• KaChilde@sh.itjust.works
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    22 hours ago

    I mean Grint is on the side of the transphobes, and Charles has admitted to sexting with 16 year old boys, so I’m happy to throw the lot of them onto the pyre.

    • Zwrt@lemmy.sdf.org
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      17 hours ago

      Source?

      From bbc

      In a statement, the actor - Ron Weasley in the Potter films - said “I firmly stand with the trans community”.

      “Trans women are women. Trans men are men. We should all be entitled to live with love and without judgment.”

      Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson have also voiced support for trans people following Rowling’s remarks.

      So has Eddie Redmayne, star of Potter spin-off Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them and its sequel.

      Grint, now 31, told The Times: “I firmly stand with the trans community and echo the sentiments expressed by many of my peers.”

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        11 hours ago

        Grint is stepping back into the role of Ron Weasley in The Cursed Child on Broadway.

        He can say he supports the trans community, but it sure seems like a pay check and a misguided hope at a return to cultural relevance is all it takes to stop caring.

      • yngmnwntr@lemmy.ml
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        14 hours ago

        I’m guessing they are referring to Grint returning to Harry Potter for the HBO series. Despite what he says he has chosen to continue to support the franchise which funds trans genocide.

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          12 hours ago

          I looked into it and i think its a shame and a blight on his otherwise good (i think) character.

          But on the other hand, I can’t fault him for feeling nostalgic sentimental about the character that he embodied from child to adulthood. Thats quite a step beyond the nostalgia of consuming the media.

          That doesn’t instantly make him a transphobe.

          I compare it with Minecraft a lot. In the beginning before doubling down people said harry potter was written by Hatsune Miku echoing the Hatsune Miku created minecraft meme.

          That meme originated after Notch also made some very toxic and small minded twitter comments (though his earlier blog did show him on support of lgbt).

          Granted Notch sold Minecraft, calmed down (and possibly sobered up) so Minecraft profits dont go to him anymore… But Microsoft, the current owner, is literally complicit in helping Israel bomb Palestinian children.

          People who dont boycot the HP franchise are not all Transphobes just like players of Minecraft arent all zionist trans- and islamophobes.

          But thats is just my opinion. I haven’t heard anyone make this comparison or use this meme in years.

          • gwl [he/him]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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            9 hours ago

            One major difference there buddy.

            Minecraft doesn’t spend every penny of profit on funding hate advocacy groups.

            JKR does. She bankrolls basically every TERF group