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The far left and the far right are not polar opposites, but are rather closer than they first appear to be...bending together like the ends of a horseshoe
I felt this when I was debating with an American friend why certain spaces and times should be Politics free even if it was about civil rights.
The Left like the idea of freedom of speech when it comes to civil rights. What they don't like to hear is that people on the other side have the exact same right, and a company can be put in a very awkward spot if one is approved but the other isn't.
They were a single issue voter that didn't care if a Politician brought Religion into politics... Because the Religious person was "their" Leftist team, which to me sounds exactly like an alt-right conservative that says the same about why they should shove their religion down down other people's throats.
The greatest threat to a particular group is always one of their own kind because they know how to hurt you the most, and it lends legitimacy to the opposition. Clarence Thomas (blacks), Caitlyn Jenner (trans), Margaret Thatcher (women), John Brown (whites), Milo Yiannopolous (gays), Roy Cohn (Jews), etc.
The left wing trans supporters absolutely read Harry Potter back in the day. Do you have any idea how many trans people were inspired to come out by the mirror of erised and realizing if they stayed in the closet they’d waste their life?
I know three trans women that have a deathly hallows tattoo, a few more lesbians that do as well. The books were wildly popular with queer people in general before Rowling went mask off.
I'm reading them now for the first time! Well, i started this summer. 1 - 4 is a breeze. People warned me about 5. It feels like i have been working through A LOT of pages and they've still only just arrived at school 🫠
Not a fan of what the new show looks like though, i think i'll pass. It doesn't take a racist to be annoyed by the forced diversity and different style
That's because 1-4 are by far the best part of the series. They're when Rowling is focusing on just showing off her quirky, whimsical, magical world. Very surface level exploration, just letting you walk around the funhouse, as it were.
That's what she's good at. REALLY good.
Book 5 is her trying to do character writing and go deeper into the plot and... yep, it fucking sucks.
Books 6-7 get better, because at least she gets back on the main plot, but... She's honestly just not a very good writer. Her plot falls the fuck apart if you give it more than a quick glance.
She has tried writing "more serious" books after and, yep, they suck too.
No, it's not just you. Book 5 is a pile of dogshit.
I've read the first 4 books like 4 times each. Book 5 I quit halfway through the first time around, something I basically never do, and took me years before I went back to finish it.
Books 6 and 7 do get better, because they're at least ok, but jesus is book 5 a worthless waste of time.
I am not sure why you think left wing trans supporters didn't read as children? That isn't a stereotype. The left wing is full of readers. The anti-woke right wing has a reputation for poor media literacy, anti intellectualism and banning books.
When the books came out Rowling's views were unknown. The first one was released in 1997. Lots of people read and supported her until she came out as a transphobe. Your post is idiotic
Indeed, much of the backlash comes from people (rightfully) feeling betrayed. The books seemed to instill a progressive message after all, even if somewhat superficial
JK has only been losing it for like 4-6 years, don't remember exactly when. Even the youngest adults were old enough to read Harry Potter before she got weird.
Were you just looking for a nitpick, your comment barely makes any sense.
I did! I actually loved them, I even went to Universal Studios and had merch, wrote fanfiction etc. But after JKR started getting loud and proud with her hate I put Harry Potter behind me for good.
If you think the left does not read when it has arguably the richest and densest intellectual works in philosophy/political theory/history, just proves you don't read any book from anyone on the left. Marxist literature alone has affected every country on this earth. There is not a single right-wing figure who influenced others through literature to that extent because right-wingers do not read.
Mein Kampf has very limited appeal in the rest of the world outside of Europe compared to Marxism. Additionally, Mein Kampf does not require much reading comprehension to understand either. So casual or non readers can understand it fairly easily. Marx's literature is on the difficulty level of the classics (which makes sense because Marx got a PhD in western philosophy).
Marx assisted in giving many colonized countries (virtually all of the global south) a relatable language and ideology to discuss their oppression/exploitation from the Europeans. There were many marxist inspired movements in all of these countries. Even China alone which is home to more people than all of Europe is certainly marxist inspired. Marx has statues at top Chinese universities just as Newton and Darwin do too.
That's also ignorant to say. Majority of right-wingers are generation x and above. Those generations grew up on reading because they had nothing else to do with their time. They actually had to go to the library to research for school papers because internet just wasn't a thing.
That is my dad's generation and he is right wing. Never seen him read a book in his life lmao. Additionally, if you look at right-wing news outlets and how they write, they write for people with like a 3rd grade reading level. If you compare that to NYT, which caters to a more intellectually demanding audience, you will see right-wing outlets like Fox (who have a more elderly audience) knows their audience can barely read.
I am not saying NYT is left-wing but I am saying that right-wing outlets typically write for those with low reading comprehension. Even books by people like Ben Shapiro are written for the uneducated village idiot
They are a bit old, it's probably to gain more money from the old fans and to attract the gen alpha to the series.
Also it's a good way to resolve some of the problems the last films had, because it's objectively difficult adapting 500+ pages books in films, so with a series they can be more book accurate and adapt iconic moments that were skipped.
I'm not against the idea, tbf the first film came out more than 20 years ago, but I can understand why fans don't really care of a remake.
It will be a popular show. There are more people in the middle than on both far political spectrums. And most of the people consume media without putting political thoughts in it. They consume media as a distraction from politics and real life. They dont try to connect fictional media and characters to real life.
I guess it's equally stupid in both cases so there's that.
Harry Potter is not some Satanic Anti-Christian manifesto designed to turn children into heavy metal worshiping slaves of Lucifer.
Nor is JK Rowling some kind of Anti-LGBT transphobic bigot who has made it her life's mission to destroy marginalized people just because she fights for women's rights.
People don't actually read what she's saying. She was abused by her first husband and had to seek a women's shelter in order to protect herself and a daughter from a violent man who was trying to kill her. Access to the shelter saved her life.
Now many of these same British shelters are Trans inclusive aka they allow men, and women report that they no longer feel safe using them and they've become a joke. This is sacrificing women's safety and well being on the altar of political correctness and inclusivity and Rowling is absolutely right to fight back against it.
You're not the target audience then. Neither HBO nor any other big corporation has to cater to every demographic at a time.
Some people won't watch, some people would. Similarly, they'd make some other media which some demographic finds interesting while some other won't. At the end, they're still gonna get pretty good returns on their investments.
Btw I loved harry Potter as a kid as well, but don't have much interest in this one. BUT that's because I've got my hands full with work and other stuff which I find more worthwhile.
I just don't think it will be sufficiently different to merrit watching when the original series holds up just fine. I genuinely don't understand the reason to dump so much time, money and effort into remaking Harry Potter movies when nobody is asking for it, at least the other movies brought something new, even if it wasn't amazing.
first 2 movies were pretty close to the books, so the first 2 seasons of the show will probably feel familiar. after that, the movies strayed a long way from the books so the show will feel fresh.
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