Anonymous #1 1d

You can engage in the fandom without supporting the author, you can buy books second hand to not support the author, fanfic doesn’t support her, fan works in general don’t support the fandom

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Anonymous OP 1d

You’re right. They just want to virtue signal.

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Anonymous #3 1d

boycotting an evil terf is not virtue signalling it’s having a backbone

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Anonymous OP 1d

Platforming the IP is still platforming her and encouraging more engagement. She needs to fade into obscurity. Quit fucking supporting her.

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Anonymous #4 1d

I’m trans. I do not give her any money. What’s wrong with getting a book at a thrift shop? How is that supporting her in any way? The answer is that it isn’t. If it’s not supporting her or giving her money, it’s not a problem

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Anonymous #4 1d

It is virtue signaling when it gets the the point where we’re attacking the people who ARE BOYCOTTING HER

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Anonymous #5 1d

I wouldn’t exactly call making content specifically to counter her’s while spreading the message to others to not support her in any way “encouraging more engagement”

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Anonymous #3 1d

You know what’s really easy to do and gives absolutely no additional support or power to her at all? Not engaging with any of it, at all. You should know better but you don’t. Work on it.

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Anonymous #5 1d

Why? If I’m not giving any additional support to her, why do you care if I thrift a book or make art specifically to counter hers? If she’s not being supported, there is no logical reason to stop people from doing things like that.

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Anonymous #5 1d

If someone is doing what they enjoy while providing her no financial or other support, while also speaking out against her, what is your problem with that? Genuinely, where is the issue there?

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Anonymous #5 1d

At that point, when someone is actively avoiding giving her any support or money but you still insist it’s not enough for you, it reads as virtue signaling

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Anonymous #3 1d

Platforming anything related to her is still supporting her. But, good to know you don’t care about anyone else because your nostalgia for a poorly written story taking from numerous other series is more important. Fucking ew.

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Anonymous #3 1d

IT’S THE PRINCIPLE! why would you WANT to engage with the work of a racist anti-trans activist? why would you facilitate the continued relevance of her work?

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Anonymous #4 1d

Because they refuse to separate themselves from her over overhyped, shitty storytelling full of racism, ableism, inconsistency, and bullshit.

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Anonymous #3 1d

God forbid a trans person have boundaries about a series that has harmed my community

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Anonymous #1 1d

B-But the overzealous infatuation with a shitty person’s copy slop… 🥺 /s

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Anonymous #3 1d

buying a book at a secondhand indicates “hey, people still want this stuff.” my local book store tracks what sells used and uses it to inform purchasing decisions (this is normal). used HP copies selling prompts them to buy new HP copies. that gives money to joanne. that is an example of how it works on a microeconomic scale. on the macro level, yeah WB tracks/estimates the secondary/privacy market when making business decisions.

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Anonymous #3 1d

Virtue signaling my right to exist

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Anonymous #4 1d

Thanks for at least admitting it really is just the principle

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Anonymous #6 1d

Thrift shops do not order books

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Anonymous #6 1d

Thrifting a book supports her in no way

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Anonymous #3 1d

Just leave the shit in the past, seriously. Our rights and very lives are far more important than her shitty books.

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Anonymous #8 1d

It becomes virtual signaling when its things that DONT affect our right to exist, but people are still attacking you for it because of “the principle”

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Anonymous #1 1d

You can have personal boundaries. Logically, if you’re literally not supporting her, and even actively speaking out against her, it’s not harmful

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Anonymous #5 1d

Nobody can explain to me how thrifting a book affects "our rights and very lives". It doesn't. As 4 admitted, this conversation is not about actually doing any harm, it's just the principle to you all. Doing something that IN NO WAY supports her, is not harmful.

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Anonymous #3 1d

“Let me keep platforming and engaging with content from someone who wants millions of people dead.” You need to seriously work on yourself.

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Anonymous #3 1d

The series is NOT worth it. Get the fuck over yourself.

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Anonymous #5 1d

Nobody cares sweetheart

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Anonymous #9 23h

Sorry you think some shitty book is more important than people’s lives but not everyone is as depraved as you, honey.

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Anonymous #3 23h

I have no clue what you’re trying to say cause the whole argument is that giving her money which she will then turn and give to organizations that DO want to take away our rights is BAD

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Anonymous #8 23h

My argument is that ITS NOT GIVING HER MONEY

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Anonymous #8 23h

I said that from the very beginning

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Anonymous #5 22h

You’re virtue signaling but ignoring real issues - children are dying in Gaza, focus on that babe

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Anonymous #9 22h

And they’re being assaulted and enslaved in Congo, executed with three generations in North Korea, trafficked by tRump’s best friends— multiple things hold weight and importance at the same time. There are Trans kids in Palestine, too. Maybe focus on being a decent person all around, eh?

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Anonymous #5 22h

That’s my point sweetie, there are MORE IMPORTANT THINGS TO FOCUS ON RIGHT NOW‼️‼️ But you’re choosing to waste your time and energy complaining online…oh well

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Anonymous #9 22h

Ah, yes, because you know what I’ve done and haven’t done to support others. Only virtue signalling here is from you, thinking you’re accomplishing anything. I can and do focus on doing what I can for as many as I can. Maybe fine a hobby that doesn’t consist of being a cremated diaper, eh?

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Anonymous #9 22h

Trans lives ARE important, by the way. Maybe get that fact into that osseous cavern of yours.

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Anonymous #8 22h

Can you give me any reason why NOT giving her support and money is bad, or just downvotes?

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Anonymous #3 21h

Not me downvoting 😭. The only reason I can give for not supporting her books is the stereotypical names she gives to her characters anything is pure preference of the reader

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Anonymous #8 21h

Also my original issue was with you saying that objecting to support her work was “virtue signaling”

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Anonymous #8 20h

Do you mean when I said “At that point, when someone is actively avoiding giving her any support or money but you still insist it's not enough for you, it reads as virtue signaling”?

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Anonymous #8 20h

Or do you mean when I replied “You're right. They just want to virtue signal.” to the OP’s comment that stated “You can engage in the fandom without supporting the author, you can buy books second hand to not support the author, fanfic doesn't support her, fan works in general don't support the fandom”?

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Anonymous #8 20h

Both are pretty clearly saying that those who get angry at people who DON’T support her or give her money are just virtue signaling

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Anonymous #3 6h

Lmao notice how she stopped responding after I told her that there are more important things to focus on right now 😂 it’s literally just virtue signaling because you know they aren’t going to invest this much time & energy onto real issues

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