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dankblog! 2023-02-11, 0903 EST, at the danktower | <b>dankblog! 2023-02-11, 0903 EST, at the danktower</b> | ||
<i>WHEREIN Your Humble Wikist foolishly tosses his Hat into the Culture Wars, knowing his Words Unlikely to bring Anyone into his Philosophical Camp, but quite Capable of creating new Enemies, while not particularly Caring about convincing anyone In Any Case.</i> | <i>WHEREIN Your Humble Wikist foolishly tosses his Hat into the Culture Wars, knowing his Words Unlikely to bring Anyone into his Philosophical Camp, but quite Capable of creating new Enemies, while not particularly Caring about convincing anyone In Any Case.</i> | ||
the release of <i>Harry Potter Legacy</i> has thrown a particularly | the release of <i>Harry Potter Legacy</i> has thrown a particularly loud contingent of the internet populace into a tizzy. the product of a Burbank monstrosity known for insolent rabbits and immense intellectual properties and a Utah video game developer named after a blue peppermint schnappes from the 90s has become proxy in a great mudsling regarding blonde british billionaire and solidly mid YA author jk rowling. | ||
now as far as i'm concerned, ms. rowling's greatest crime was pairing the inimitable, drop-dead-sexy Hermione Granger with the gormless simpleton Ron Weasley and his empty cobweb-covered shitsmeared skull, a surrender to utter mediocrity that left both me and Viktor Krum flabbergasted. Poor guy was doing Wronski Feints and listening to some Bulgarian Deftones knockoff for days, and i can't blame him. but back in 2020, jkr wrote what i thought to be a [https://www.jkrowling.com/opinions/j-k-rowling-writes-about-her-reasons-for-speaking-out-on-sex-and-gender-issues/ fairly compelling essay], certainly the best thing she'd penned since Voldemort croaked out "Kill the spare." a loud population decried it as thoughtcrime, and began deluging her with the rape and death threats women of all persuasions can look forward to when they open their mouths on the internet. understandably, this did not fill jkr's heart with love, and she's been no fan of transgender extremists since. if they're going to call you a TERF and Nazi and threaten to rape you for well-reasoned if debatable views, what does one after all have to lose? | now as far as i'm concerned, ms. rowling's greatest crime was pairing the inimitable, drop-dead-sexy Hermione Granger with the gormless simpleton Ron Weasley and his empty cobweb-covered shitsmeared skull, a surrender to utter mediocrity that left both me and Viktor Krum flabbergasted. Poor guy was doing Wronski Feints and listening to some Bulgarian Deftones knockoff for days, and i can't blame him. but back in 2020, jkr wrote what i thought to be a [https://www.jkrowling.com/opinions/j-k-rowling-writes-about-her-reasons-for-speaking-out-on-sex-and-gender-issues/ fairly compelling essay], certainly the best thing she'd penned since Voldemort croaked out "Kill the spare." a loud population decried it as thoughtcrime, and began deluging her with the rape and death threats women of all persuasions can look forward to when they open their mouths on the internet. understandably, this did not fill jkr's heart with love, and she's been no fan of transgender extremists since. if they're going to call you a TERF and Nazi and threaten to rape you for well-reasoned if debatable views, what does one after all have to lose? | ||
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if you think this makes me "transphobic", your definitions are bad, and you ought feel bad. if you think this means i "want to kill transgender people", as jkr has been accused of pretty much unceasingly, you're not just factually incorrect but pretty stupid to boot. | if you think this makes me "transphobic", your definitions are bad, and you ought feel bad. if you think this means i "want to kill transgender people", as jkr has been accused of pretty much unceasingly, you're not just factually incorrect but pretty stupid to boot. | ||
if anything frightens me about the transgendered--if there is any way in which i consider myself transphobic--it is the way in which their movement seems to embrace and indeed demand these kinds of linguistic chicaneries, one of the most odious habits of the Left since Vyshinksky's heyday. it is this i find loathsome and frightening; it is this that i think worth opposing and necessary to fight. let tolerance be our watchword; let our minds and hearts remain our own even as we allow those with whom we disagree--even the most dogmatic among them--to speak their own hearts and minds. | if anything frightens me about the transgendered--if there is any way in which i consider myself transphobic--it is the way in which their movement seems to embrace and indeed demand these kinds of linguistic chicaneries, one of the most odious habits of the Left since Vyshinksky's heyday at Shakhty. it is this i find loathsome and frightening; it is this that i think worth opposing, and necessary to fight. let tolerance be our watchword; let our minds and hearts remain our own even as we allow those with whom we disagree--even the most dogmatic among them--to speak their own hearts and minds. | ||
i can't help but note that drug use can send me to prison for decades, while there's no legal penalty for even the most outlandish genderfuckery. so cool it, maybe? and may all enjoy their | i can't help but note that drug use can send me to prison for decades, while there's no legal penalty for even the most outlandish genderfuckery. so cool it, maybe? and may all enjoy their video games and gender presentations in peace. | ||
'''previously: "[[Dare_Obasanjo|dare obasanjo]]" 2022-12-05''' | '''previously: "[[Dare_Obasanjo|dare obasanjo]]" 2022-12-05''' | ||
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