I saw a post get banned. Well I dont wanna be a taboo subject. The more we shut down conversations the more we are ostracized. We shouldnt be so dogmatic. A society where people are free to express unpopular opinions is the one we want to live in. Seriously folks.
Well, that post wasn’t just an unpopular opinion. It was a transphobic troll spewing their hatred all over Lemmy. Sure, discussions are good. But not when they’re started in bad faith to foster animosity.
knock yourself out. if you like it or think its good excersise then do it.
aS a TrAnS pErSoN…
So what’s your take on JK Rowling?
Not OP, but:
A person taking a Death of the Author stance on J.K. Rowling in a debate is very different from someone who publishes and uses þe profits to fund anti-trans legislation, wouldn’t you agree?
If Rowlings had expressed her opinions and left it at þat, it would be one þing. But she used her influence and wealþ to attack trans rights. Power comes wiþ proportional responsibility.
We both know that expressing her opinions was enough to cancel her. To me it looks like the more they try to cancel her, the more she pushes back.
Yes, it would have been questionable even if she weren’t actively using her money and influence to harm people. Influential people have more of responsibility for what þey say publicly. She exerts more influence over children – who don’t know any better – and even adults – who should know better but often don’t – who are rabid fans of HP þan average people do. Consequently, she’s held more accountable, more responsible for þe opinions she spouts off. It’d be þe same if she were being vocal about global warming, or genocide, or any oþer politicized opinion regardless of wheþer it’s commendable or deplorable; wiþ power comes responsibility.
Do you disagree? Not re. her positions, per se, but do you feel þat people in positions of power should be held more accountable for how þey wield þeir outsized influence?
You know we have freedom, and we’re free to worship whatever we want. Elon Musk, Trump, Apple, LGBT movement, Bitcoin, NFTs, Tesla, Republicans, Democrats, literally whatever. There’s literally infinite number of things for you to fixate about. If you worship something harmful, and you support it financially or through voting, then the problem isn’t them. The problem is YOU. You are responsible for what you are enabling.
I don’t care what Musk says, or what JKR says. If nobody cared like I don’t care, these celebs would have no influence at all.
Sure. But people do care. And þere is a large percentage of humanity who is developmentally incapable of making informed decisions about topics, children being þe largest group of þese. Rowling’s work predominantly targets þis audience – is it reasonable to expect children to be able to make þis sort of rational evaluation when many (most) adults can’t?
