Current Events > Where do you sit on the Hogwarts Legacy controversy?

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All you're saying is that the only extent you care about not putting money into the pocket of "bad" people is through a single game purchase. Which is just another way of saying you don't actually care and are using a movement to justify harassment.

Mmk kid, you're done here

Buying from Nintendo is a bad, harmful choice. As is Amazon. As is Apple. As is Chick-fil-A (which I avoid but don't judge others). As is using Twitter. Etc. Etc.

Happy this put him in his place. My work is done here.

Lol you did nothing of the sort kid

Why is the most immature person here calling everyone else kid?

Why is the most immature person here calling everyone else kid?

"kid"

he's like 45 yrs old or something lol

TIL it's okay to give money to bad people if they make a nice phone, a good chicken sandwich, run a social media site, or have a convenient shipping system

TIL it's okay to give money to bad people if they make a nice phone, a good chicken sandwich, run a social media site, or have a convenient shipping system

TIL it's okay to give money to bad people if they make a nice phone, a good chicken sandwich, run a social media site, or have a convenient shipping system

I mean that's literally the "no ethical consumption under capitalism" thing comes from. I know people try to counter this with "it doesn't apply to non-essential items like video games", but unless you're a buddist monk living in the mountains there's going to be a "non-essential item" you have that was also created from the corruptions of capitalism. We all pick and choose our battles, which is why shaming/guilting others for not following the same path is dumb. You're going to be no better than those annoying as fuck Christians that love to preach but don't follow through with all the crap they say. Sometimes it's better to know when to know your battles and when to shut up.

I mean that's literally the "no ethical consumption under capitalism" thing comes from.

No it isn't. It exists so people who are against capitalism don't feel shitty and kill themselves due to denying themselves basic needs, it's not so people who support capitalism can make excuses for buying a baby game. Check that cowardly bullshit. You wanna buy a video game and don't care about the boycott, own up to it.

You can buy your grocery from farmer's market and you can sew your own clothes or buy it from stores that don't rely on sweatshops.

You wanna buy a video game and don't care about the boycott, own up to it.

Buying, playing, or watching Hogwarts Legacy is basically harming real people out in the world. All Trans people tell you to not do any of that and people who do that show they never cared about the LGBT in the first place.

I'll gladly break off friendships and disown family if I catch them even thinking about playing it. If someone tells you not to drink bleach, you wouldn't do it. This is the same here.

LMAO

Exactly. We are basically saying the same thing.

Great minds think alike.

Also I'm hoping your marriage is doing well.

I've never really understood why Harry Potter is so popular. I mean, they're OK books, but there are people who act like they're the pinnacle of literature.

Thanks! But just engagement so far

If you are simply going to assume things, I will guess you are one of those people that always have to be right.

Good luck on everything, wedding planning was stressful af but so worth it in the end

I appreciate it. Been married before - 4 daughters

Thanks! But just engagement so far

That's a fucking fail on my end lol.

Honestly though, best wishes. Glad you came back on the board.

The controversies are half baked at best.

After playing for 6 hours I've seen a transgender character and a lesbian...in 1875.

If this game wasn't about wizards and magic, I'd say that would be unrealistic... but apparently the Harry Potter universe is the most diverse universe ever created... and yet the far left libs are still pissed off about it because the billionaire creater disagrees with them on some things.

I remember, you got divorced, then you were a mega hoe for a few years, now you're over that phase and settling again :D

Political extremists, regardless of side, have never been the smartest crowd.

Political extremists, regardless of side, have never been the smartest crowd.

Lotta "both sides" people stroking themselves off ITT.

Rowling has some pretty shitty takes and there are people who don't want to see her validated or rewarded for expressing them. That's it. That's the controversy. Nothing extremist about it.

And a subsection of those people are going out of their way to harass other people over it. That makes those individual extremists. Assuming they actually care about the movement and not just latching on to something to justify harassing people.

A very, very, very tiny subsection.

Lotta "both sides" people stroking themselves off ITT.

Rowling has some pretty shitty takes and there are people who don't want to see her validated or rewarded for expressing them. That's it. That's the controversy. Nothing extremist about it.

The size doesn't matter. It's an extremists subsection and they are going to be the loudest voices heard.

And therefore the position they side with is wrong?

If you want to side with extremists who will drown out reasonable actions and become hostile to anyone they deem unworthy, go ahead.

You can have a good position and still go about it a bad way and no one should tolerate extremist behavior.