Truth.

I guess, though Saint Paul is a different county and they’re literally all over.

Stillwater, Olmsted County, State Patrol, Richfield, Eden Prairie, Edina, Bloomington, St Louis Park, Airport and Hopkins, Sauk Rapids, Golden Valley, U of M police, Inver Grove Heoghts, Blaine to name a few.

Please stop spreading this. He will be charged by the state which would require the Minnesota Pardon Board to vote to pardon him. That’s the Governor, the State AG and the Chief Justice of the state Supreme Court. 2/3 would be required to vote in favor of a pardon.

More frightening, I think. I worry most for the children and young adults in the US.

Because a lot of states, Minnesota included, have more sensible processes and rules than the federal government.

The mistake you’re making is thinking Minnesotans will let this man walk free because the Pretender in Chief says so.

We’ll stick this asshole with the 28th Virginia battle flag and they can come and try to collect him.

That’s the road trip film he did right? I think I have it, just haven’t watched it yet.

Coming everyday to sit with me in the hospital for a month; from the ICU all the way to the general ward until he walked out the front door with me.

I always knew my dad loved me but he wasn’t great at expressing it, but it was never more apparent than during that time.

They can be used interchangeably typically but anytime in this usage is grammatically correct. Any time usually would be preceded by a preposition like, “at any time” and is a noun. Anytime is an adverb.

I get this. I was listening to a podcast, Conan O’Brien’s I think, where Will Ferrell came up and they were talking about how he’s typically a pretty straightforward and serious kind of person off camera.

He turns it on for the camera but it’s not who he is in real life. There’s nothing wrong with it per se but it made him seem a lot more disingenuous to me.

Please don’t stalk me around Lemmy. I’ve reported this comment and I’ll be blocking you.

I’m in South Saint Paul so if you were in Saint Paul it was a different one since that’s a different city.

Systemic bigotry refers to ingrained biases and discriminatory practices within institutions and systems that disadvantage certain groups of people. An individual consuming Harry Potter content is not “systemic bigotry”.

buying things that enrich their persecutors, and actively donating to those people ideologically, bears no significant difference to the persecuted

I’ve never said anything about “donating to those people” as a direct donation to JK Rowling in the current context would demonstrate intent to support that ideology. The sole act of purchasing a product, in and of itself, does not, regardless of how the persecuted feels about it.

that is not what is happening with people telling people to drop JK Rowling’s IP.

No it’s not. It’s quite clear that the messaging is “drop JK Rowling’s IP (do what we as a group want) or you’re literally transphobic and/or promoting transphobia”. Again, a single choice to consume HP content without context or intent factually and by definition does not mean someone is being literally transphobic and promoting transphobia.

Edit: as I continue to learn things from Lemmy it’s come to my attention that the stance that Consuming Harry Potter content or talking about online makes you guilty of literally being transphobic or promoting transphobia is a form of purity testing.

No statewide stay at home order was issued.

Edit: added statewide to clarify. Source: am 'Sotan.

As a Minnesotan I’d be upset if officials didn’t make this announcement. They had an individual who killed 2 people and seriously injured 2 more, whose vehicle was found with No Kings protest flyers, and who had a manifesto that seemed to indicate they had plans for greater violence.

This is the kind of thing people should be warned about. It’s not like it stopped any/many from going but they’d be derelict in their responsibilities if they didn’t let people know.

You know systemic bigotry needs not intent, or context, from the individual, right?

I don’t know but I don’t disagree with it. It’s also not what I said.

You seem to be arguing that your personal lack of hatred towards a group, and lack of direct harm, means your actions can’t be bigoted.

I’m not. My feelings on the subject, hate or lack thereof, have nothing to do with it. I am arguing that consuming Harry Potter content or talking about it online is not equivalent to literally being transphobic or promoting transphobia. To make that determination requires context and intent.

And no, being forced to pay taxes is not the same as choosing to buy into something funding bigotry.

They are not directly equivalent though it’s interesting that’s the only example I provided you’re addressing.

You’re not forced. You have the choice to not and face those consequences. It’s an awful and unfair choice that nobody should even have to consider but it’s there. By choosing not to refuse to pay doesn’t mean you’re literally being transphobic or promoting transphobia and that’s the point.

You can disagree with someone’s choice to consume HP content or their decision to discuss it online but that doesn’t make it literally being transphobic or promoting transphobia. That requires context and intent.

Transphobia, by definition, consists of negative attitudes, feelings, or actions towards transgender or transsexual people, or transness in general. Consuming HP content or talking about it does not meet that literal definition, until or unless there’s context to support it and/or expressed intent, e.g. someone says “I hate trans people so I bought all the HP books to show my support”.

Can’t pardon someone from state charges.

I’m not sure I understand. I made no reference to fictional universes.

The minute you step back and realize that somebody is really trying to argue against letting go of Harry Potter from such a weird angle

I haven’t argued that at all. What I have argued is that context and intent matters when it comes to an individuals actions and, while you’re free to judge away, just because someone lives there their life in a way you don’t like doesn’t automatically make them transphobic or mean they are literally promoting transphobia.

Edit: I had to come back for this bit.

Just not supporting jkr is a lot more clear-cut than all those other examples. It’s easy unless you start justifying it.

I’m guessing this wasn’t your intent but it reads like you should only take a stand when it’s easy.

Except I’m not.

Also you don’t get to decide what’s violence against a community. Just like I don’t get to say what black racism looks like, you don’t get to tell actual trans women what transphobia is.

I didn’t do any of these things.

I’m disappointed you resorted to personal attacks but not surprised. I hope the world gets to a point where trans folks are able to be whomever they want free from persecution. Until then please stay safe and take care of yourself and each other.

I am going to block you now but that’s mostly because I get the sense you have no interest in anything I have to contribute on Lemmy and only a little because I think you may follow me to other communities to downvote me there like you did on every comment here. Even the ones not in response to you.