I don’t really know any trans people that still fuck with HP. They all think Joanne is a fucking bigot, because she’s successfully campaigned away the rights of trans people in the UK.

You may think you’re coming after Rowling’s money, but are you really?

Do you really not understand that when you give money to a property owned by a billionaire, they get some of that money? Any money you don’t give them is objectively less money they have. That’s why they’re so, so incredibly mad when people boycott. If it didn’t work they wouldn’t care if you did it.

Instead, if it captivates the audience, this attention will only end up making it even more successful than it would have been

Somehow I don’t think you’re going to find ‘shut up about transphobia or you’ll make it worse’ to be an argument that resonates with many trans people.

[–] lath@piefed.social -1 points 16 hours ago

What you don't get is that a few millions less won't matter if she's dead set on pouring all of it against trans people. Zealots will dump everything they have into something they believe in religiously. And she's just one (disposable) individual. Even by some chance she stops, someone else will pop up. This is just playing whack-a-mole.

Rowling is just a believer. But who pitted her, who's taking her money, who's going to go after the next sucker and the next after that? You just don't get it that your target is wrong and whoever's driving you to act rabidly against each other ain't your friend.

[–] Ilandar@lemmy.today 1 points 1 day ago

Yes, Harry Potter boycotts definitely work and definitely make Rowling very mad.