Ever looked at an advert? Bought a computer? Eaten food produced by a multinational chain like Nestlé? Almost every action you take will involve generating money for an absolute shit. It's fine (even encouraged) to let people who might not know that Rowing is a horrible bigot, but don't have a go at someone for enjoying a fucking video game.

[–] dota__2@lemmy.world -1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

nah, they asked a question. it's a loaded question for sure, but they asked a simple question. stop enabling.

[–] FozzyOsbourne@lemm.ee 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

stop enabling

What does this even mean?

[–] dota__2@lemmy.world -2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

stop enabling terfs. stop enabling punching down. stop enabling fascism. stop enabling ignorance.

[–] Hyphlosion@lemm.ee 1 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

I’ve seen plenty of “punching down” towards people who buy a game simply to enjoy it. It’s kind of happening in this thread.

[–] Lileath@lemmy.blahaj.zone 0 points 3 weeks ago

If I buy a Trump bible to "enjoy" it, would you say that is wrong just because I give money to a fascist that is hellbent on killing minorities? Would telling me off be punching down as well?

[–] dota__2@lemmy.world -1 points 3 weeks ago

ah yes, Gamers the MOST oppressed class of people.

bad faith argument that any sane person would be embarrassed to have uttered.

[–] shortrounddev@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Because I'm tired of being told what to be outraged about

[–] LeninsOvaries@lemmy.cafe -1 points 3 weeks ago

You're supposed to be able to figure it out yourself. People wouldn't have to tell you these things if you were smarter.

[–] JK_Flip_Flop@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Not OP but I bought it for my sister who is notoriously impossible to buy birthday presents for because she explicitly requested something for once, then I played it through Steam family sharing to deny at least one sale of the game.

[–] inb4_FoundTheVegan@lemmy.world -2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm suprised and a lil' confused why you would share this story in response. Respectfully, it feels like you're shifting blame. Like, okay, sure, It's your sister's birthdays fault you gave money to a terf.

I mean, you do you but if the trans persecution isn't a deal breaker when it comes to something so basic as media choices. Then, whatever. Own it.

[–] JK_Flip_Flop@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Totally valid criticism, I absolutely agree with you. Times are tough for trans folk and giving money to transphobes is not helping that.

Looking back on it, I wouldn't buy it having seen how far off the deep end she has gone. I admit I dismissed her at the time as just a nutjob on Twitter but she's now proved to me that she is a bigot beyond reproach.

I also find myself in a better educated position than I was at that time. I have more LGBTQ friends and family than ever and I'm challenging anti-trans behaviour in others when I spot it.

[–] Drivebyhaiku@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

It's less about giving money to the woman herself and more about how HP and JK Rowling are used as memetic weapons. Every release of a new property has seen a rush of transphobic actors invading trans spaces for years. Invoking the name of the author and showing solidarity in a lot of contexts is a not subtle way of showing support to the veiws expressed by the Terf ideology during a time when being trans is becoming criminalized in more places. The news isn't generally covering it well but Texas is passing laws where it is a criminal offense to misrepresent your birth sex at work or in public government spaces.

"Oh but it's just money" isn't so much the problem. It's the cover this entire conversation about ethical consumption or the lack thereof in daily life is providing to people throwing up open flags of anti-trans bigotry in public and using that as a tool to band together to attack the community and send open messages that trans people are not welcome in ways that the average cis person will dismiss as just "they like kid wizards".