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Warner Bros. Games president David Haddad about JK Rowling's Transphobic comments: "I can agree she has the right to hold her opinions."
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This is a standard PR response but...doesn't make it any good.
''Opinions'', fuck her and fuck you too.
''Opinions'', fuck her and fuck you too.
Ah yes, some rando with <100 followers on twitter sharing their opinion is the same as Rowling sharing hers to well over a million people, right?
I hate this.
I hate this.
Total stunner that a corporate suit would try to make a diplomatic non-response regarding the owner of the multi billion dollar franchise they obviously weren't going to abandon.
I didn't know being transphobic was an opinion. I guess you learn something new everyday.
Ohh... And I almost forgot... FUCK JK ROWLING.
Ohh... And I almost forgot... FUCK JK ROWLING.
That statement makes no sense whatsover.
If she was on Twitter dehumanizing, say, black people, and he said "she has a right to express her opinion", that guy would be eaten alive.
If she was on Twitter dehumanizing, say, black people, and he said "she has a right to express her opinion", that guy would be eaten alive.
To be fair, he couldn't have given a different answer regardless of what he personally believes in.
But it's still a garbage response.
But it's still a garbage response.
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He could have just said "I don't agree with her views."
That's it.
It's cool to hold different opinions when it's like "I like this shade of blue better than that one."
But when it's about the personhood of an entire class of human being, especially a class as vulnerable and targeted as the trans community? At that point it's monstrous.
But when it's about the personhood of an entire class of human being, especially a class as vulnerable and targeted as the trans community? At that point it's monstrous.
Well whether you agree with it or not, hate speech is absolutely covered under the constitution's first amendment and this has been protected multiple times by the Supreme Court.
In any case, the response by WB is about as spineless as you'd expect.
What did he accomplish with this?
He wanted to say she is entitled to her opinion and also state that he understands the concerns of staff, fans....and the world at large.
His 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th sentences should have been condemning what she said in clear, unmistakable terms.
Then his 8th sentence should have been the token "but she is entitled to her opinion" nonsense if he feels the IP relationship would be at risk.
Just....wow.
He wanted to say she is entitled to her opinion and also state that he understands the concerns of staff, fans....and the world at large.
His 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th sentences should have been condemning what she said in clear, unmistakable terms.
Then his 8th sentence should have been the token "but she is entitled to her opinion" nonsense if he feels the IP relationship would be at risk.
Just....wow.
Sure, she has a right to hold her opinions, but if he doesn't agree with her then call her out on it.
I understand he's in a place where he can't really say anything against her publicly in an official capacity, but it's another case of "oh she said a bad thing b b but it's just her opinion please buy our game." like the statement WB put out the other day.
I understand he's in a place where he can't really say anything against her publicly in an official capacity, but it's another case of "oh she said a bad thing b b but it's just her opinion please buy our game." like the statement WB put out the other day.
You're right.
He tries to be non-commital, in hopes of hand-waving this away.
But he gave a garbage, weak response.
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Totally normal opinion.
"I don't like cheesecake too much topping on cheesecakes, think Zodiac is David Fincher's most underrated film, and think certain minority groups don't deserve rights."
She doesn't have any right to hold opinions that are causing people to kill themselves because of her shitty opinions
Most of the people on this forum who were interested in the game will still buy it brand new and some folks will even go as far as to drive by in the thread. Fuck em.
the only way to be ACTUALLY committal in this situation is making sure miss TERF wizard lady doesn't make a fucking dime from this game, but obviously that's not gonna happen because companies will always value profit over human rights issues
like even if he said "we don't support her views" or whatever, she's still benefitting from this game financially & brand awareness wise. that's the elephant in the room