JKR messed up

[mandorino222]

No: HPFGUIDX 178313

However you feel about homosexuality, it is naive to ignore the fact that JKR has definitely 
damaged the long-term viability of this series.   There are legions of people who are 
viscerally disturbed by homosexuality, and I'm afraid that homophobia is not going anywhere 
fast.  While this stunt has certainly worked to her benefit in the short term (i.e. the 
megalomaniac who was feeling empty and starved for attention has gotten her name back in 
the paper), it will accomplish nothing in the long term but to limit her audience and stifle 
exposure of her book to children of future generations.  There was a time when I thought JKR 
was a pop culture genius who, like Oprah, would maintain the popularity of her work by 1) 
refusing to take an explicit side in the battle of left vs. right and 2) allowing her audience to 
read WHAT THEY WANT TO READ.  The "Dumbledore is gay" hints were all there for people 
who wanted to take them.  It's a shame she had to rain on the parade of the people who liked 
their Dumbledore straight.  

JKR is no Oprah.  Instead she has revealed herself as more akin to Britney/Paris/Lindsey, 
using base attention grabbing tactics to keep her name in the headlines.  I pity her and I pity 
the countless generations of future children who won't get to read Harry Potter because JKR 
needed a headline.  Shame on her.