One reporter reacts to JKR's revelations

[susanmcgee48176]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, Janette <jnferr at ...> wrote:
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> >
> > Tonks:
> > >big snip<
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> >  But I am upset
> > that the vision that I have of DD is being tampered with. It is a
> > type of betrayal. It is as if DD were living a lie in the books. 
And
> > this is not the way for her to treat the epitome of goodness. She
> > makes him look like a liar and a fake. She is telling us that our
> > deep intuitive sense of our most beloved person is wrong. She is
> > messing with the subconscious mind, and whatever a person feels
> > about gay people in the real world, it is upsetting to challenge 
our
> > inter vision of a character we thought we knew. The subconscious
> > mind is not rational. This is why there is such a strong reaction
> > from so many people.
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> montims:
> so that is why I'm not so upset aout it.  Quite apart from the fact 
that I
> don't care who or what DD fancies, I have no "deep intuitive sense 
of our
> most beloved person" - DD is a character in a fictional series of 
books that
> I enjoy reading.
> 
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There's such a strong reaction from some people because they haven't 
examined their prejudices...haven't realized that they have such 
bigoted and hateful ideas deep within them..it's very upsetting...

What's interesting to me is this idea that homophobia (or racism) is 
unusual or only happens now and then. It's a daily fact in the lives 
of lesbians/gay men (and people of color). It's not unusual.

It's also a prejudice that can be rooted out and mitigated. Everyone 
has been brainwashed in the U.S. that lesbians and gay men are 
immoral and evil..it's in our literature, our language, our culture, 
our schools...but you can unlearn bigotry...I'm still working on 
unlearning the racism that I imbibed through our culture.

And to the ethnocentric idea that the U.S. is tolerant towards 
lesbians, and gay men..well perhaps compared to Iran or Africa where 
people are put to death but not compared to Europe or other parts of 
the world. People in Europe are laughing at some Americans about 
this...

Susan