Yes, like any moral question whatsoever, you have to make some decisions. Is this hard for you to accept in other domains? You're not supposed to harm other people— if this goes so far as murdering them, you go to jail. But not every harm gets you put in jail. If you can figure that out, why is it suddenly impossible to decide which authors not to support?Travis B. wrote: ↑Tue Aug 20, 2024 4:11 pmI never said I approved of J.K. Rowling or what she stands for (I don't), I was simply saying that once you start deciding that certain creator's works out to be rejected/canceled/burnt/<your participle of choice>, you have to decide on a line where some creators' work are to be rejected/canceled/burnt/<your participle of choice> where others are not.zompist wrote: ↑Tue Aug 20, 2024 3:53 pm This position is equivalent to "if some people did things that should land them in jail, then who is pure enough not to be sent to jail?"
Or maybe, more simply, you just happen to approve of transphobia and think it's a minor problem. At least try to understand that for many of us, transphobia really is as bad as other forms of bigotry, and we are not under any obligation to financially support it.
Also, are your bookshelves littered with books by Hitler, Lenin, Moldbug, Newt Gingrich, and Ayn Rand? I'm guessing no. You chose not to support these people by buying their books. Travis rhetoric: OMIGOD YOU THREW THEM IN A FIRE. Real situation: you didn't buy their damned books. Stop escalating rhetoric to make not buying books sound like a crime.