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JI7

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4. Not sure this is a good thing

Reply to LetMyPeopleVote (Original post)

Fri Jun 27, 2025, 05:28 PM

Jun 27

We need to be nuanced about things. We should be able to read, watch, listen and enjoy certain works while being able to say the person is still wrong when it comes to something.

I feel like these things make us lose support. And the right is able to easily exploit it.

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San Francisco bookstore stops selling J.K. Rowling titles due to 'Harry Potter' author's anti-trans views [View all] LetMyPeopleVote Jun 27 OP

Not really different than Dr. Seuss Enterprises choosing to stop publishing and licensing six books of their own. Torchlight Jun 27 #1

It's their right, but it's a goofy decision Prairie Gates Jun 27 #2

Not sure this is a good thing JI7 Jun 27 #3

Not sure this is a good thing JI7 Jun 27 #4

Good for them. Never read her books, never will. Ritabert Jun 27 #5