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[–] JamieDub86@piefed.social 16 points 1 month ago (8 children)

Can no one be found that knew her when she was younger to tell us if she has always been this hate filled?

[–] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 1 month ago (6 children)

There are long video essays where former Potter fans reread the series with today's knowledge and find antisemitism, fatphobia, ablism, essentialism, slavery apologetics, ...

[–] chocosoldier@lemmy.blahaj.zone 5 points 1 month ago (1 children)

"today's knowledge" nothing, i was pointing most of it out to my classmates as the books dropped and all it got me was branded a "contrarian" who hates popular things just to hate them. liberals willfully turned a blind eye and elevated that crap for years.

[–] lugal@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 month ago

I never liked Potter so I never really looked into it to see enough to find it problematic. I know that there have always been voices who did, like Ursula K. Le Guin

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