Current Events > JK Rowling. Hypocrite.

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Ayn Rand did it better. Shit all over everything that even remotely resembled "the socialism!" - lingered on with a public pension and public healthcare in her last couple or three decades.

I'm Randian as fuck, but that actually happened.

Wtf is natural woman

Questionmarktarius posted...

I'm Randian as fuck, but that actually happened.

the fact this doesn't make you immediately question her entirely ideology is concerning, to say the least

I got two copies preorder. One to play and other to seal and keep in my Rowling collecting. Absolutely love her and support her!

Zero_Destroyer posted...

the fact this doesn't make you immediately question her entirely ideology is concerning, to say the least

I'm also big on Orwell, and he shit all over the English Socialism he lived on the whole time.

Questionmarktarius posted...

I'm also big on Orwell, and he shit all over the English Socialism he lived on the whole time.

No, he was anti-authoritarian. He was extremely socialist and crapped all over conservatism.

Technically he also dumped all over AnCaps, but that wasn't actually a thing when he lived so eh.

RAAAWWWRRR posted...

I'm honestly really curious on how many awards this game is gonna win... especially when it comes to the GOTY Awards in December...

If this game ever wins GOTY (which will not imo), there's gonna be a nuclear meltdown in CE, ResetERA, and twitter

I mean Elden Ring won awards so a game released early in the year can win. But I can't see Hogwarts winning over Zelda, even the worst Zelda

ellis123 posted...

No, he was anti-authoritarian. He was extremely socialist and crapped all over conservatism.

That's just what Eric Blair was, and I adore that you know that.

As I've gotten older (late 40s now), I've wandered into Thomas Sowell. Holy shit that guy explains everything

Questionmarktarius posted...

Holy shit that guy explains everything

Only if you are conservative. Otherwise the fact that he doesn't believe that racism is a thing, believes in trickle-down economics, etc. are a real turn off in terms of an explanation on anything.

Not sure what bringing up Orwell's real name was, though. Unless you are talking about me making the distinction between socialism and totalitarianism. Because that kind of comes as a bit obvious for anyone that has actually made any attempt to digest Orwell. >.>

creativerealms posted...

I mean Elden Ring won awards so a game released early in the year can win. But I can't see Hogwarts winning over Zelda, even the worst Zelda

I don't think Hogwarts is gonna win, but I'm also thinking Zelda won't either. We barely have any info and it comes out in 3 months and that's a bit concerning. There's also several other big games coming this year.

Questionmarktarius posted...

I'm Randian as fuck, but that actually happened.

Her books and ideas are stupid.

gunplagirl posted...

Where's that tweet where she said that no group deserves a blanket assumption of innocence? Between that and this tweet, nobody has any excuse to say she's not transphobic. They also have zero excuse to buy the game but they will and they'll make trans people out to be the villains.

gunplagirl posted...

You tell yourself that. At the very least it means transphobia isn't unacceptable to them.

gunplagirl posted...

And resigned opinions like yours while buying her effing game only ensures that's going to be the case. It's not even asinine, it's acting indifferent while actively defending yourself when people accuretly point out those contributing to her success.

It's amazing how your posts ITT just get progressively more and more stupid.

ChildOfHades posted...

It's amazing how your posts ITT just get progressively more and more stupid.

I don't know why people bother responding to Negi at this point. It's a total waste of time.

ChildOfHades posted...

It's amazing how your posts ITT just get progressively more and more stupid.

ChildOfHades posted...

It's amazing how your posts ITT just get progressively more and more stupid.

Agreed

Michael Moore sells his "documentaries" for money.

Helicaterpillar posted...

I got two copies preorder. One to play and other to seal and keep in my Rowling collecting. Absolutely love her and support her!

Imagine if you made a post like this in defense of Blizzard's sexual abuse scandals. You'd be nuked from orbit by the mods.

gunplagirl posted...

And resigned opinions like yours while buying her effing game only ensures that's going to be the case. It's not even asinine, it's acting indifferent while actively defending yourself when people accuretly point out those contributing to her success.

Playing video games makes China money. Therefore, we are all, at best, indifferent to human rights abuses, concentration camps, and the loss of sovereignty of Taiwan.

gunplagirl posted...

And resigned opinions like yours while buying her effing game only ensures that's going to be the case. It's not even asinine, it's acting indifferent while actively defending yourself when people accuretly point out those contributing to her success.

Outside the ownership of the IP its not technically her game and regardless if this is the hill you are fighting on the. i hope for your sake you arent using any technology that was made in China or really anything purchased under capitalism or even vetting people you bought things from if you buy things used.

Y'all can just admit that you just don't care Rowling is going to benefit, in some microscopic way, from your purchase of this game.

All the arguments otherwise are really just to obscure that.

https://youtu.be/flBqojLpAnI

about Harry Potter.

I agree with JK Rowling's views.

i support women

pegusus123456 posted...

Y'all can just admit that you just don't care Rowling is going to benefit, in some microscopic way, from your purchase of this game.

All the arguments otherwise are really just to obscure that.

So I guess you don't care about what China does since you have thrown out your morals to buy unnecessary electronics.

I can't say what I hope happens to JK Rowling, but I do know a royalty check from a game that she doesn't have anything to do with is not going to move the needle on her money or influence.

And again, we just don't allow bigots to win. We're thinking too small time with boycotts and shit. You just don't let them win, at any cost. They don't care about public opinion or votes, so why should we?

hockeybub89 posted...

So I guess you don't care about what China does since you have thrown out your morals to buy unnecessary electronics.

False equivalence.

Glob posted...

You dont need an excuse to buy a game.

I wont be buying it myself, but other people choosing to do so is in no way transphobic.

lol this is how normal people think. Thank you for this

Questionmarktarius posted...

Ayn Rand did it better. Shit all over everything that even remotely resembled "the socialism!" - lingered on with a public pension and public healthcare in her last couple or three decades.

I'm Randian as fuck, but that actually happened.

Isn't Rand just about being openly self serving? So it was never "the socialism" it was always " why don't I get that money" and then when she did all was right with the world again.

pegusus123456 posted...

False equivalence.

How? Spending money on unnecessary things despite knowledge that some of that money will fund evil. Is JK Rowling worse than China or Saudi Arabia? Is she worse than the average anti-worker corporation? I'm not saying she's harmless. I'm saying she's not unique.

I think people need to realize pretty much everyone with power is evil. How does one pick and choose? I need some happiness in this wretched world so I choose to not even waste time being inconsistent. The world will only change if the rules are thrown out completely. We can't win by their rules because their rules require you to throw out your morality to win.

Deedice posted...

lol this is how normal people think. Thank you for this

It's also pretty normal to not buy things from someone you don't like. If someone says "Fuck you, die" it's perfectly normal to say, "Yeah I'm not buying your video game".

pegusus123456 posted...

False equivalence.

You are correct. Child slave labor is worse than a few impolite tweets

hockeybub89 posted...

How? Spending money on unnecessary things despite knowledge that some of that money will fund evil. Is JK Rowling worse than China or Saudi Arabia? Is she worse than the average anti-worker corporation? I'm not saying she's harmless. I'm saying she's not unique.

Chinese-made goods are far, far more pervasive than one single video game.

TheWizardOfOrz posted...

It's also pretty normal to not buy things from someone you don't like. If someone says "Fuck you, die" it's perfectly normal to say, "Yeah I'm not buying your video game".

Maybe so but Im not saying that anybody should buy it if they dont want to. Also, to my knowledge, the number of people that she has effectively said, Fuck you, die, to is very small, relatively speaking.

pegusus123456 posted...

Chinese-made goods are far, far more pervasive than one single video game.

I'm not talking about all goods. We don't need to play video games at all, so we should not be giving China more money than necessary. We also should not eat fast food, or buy luxuries from corporations. We are funding human rights abuses and anti-worker sentiment with our frivolous purchases

hockeybub89 posted...

I'm not talking about all goods. We don't need to play video games, so we should not be giving China more money than necessary. We also should not eat fast food, or buy luxuries from corporations. We are funding human rights abuses and anti-worker sentiment with our frivolous purchases

Yeah, this is the sort of stupid false equivalence I'm talking about.

"Ummm, you don't live as an ascetic monk, so obviously you're wrong to criticize people for buying this video game."

pegusus123456 posted...

Yeah, this is the sort of stupid false equivalence I'm talking about.

"Ummm, you don't live as an ascetic monk, so obviously you're wrong to criticize people for buying this video game."

When you accuse other people of a false equivalence for this, youre actually just indicating your own double standard.

Glob posted...

When you accuse other people of a false equivalence for this, youre actually just indicating your own double standard.

No, I acknowledge that it's difficult to avoid purchasing goods from corporations and entities that do bad things, I just also acknowledge that not buying this one specific video game is not on the same level. I don't even think it makes you transphobic, I already said:

pegusus123456 posted...

Y'all can just admit that you just don't care Rowling is going to benefit, in some microscopic way, from your purchase of this game.

I bought the new WoW expansion and a few months of game time even after all the shit Blizzard pulled. I'm not blameless, I just don't try and justify it with stupid arguments.

TheWizardOfOrz posted...

It's also pretty normal to not buy things from someone you don't like. If someone says "Fuck you, die" it's perfectly normal to say, "Yeah I'm not buying your video game".

People that don't like JK Rowling are making a video game. She just made the franchise and might have been paid up front, making boycotts actually pointless. You think a heartless bitch like her cares if people agree with her? You think backlash will cause her to reconsider her hate or to shut the fuck up? Insane bigots are already a minority. Their winning has nothing to do with the hearts and minds of the public. They don't care or need that.

hockeybub89 posted...

You think a heartless bitch like her cares if people agree with her?

I think she actually does and that's partly why she's double down so, so hard on it.

pegusus123456 posted...

Yeah, this is the sort of stupid false equivalence I'm talking about.

"Ummm, you don't live as an ascetic monk, so obviously you're wrong to criticize people for buying this video game."

So it's too hard to give up video games, so you throw out your morals for 99.9% of them.

I didn't say to give up everything, but isn't the argument that someone is apathetic to the cause if they can't even avoid something unnecessary like a stupid video game?

hockeybub89 posted...

So it's too hard to give up video games, so you throw out your morals for 99.9% of them.

All else aside, where are you getting the idea that 99.9% of video games come from China?

pegusus123456 posted...

All else aside, where are you getting the idea that 99.9% of video games come from China?

The consoles and PCs all do to some extent. And if a Chinese company doesn't have their fingers in publishing a game, some other heartless corporation likely does. Now you even have the Saudi Arabian royals putting their filthy hands in gaming companies in their attempts to whitewash their human rights record.

Glob posted...

Maybe so but Im not saying that anybody should buy it if they dont want to. Also, to my knowledge, the number of people that she has effectively said, Fuck you, die, to is very small, relatively speaking.

As long as we're all clear on that. It feels like there are a subset of people in this topic who feel compelled to suggest people choosing to boycott it are breaking some sort of rule of are wrong somehow.

And we both know she didn't say it in that many words but denying someone's right to exist may as well be asking them to fuck off and die.

hockeybub89 posted...

People that don't like JK Rowling are making a video game. She just made the franchise and might have been paid up front, making boycotts actually pointless. You think a heartless bitch like her cares if people agree with her? You think backlash will cause her to reconsider her hate or to shut the fuck up? Insane bigots are already a minority. Their winning has nothing to do with the hearts and minds of the public. They don't care or need that.

I think that you're not replying to what I said. That a person can see that someone doesn't want them to exist and decide not to buy their game. No words were said at all about if she would give a shit otherwise. They're just choosing not to go to her party.

TheWizardOfOrz posted...

As long as we're all clear on that. It feels like there are a subset of people in this topic who feel compelled to suggest people choosing to boycott it are breaking some sort of rule of are wrong somehow.

And we both know she didn't say it in that many words but denying someone's right to exist may as well be asking them to fuck off and die.

Sure. I dont disagree with any of that.

How many people you think heard about this game because of moaning like dis cause I'm one of dem

If you think I'm supporting transphobia by purchasing the game, you aren't a person I'd get along with irl anyway so no sweat off my back.

If only there was some way we could send Rowling a message that her bigoted ideas aren't welcome.

Lol he deleted the post saying he agreed with the attitude in the tweet

UnfairRepresent posted...

Lol he deleted the post saying he agreed with the attitude in the tweet

He might have just been modded.

ChildOfHades posted...

It's amazing how your posts ITT just get progressively more and more stupid.

Agreed. Some people would benefit in actually thinking before they post.

CyricZ posted...

If only there was some way we could send Rowling a message that her bigoted ideas aren't welcome.

Do that and she will respond with a passive aggressive message that will also send hords of people.after you with death threats.