buying the product=! Supporting the author

that’s actually exactly what it is, like that is literally the most straightforward and direct way to support an author

it is also a statement making social commentary about how someone can consume a piece of media without being supportive of the author and their actions as a private individual

That’s true, unless you are buying the products or watching the shows on a service, which would be supportive of the author.

It absolutely is either/or

Stopped reading because that is so blatantly wrong, trying thinking harder please.

It isn’t the consumer’s fault that the product they enjoy is tangentially used to fund oppressive organizations

That’s also true, but it is the consumer’s fault if they continue to support products that are used to fund oppressive organizations, particularly if it isn’t a necessity, and particularly particularly if they are quite well informed about the issue.

Literally every single thing you consume under capitalism contributes to the oppression of a marginalized person

Yes, but some things are essential to living, but even in those cases the consumer can STILL vote with their wallet. I repeat, “no ethical consumption under capitalism” is not an excuse to make the choice to support unethical organizations when there are more ethical alternatives.

If someone told me they specifically bought slave labor produced goods because they are always cheaper, they would still be wrong even though everything in our system exploits someone somewhere, because there is always a choice between lesser evils.

You can bitch about the individual all you want, and I’ll continue to call everyone who does a shortsighted, myopic fool.

Sorry you’re so triggered that people are rightfully judging you for choosing your little fandom over human rights, but it’s a choice you are actively making. Stop being a pussy and hiding behind excuses, you support J.K. Rowling because you want to.

“There is no ethical consumption under capitalism”

That’s not a blank check to not bother with ethics though.

“Learn to separate the art from the artist”

You know Death of the Author is just a literary analysis tool, right?

Stop villainizing them for their interest in the franchise just because JK turned out to be a bigoted bitch and is using her royalties to bankroll bigoted organizations.

They aren’t being villainized for their interest in the franchise, they’re being villainized for for contributing to the bigoted organizations fund.

Want to bitch about something? Bitch about the overarching systems that make interacting with your interests tangentially associated with funding bigotry and hate due to a convoluted system of ownership.

I can bitch about more than one thing at a time, it’s not either/or.

my builders were probably a POS too and I gotta go sell my house to make SOMEONE happy

Your builders don’t continue to receive payment for your house after it is built, right?

but Im done being asked to be a soldier in every battle against a bad person.

I think that is sorta overselling what a boycott is.

I’m more concerned about the Jack Daniels oral care tbh

Nah fuck the shareholders, if they do something we depend on and pay for it with tax dollars then we should own them.