Would people still hate J.K. Rowling if she wasn't a TERF?

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It's awesome if there are places that are welcoming, but I definitely wouldn't take that to be the norm. Anywhere that look might have 'shock value' one should assume won't be broadly welcoming even if some folks are.

JK Rowling is a complicated author, and yes I enjoyed her first three books immensely and up to that point I never even contemplated reading that genre of literature.

With regard to the dilemma of whether to like the art but hating the artist, I do find myself in this situation quite often. For example as a kid I was drawn to music artists like Elton John, Bowie, Queen and Michael Jackson. All of them have brilliant fantastic music and clever catchy, memorable lyrics. But does that mean I follow their lifestyles? frankly I never cared even though I knew as a young boy I would called "gay" for liking Freddy Mercury. Their sexuality and in the case of MJ his likely predilection for kids was separate from their art. I chose not to judge. Is that right? I do not know.

I find the same with JK Rowling. I am sure there are other authors/writers whom I disagree with, Australian philosopher Peter Singer is a brilliant writer. But I find his views on the disabled and eugenics abhorrent, Rod Stewart is a great musician. But he was a mysoginist and eugenicist. A lot of entertainers have shady lives. The trick is not to get too immersed in their personal/private affairs and just enjoy their art.

For me, it really depends on the artist. I can’t stand listening to Michael Jackson. His voice makes me want to vomit although I liked him when I was a kid. I’m not really missing out because my taste in music has changed. Even if I did still like it, there are many other singers I could listen to who wouldn’t make me feel queasy.

I also can’t stand R. Kelly.

I never liked Kevin Spacey or Bill Cosby, so that’s good.

Others, I don’t mind so much. With Rowling, I’d probably be more inclined to check her work out at the library than buy it if she were to write something else I’d like to read which seems unlikely at this point.

Well, my wife's second cousin who worked as a kasembahay at the estate next to the Stewart estate claims that Rod Stewart is not a eugenicist.

So there!

I doubt very many people consider Harry Potter as “high art.” Lord of the Rings is part of the literary canon, so the books are widely regarded as works of art. That doesn’t mean that everyone will like them though.