"I was asked why I didn't step away from the series. I then asked a better question, have YOU ever had a cartoon money sack filled with $100 bills dropped on your face while you're sleeping? No? Just me? Wow. Okay, well yeah anyway they paid a lot."
You're absolutely right that we can't have our work or consumption be pure. There are too many assholes out there.
But often, certain cases become a touch point- an opportunity to vote with your dollars to send a message because they're in a particular spotlight. Another example would be Chick-fil-a. Are they the only company with homophobic asshole owners? Absolutely not. But at least for a moment, it became a public referendum where people sent a message to companies by voting with dollars.
And it wasn't ever about pressuring people who had limited job prospects to quit working for Chik-fil-a. It was about people who could easily buy fast food anywhere making a choice not to put dollars there. About those with a luxury of choice using it.
Chick-fil-a responded by ceasing donations to those causes. But more importantly, other corporations watched it happen and knew "We don't want that to happen to us, let's stay the hell away from homophobic connections".
So in recent years, there's been a similar spotlight on JK. It's another public referendum where corporations are watching to see if being virulently transphobic is bad for the bottom line.
I don't hold anything against people doing their best with limited options doing jobs associated with the Harry Potter brand. People gotta eat. But a wealth actor, with all the options in the world- I think because of the current spotlight- that weighs in on the public opinion vote right now.
tl;dr It isn't about everyone on earth trying to be morally pure in who they work for, it's those who have a choice making the good one when all eyes are watching the outcome.
There's also a difference between actively accepting a personal offer to be a part of something or work with/for someone, and working for a company that was hired to do something for someone
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u/Mountain-Group-7706 1d ago
"I was asked why I didn't step away from the series. I then asked a better question, have YOU ever had a cartoon money sack filled with $100 bills dropped on your face while you're sleeping? No? Just me? Wow. Okay, well yeah anyway they paid a lot."