Re:Robbie Coltrane: Harry Potter actor dies aged 72
by Kye on Friday October 14, 2022 @03:21PM
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It's too bad one of his last public comments was defending Rowling's transphobia. Maybe he changed his tune as she went mask-off and fully embraced fringe, reactionary elements, but I couldn't find anything. He could have had a nice legacy as having played beloved character.
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Re:Robbie Coltrane: Harry Potter actor dies aged 72
by invalidOrTaken on Friday October 14, 2022 @03:33PM
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For 90% of people, he will.
Re:Robbie Coltrane: Harry Potter actor dies aged 72
by Kye on Friday October 14, 2022 @03:42PM
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Yep. The significance of minorities to those with power is the issue here, after all. I'm aware most people will happily continue supporting a bigot who makes things that please them.
Re:Robbie Coltrane: Harry Potter actor dies aged 72
by jemmyw on Friday October 14, 2022 @05:06PM
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I've read her writing on the subject and it's rather a stretch to call her a bigot. It's possible to have a subtle position where you believe the rights of one group shouldn't override another. How can we possibly discuss a subject when someone like her, who can write thoughtfully but holds a different but not totally oppositional position is attacked so vehemently?
I've also tried to read her books and think they're pretty pants. Boring stories, bad prose, tiresome characters.
RIP Robbie. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FX51mwWyVFY
Re:Robbie Coltrane: Harry Potter actor dies aged 72
by Veen on Friday October 14, 2022 @05:07PM
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I suspect you misunderstand which views are fringe and which are mainstream.
Re:Robbie Coltrane: Harry Potter actor dies aged 72
by ghostily on Friday October 14, 2022 @05:11PM
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How disrespectful, what a disparaging framing of what really happened: Coltrane was defending a friend and colleague from the abuse and death threats she'd received for speaking up on women's rights. Actually very honourable behaviour on his part. He was a great actor and a good man.
Re:Robbie Coltrane: Harry Potter actor dies aged 72
by Kye on Friday October 14, 2022 @05:39PM
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The people she disrespectfully accuses of abuse and death threats also receive abuse and death threats for speaking up on women's rights. The difference is who each faction believes gets to be a woman. Based on Rowling's recent associations, her concept is contracting more and more every day.