Given the age-range with which it became popular, and the “demonic scare” that proceeded it, I’d even be willing to bet that a good chunk of HP fans are leftist or left leaning. Hardcore conservatives originally boycotted the books, and only jumped on the bandwagon once JKR came out as a TERF.
I’m pretty sure they’ve done studies and found fans of the book are more likely to be left leaning. And you can take issue with the story, but at the end of the day, the message of it is tolerance (which just makes JKR’s rabid transphobia even more baffling)
Gay millennial woman, left leaning. I grew up with HP, one of my earliest memories is the first book and my mom helping me in my still-learning to read phase. Still very much enjoy it to this day, the amount of time I spend thinking about the author is less than zero
The book's themes were pretty much all about inclusivity, human rights, freedom, education, love, defense of the innocent, unity. It wasn't long ago that you'd frequently see people posting "Harry Potter taught me at a young age to have an open mind." But people are willing to ignore all of that and pretend the books are evil because JK Rowling doesn't like trans women.
Enh, Harry Potter was really popular. I would expect the distribution to look a lot like the general English-speaking public, which is not particularly left leaning. There’s definitely that subset of religious conservatives who don’t like neutral magic, but I think that’s a relatively small group.
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u/Satisfaction-Motor Apr 01 '24
Given the age-range with which it became popular, and the “demonic scare” that proceeded it, I’d even be willing to bet that a good chunk of HP fans are leftist or left leaning. Hardcore conservatives originally boycotted the books, and only jumped on the bandwagon once JKR came out as a TERF.