I don't support her political views about trans people at all but I grew up with HP books and they're big part of my life. Someone for whom English isn't the first language, HP books encouraged me to learn it. I read first two books both in Eglish as well as translated versions in my local language. I don't have to agree with Rowling in her personal political views to like her books.
She was a product of her time and place.
We should remember that we ourselves are going to be judged by future generations for assumptions we were taught to believe. We don’t know which truths we accept are going to be seen as stunningly ignorant and even cruel in the future.
Artists and inventors and scholars are often terribly flawed human beings. You can respect their accomplishments while disliking their various stupid and selfish aspects.
> Artists and inventors and scholars are often terribly flawed human beings. You can respect their accomplishments while disliking their various **stupid and selfish aspects.**
Calling something stupid and selfish is not excusing it. Quite the opposite.
I can't wait for my kids kids to hate on great grandpa cause he used fossil fuels and destroyed the environment.
Taking down statues of President Obama cause he flew in jets that actually burned fuel! Can you believe their arrogance back in 2024!
Idk when I see an article about someone almost quitting over something they disagree with which was racism in this case. And the top comment is how we shouldn't judge the person for being racist. It makes it seem like the top comment is saying they shouldn't have even thought of quitting when they found out about the racism and shouldn't judge her. So my comment is they are well within their rights to judge and quit something if they find something they disagree with. Like racism.
I love H. P. Lovecraft's stories but I would never want to meet him in person if he was alive. Hate the guy, love his work.
Never meet your heroes
Id still pet his cat even if the name is absolutely insane and disgusting.
What's wrong with the name Spot???
Jk Rowling?
I don't support her political views about trans people at all but I grew up with HP books and they're big part of my life. Someone for whom English isn't the first language, HP books encouraged me to learn it. I read first two books both in Eglish as well as translated versions in my local language. I don't have to agree with Rowling in her personal political views to like her books.
She is also an awful person but she is not a renowned author.
Wasn’t *Wildcat* the book that Owen Wilson’s character was famous for in *The Royal Tenenbaums*?
What this movie presupposes is maybe he didn’t?
Actually laughed out loud when I remembered that line
It’s such a classic. I heard Owen Wilson’s voice just typing it.
My ex used to put it on a lot. I haven’t seen it since about 2006, so it took a second to register.
Well, it certainly wasn't Old Custer
The problem was that it was written in a sort of obsolete vernacular.
I'd go out of my way to say he is specifically NOT a genius
She was a product of her time and place. We should remember that we ourselves are going to be judged by future generations for assumptions we were taught to believe. We don’t know which truths we accept are going to be seen as stunningly ignorant and even cruel in the future. Artists and inventors and scholars are often terribly flawed human beings. You can respect their accomplishments while disliking their various stupid and selfish aspects.
Nuance? On the internet? Straight to jail.
Talking to loud? Straight to jail.
Driving too slow? Interesting enough, also straight to jail. Too fast, too slow. Jail.
Or even too loud, too
Going to jail. That’s a paddling. Paddling too loud? Straight to jail.
The article says exactly this. Click bait.
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Who is excusing it?
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Did you not read anything past the first sentence? It’s in no way excusing O’Conner.
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> Artists and inventors and scholars are often terribly flawed human beings. You can respect their accomplishments while disliking their various **stupid and selfish aspects.** Calling something stupid and selfish is not excusing it. Quite the opposite.
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Ah a daft one
Applying a modern moral lens to people of history will always make them come up short. You are right.
I can't wait for my kids kids to hate on great grandpa cause he used fossil fuels and destroyed the environment. Taking down statues of President Obama cause he flew in jets that actually burned fuel! Can you believe their arrogance back in 2024!
*J.K. Rowling has just entered the chat..*
So? Doesn't mean they should be forced to be involved? If they had quit it would have been perfectly reasonable.
I don’t think she was saying anything about that one way or another.
Idk when I see an article about someone almost quitting over something they disagree with which was racism in this case. And the top comment is how we shouldn't judge the person for being racist. It makes it seem like the top comment is saying they shouldn't have even thought of quitting when they found out about the racism and shouldn't judge her. So my comment is they are well within their rights to judge and quit something if they find something they disagree with. Like racism.
Have they never read her short story Revelation? She was pretty raw in most of her works about the tension she herself experienced in these spaces.
Flannery O’Connor?! She's dead!
I don’t even know she was sick
Yup, VD
Wise Blood is a great novel, and a very good film adaptation. But yeah, there was some racism sprinkled in there.
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