That is about J.K. Rowling, not about someone who said “I like Harry Potter”.

No, it's also about everybody associated in any way with Rowling, who were also forced into servile apologies to avoid getting cancelled themselves.

Which is still unrelated to your original claim.

Yes, associating with an outspoken bigot like JK Rowling has a price.

But this isn't about the books, but the author (many LBGTQA+ people read the books as coming out story, and still hold them dear for that, regardless of the author's vile opinions of those very same readers).

surely at this point you must realize it was just a story about wizards and witches, lol

I wasn't too fond of the books when they were first published (showing my age here), and I don't feel a need to reread them. But here's the fun thing about stories: you can find whatever you'd like in them. As a reader, you are allowed to put part of yourself into the story; it is no longer just the author.

If you want Harry Potter to be a story about queerness, it is yours to make it so. If you want it to be a story about the problems of British education, it is just as much.

> LBGTQA+

I believe it’s just the “T” in this case, snotrockets.

An injury to one is an injury to all – if you single out the T, you're no A.

What I got from your reply is that even you don't believe your previous statement we unfortunately live in a world where the statement "I like Harry Potter" can be weaponized.