Anytime anything popular gets dragged here there’s always a few “let people enjoy things” and “don’t ruin peoples fun” and “don’t be a weird cynical hipster” and what have you.

Except for the most popular series of children books in history. For whatever reason that’s apparently weapons free for Hater Team 6 to go to town on. I’ve seen people say was shouldn’t ruin peoples “favorite toy” when it comes to sports, Twilight, Marvel Movies and astrology, but what makes those sacrosanct and Harry Potter fair game?

This applies somewhat to Hamilton too.

  • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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    3 years ago

    There's probably a consensus here that Harry Potter is one of the more obviously sinister media franchises, given how horrible its creator is. It's also more common for people to associate Harry Potter with their political ideology, well it's common for outspoken liberals to do that. I think that's it honestly, Harry Potter is something only liberals seem to like, so it's immediately associated with liberalism here. Those other things you mentioned are more broad in their audiences.

    • blight [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      Even if JKR wasn't a shithead, HP would still suck because the morality is that of nobility/capitalists. The muggles are sheeple who deserve nothing.

    • NomadicWarMachine [any]
      hexagon
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      3 years ago

      Harry Potter is something only liberals seem to like

      Idk man, it was something almost EVERY kid liked back when I was growing up. I never read them cuz my mom was going through a weird Christian fundamentalist phase when they came out and so witchcraft was a no no, but fucking every kid who read books back then was reading them, I doubt they all grew up to be Libs. I guess libs are the only ones who still openly fawn over the books as adults tho.

      • axont [she/her, comrade/them]
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        3 years ago

        Yeah, there might be a distinction between people who liked Harry Potter as a child (nearly every kid 20 years ago) and adults who continue to bring up the franchise as something they're still engaged with. Liberals are certainly the only ones who frame their political ideology in terms of what Hogwarts house they belong to.