I personally don’t think someone who is aware of the transphobic views of the creator, and who takes steps to deny the creator commercial success by pirating the media as a result, is the problem.
Watching the media isn’t itself the problem. Hell, I watch Matt Walsh’s films as opposition research - that doesn’t make me a transphobe.
We should campaign and pressure WB to not work with JK Rowling because of her views, and we should boycott and undermine WB’s commercial success for the works they collaborate with her on - so we need to find ways to push that boycott movement into the mainstream, and maybe applying a strongly moralizing taboo is one way to do that, but that can also alienate people who don’t get it, so finding a way to reach those people is important.
I guess my point is purity testing among the devout is less important than building a mainstream boycott movement.
I guess my point is purity testing among the devout is less important than building a mainstream boycott movement.
That’s my attitude too. I’m just trying to see how other people are thinking about it too, y’know? I tend to be deeply pragmatic and wouldn’t want to alienate any of my friends or allies, but I can definitely understand why some might be tempted to be less practical and more devout, as you put it.
I personally don’t think someone who is aware of the transphobic views of the creator, and who takes steps to deny the creator commercial success by pirating the media as a result, is the problem.
Watching the media isn’t itself the problem. Hell, I watch Matt Walsh’s films as opposition research - that doesn’t make me a transphobe.
We should campaign and pressure WB to not work with JK Rowling because of her views, and we should boycott and undermine WB’s commercial success for the works they collaborate with her on - so we need to find ways to push that boycott movement into the mainstream, and maybe applying a strongly moralizing taboo is one way to do that, but that can also alienate people who don’t get it, so finding a way to reach those people is important.
I guess my point is purity testing among the devout is less important than building a mainstream boycott movement.
That’s my attitude too. I’m just trying to see how other people are thinking about it too, y’know? I tend to be deeply pragmatic and wouldn’t want to alienate any of my friends or allies, but I can definitely understand why some might be tempted to be less practical and more devout, as you put it.