and Harry opposes Voldemort because he threatens the world Harry has come to call home. So is Voldemort bad because he's furthering a bigoted ideology or is it because he disrupts the status quo because he challenges the system? This next take is most definitely just my opinion but the only way I can explain Joanne comparing death eaters to transactivism is if more than just being unable to conceive of systemic change she actually views all systemic change as dangerous be it subjugating Muggle-borns or redefining gender. It's pure conservatism. Yes, the Potter books present a very clear anti-bigotry message but they also present a simplified understanding of what bigotry is. In the real world, bigotry is first and foremost a systemic issue assumed prejudices built into the structures of our society and Potter presents many systemic bigotries built into the structures of wizarding society. Nevertheless, it treats bigotry as an individual problem. It assumes that if you remove bigots from the system then wingardium leviosa bigotry solved. But outside of surface-level reforms, the root causes of these bigotries are overlooked. Re-reading Potter now, I find the slavery and the fat phobia so off-putting I can't believe there was ever a time when it passed me by and Potter so frequently contradicts its own messaging that it's difficult to believe that message was ever sincere. Leguin was right. This has always been there. Yes, it's there. But is it all that's there?
{# E23 (Nick, ruling section 1 answer 10): quoting a bill or a court opinion works
the way quoting a news article works. Select a passage above and the same panel
opens: the passage goes to the official you choose, with this document's own
address as its source and its own type. #}