"Leftist" Moral Critiques of HP

Aberforth's Goat / Mike Gray aberforthsgoat at hispeed.ch
Wed May 17 07:21:19 UTC 2006


Hi guys -

Long time, no see! I'm looking for a hint or two; maybe you all can 
help me out. 

Although we are all aware of the religious criticism the HP books 
have received from folks who perceive them as promoting the occult 
and moral relativism, I am aware that the books have *also* been 
criticized by people who feel that they are guilty things like 
marginalizing women, denigrating social activism, bowdlerizing 
teenage sexuality and a number of other sins that are hardly typical 
concerns of the people who advance the *other* sort of religious 
critique mentioned above. In fact, this latter sort of criticism 
seems to come from the opposite ("left"?) side of our cultural value 
spectrum.

Have you all seen much of this "leftist" criticism? Any particular 
names or links? - I'm having trouble finding much material. How do 
you think it compares to the other kind of criticism? There 
certainly doesn't seem to be as much of this kind - or is that 
simply because the kind of people who advance these kinds of 
critiques don't usually go bananas about it and hence don't get much 
press?

Baaaaaaa,

Mike the Erstwhile Goat







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