Kara Dreamer
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12-10-2023 20:52:03
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Which brings me to Ms. J.K. Rowling, who is easily as bigoted as Roald Dahl ever was. The #HarryPotter books drip with bigotry, and I think there's every reason to suspect that this is exactly why J. K. Rowling has a fanatically dedicated fanbase, even though she's bad at writing.
J.K. Rowling J.K. Rowling gives her fanatical fans a thing they desperately need: a cartoon version of the world in which Good™ people, the folks who *really matter*, are always pretty (and pasty-looking), and the Bad™ people are always fat and ugly and incompetent.
Bigotry, in other words.
J.K. Rowling This isn't just about antisemitic 'sinister bankers' trope that one gets from #HarryPotter , Hogwarts Legacy, etc. It's all across the board.
Rowling writes *all* of her characters in a flimsy, stereotypical fashion, pervaded with an overwhelming obsession with superficial looks.
J.K. Rowling Hogwarts Legacy That's what bigotry boils down to: superficiality.
A bigot—whether it's J.K. Rowling or Kathleen Stock or Julie Bindel or Matt Walsh or any typical politician in the GOP (or The Democrats) or Conservatives—puts absolute faith in their snap judgments and first impressions of people.
J.K. Rowling Hogwarts Legacy Kathleen Stock Julie Bindel Matt Walsh GOP The Democrats Conservatives If they're not going on *looks*, they're going on *data*.
Matt Walsh &c. think their bigotry is 'rational' because of government crime statistics and The SAT Program scores and other such trash—making the same snap judgments about *data* that they make about lips and noses.
J.K. Rowling Hogwarts Legacy Kathleen Stock Julie Bindel Matt Walsh GOP The Democrats Conservatives The SAT Program Needless to say, this is exactly how Elon Musk sees the world as well. It's no surprise; Maye Musk (and so many other people) taught him how to do it.
*Roald Dahl* taught children how to be bigots. 'The Witches' takes time to teach its child narrator how to *scrutinize* people.
J.K. Rowling Hogwarts Legacy Kathleen Stock Julie Bindel Matt Walsh GOP The Democrats Conservatives The SAT Program Elon Musk Maye Musk Look for telltales! is the Roald Dahl witchsmelling method. Look for signs of baldness (which is not evidence of evil) or wearing gloves (which is not evidence of evil) or anything the least bit out of the ordinary.
This is how J.K. Rowling, Matt Walsh, &c. *see everyone*.
J.K. Rowling Hogwarts Legacy Kathleen Stock Julie Bindel Matt Walsh GOP The Democrats Conservatives The SAT Program Elon Musk Maye Musk They're very proud of it. They think of it as detective work, or something of that nature.
It's much worse from Roald Dahl than Harry Potter. Dahl was a terrible person, but he was also an imaginative, forcible writer. J.K. Rowling...isn't.
We should be thankful for that.