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Did you even read my comment? Like the very next sentence? I said that there is defintely problematic stuff. Very specifically I was alluding to the goblins, as well as house elves.
The depiction of the goblins is clearly problematic and parallels real world stereotyping and racism. It is gross, for sure, but I have always offered a little grace there. I have always sensed that it was never intentionally racist, but ignorantly played up a banking stereotype that was sourced in racism. By which I mean I think she was likely playing up cultural stereotypes about bankers and using goblins to exemplify those stereotypes without consciously considering where those stereotypes came from. That they were stereotypes about Jews in banking specificslly and that she was making insulting Jewish charactictures as a result. I don't know that it wasn't intentional, either, but either way it is still problematic.
Despite being the most egregiously racially problematic problem, it is, however, subtextual and a very small aspect of the books which are, far more often than not, actively about cooperation between different people, rejection of bigotry, and protecting others from that bigotry. That is my point.
You said there was problematic stuff and it didn't bother you enough to quit the garbage. Says so much about YOU.
"1 percent of the series is problematic, so you are morally required to throw away the whole thing." Cool opinion.
Not cool, just principled.
Dude you can admit you're into boy wizzard fantasy so much that racism doesn't bother you and that you don't mind financially supporting terf political attacks on lgbtq folk.
That's the principles you're exposing. Have a great life.
I'm gonna go pirate whatever the fuck I want and you can mind your own business or kiss my ass, cool? Cool.
nah, I'll judge your weak sauce morality and shitty choices and call it like I see it, that's the great thing about lemmy. Cool!
Just make sure you aren't consuming any media that might contain anything problematic. Or written by anyone problematic. Or produced by anyone problematic. Or financially benefiting anyone problematic. Wouldn't want you to be a hypocrite or anything.
Can't be watching Star Trek with all that racial stereotyping and sexism in the original series. Or Star Wars, with Jar Jar and Watto being racially problematic. Lord of the Rings has a distinct lack of female and non-white characters, and some anti-Asian undertones. There's a lot of problematic stuff in most old Disney movies, looney tunes and other cartoons, plenty of video games... No films starring or directed by Mel Gibson. Nothing involving Bill Cosby, Kevin Spacey, or Danny Masterson. Nothing produced by Miramax or the Weinstein Company (hope you weren't a Tarantino fan). So many pitfalls and all totally inexcusable to consume. Just make sure you purity test everything, my guy. Not even 1 percent, right?