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Who is an artist or public figure you still enjoy despite them being cancelled for bad behaviour? (lemmy.world)
submitted 9 months ago by to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world
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It's something I struggle with. Some bad news comes out about some public persona doing something shitty and they get cancelled. But sometimes I really struggle with giving up the things they've made because I like them. There are also occasions where the person has been accused of something and it doesn't seem true to me, or I think they're genuinely sorry and have been punished enough, and the context isn't being considered.

What do you think? Who do you feel conflicted about enjoying?

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[–] 69 points 9 months ago (9 children)

I mean, I didn't throw out my Harry Potter boxed set just becsuse Rowling is a dumb fucking TERF. I just don't continue buying shit she profits off of, and can see tons of questionable things in her work that I didn't question before knowing her thoughts on things.

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  • [–] 6 points 9 months ago (4 children)

    Doesn't anything HP give her a cut?

    It's the reason HP is banned in this household.

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  • [–] 33 points 9 months ago* (1 child)

    Getting rid of things you already had before it became known she was a transphobe doesn't take the money away from her.

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  • [–] 7 points 9 months ago

    there is an argument to be made for preventing further money being made by giving it to someone who will otherwise buy it new, but then you also have to consider additionally exposure if you give it to someone who wouldn't otherwise have bought it...

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  • [–] 15 points 9 months ago

    i don't blame you for your choice. she's alive and using money from the franchise to actively fund initiatives that hurt people. but let me copy my comment from elsewhere in this thread (about Scott Adams and old Dilbert books)

    hey, read the books you already own all you want. that doesn't put anymore money in his pocket.

    being "cancelled" doesn't mean we stick our fingers in our ears and act like it didn't happen. it just means being conscientious about funding the lives of people who are actively making the world a worse place.

    this is a critical detail that I think people often miss

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  • [–] 3 points 9 months ago

    I feel conflicted about reading and writing Harry Potter fan fiction. The negative side is it draws attention to the franchise. The positive side is it helps people enjoy Harry Potter content without benefiting Rowling.

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  • [+] -28 points 9 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (1 child)
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  • [–] 18 points 9 months ago

    Just because she doesn’t outright say I hate trans. People doesn’t mean that she uses her fame her money and her businesses to help incorporate and promote anti-trans policies in the UK and also promote those ideas in the world ideas that trans people aren’t people. How is that not the definition of hatred just in a different way you need to stop being so ignorant because you really are and I’m only saying that to help you open up to reality.

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