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ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months agoNo, you’re not allowed to like things. I know because I’ve been told this as a fan of H. P. Lovecraft, comedy, old movies, books, and music. Everything is bad and you should feel bad for liking it.
them@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I don’t agree that this type of response is productive, there’s a lot more nuance to these arguments. It is however interesting which things we’re no longer allowed to like. Disney for example, despite their history of anti-Semitism don’t nearly get as much hate as they deserve and at a time where even suggesting something that Israel did to Gaza is bad becomes conflated with hating Jews
ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
Tbh, I pirate digital anyway and only buy physical, so it isn’t like I’m giving them money.
I do however think saying someone is a bad person for having nostalgic feelings for something like lion king (to use your disney example) because a long dead man who created the company hated the jewish people is pretty dumb, for example, which is actually something some well intentioned anti-enjoyment activist has suggested to me before (not that you were here, of course).
I understand when it’s something like the Lord’s Chicken, you have to give them money, but buying a book from H. P. Lovecraft’s estate doesn’t help his corpse at all, nor does it mean I support his xenophobic views or the name of his stupid cat, I just like cosmic horror. Yes I like Clark Ashton Smith too (and maybe more) just let me enjoy Innsmouth ffs lol.
them@lemmy.world 6 months ago
In Rowling’s case it seems to be due to her being alive and directly benefiting from the financial success of her work. Pirating seems like a fair compromise. “I like what you make enough to consume it, but don’t like you enough to pay for it”
Maybe good creators are just horrible people
ArcaneSlime@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 months ago
Yeah so pirate, buy used, you don’t have to contribute to her net worth. And I’m not talking about just “Just Kidding Rowland,” it doesn’t mean I’m transphobic for reading HP though. You can like the books and disagree with their author.