rowling is just more visible than like a forest somewhere that was cut down for paper to print books or some child slaves operating printing presses. Like yea, Rowling is a massive asshole but compared to something like Neste she'd be an angel and you can't have the expectation for every individual to boycott everything harmful, it's just not doable.
I can't argue with that for sure, but here it's specifically against Rowling. You can't pretend to be boycotting her and keep giving her money through her licenses.
Oh yea true, if anyone is claiming they are boycotting Rowling then they can't really buy any media associated with her while still boycotting her, that's just a contradiction.
Lol OK, no shit, but that's not what I said anyway.