Not everybody
Yes very important to bite the hand that made him famous and rich, because some people In The Franchise (by which he means some people who have profited hugely from Rowling’s novels) believe in magic fantasy gender.
In a new interview with IndieWire, Radcliffe opened up about why he decided to speak out publicly against the author who essentially gave him his acting career.
We know why he did it. He did it because he believes in a stupid new religion of gender, and he believes that open disbelief in that religion is heretical and evil and should be punished.
“The reason I felt very, very much as though I needed to say something when I did was because, particularly since finishing ‘Potter,’ I’ve met so many queer and trans kids and young people who had a huge amount of identification with Potter on that,” Radcliffe said. “And so seeing them hurt on that day I was like, I wanted them to know that not everybody in the franchise felt that way. And that was really important.”
Radcliffe published his letter on The Trevor Project’s website. The group is a nonprofit organization that focuses on suicide prevention efforts in the LGBTQ community.
There is no such “community.” T doesn’t belong, and Q doesn’t mean anything.
“It was really important as I’ve worked with the Trevor Project for more than 10 years, and so I don’t think I would’ve been able to look myself in the mirror had I not said anything,” Radcliffe added. “But it’s not mine to guess what’s going on in someone else’s head.”
Radcliffe should talk to some people in the LGB “community” who haven’t accepted the forced teaming and don’t buy into the gender religion.
But he’s more than happy to ascribe beliefs to Rowling which she has never stated or written. Radcliffe (or any of the other ingrates jumping on the “let’s trash JKR” bandwagon) have obviously never read any of her actual statements. Yet he’s able to take what someone else has told him about her “beliefs” and infer from that what’s going on in her head. That’s some superpower. Oh, sorry, magic.
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This. Ten thousand times this. There must be something bad, because everybody is complaining about it. Mumble mumble anti-trans, therefore she’s a bigot and must be shunned. Can’t be bothered to read (let alone understand) what she’s said. There can’t possibly be any merit to any of her arguments, because anti-trans. No need to read anything.
This is particularly unconscionable for the Radcliffe, Grint, and Watson, as they would have been able to ask Rowling themselves what she really thought (if they had had any doubts). I’m guessing they didn’t do this. I don’t think it’s too much of a stretch to say that they owed her that much consideration. Ironic that, unlike the characters they portrayed, they all chose what was easy over what was right.
I wonder how much Radcliffe’s publicist had to do with this. I can imagine their panic at the prospect of their meal ticket being burnt at the stake on Twitter. Courage and principal are all fine and good, but if your paycheck depends on your client doesn’t sign up for crucifixion, advising spinelessness is the better part of valour.
Besides, whatever happened to shutting the hell up? The level of conceit is sickening.
What’s a publicist going to do with silence, issue a blank piece of paper as a press release? If Radcliffe has no actual work to tout, banging away on the Trans drum might be the only way of maintaining the interest of the attention churn, and to keep his Trans Ally badge current. It might not age well, but he has to say something to stay current and remembered for something other than the Role of a Lifetime, which was written by the now-inconvenient-to-acknowledge Creator Who Must Not Be Named. PROXIMITY ALERT! Mustn’t incur undeserved splash damage by being TERF adjacent.
It is, especially from someone who would be nowhere if it hadn’t been for Rowling’s novels. He got the part because he looked the part, not because of his acting chops or any other chops.
Which is how Trump picked his cabinet.
I think that he’s actually become a decent actor (at least compared to the other two,) if not a decent person. It would seem that a conversation with Rowling would have been in order before he made this statement.