JKR messed up........ no.

[delwynmarch]

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Miles wrote:
> Everything else would be revolting for me. Is there any reason to
> think that she does NOT include non-heterosexual persons in her
> scope of tolerance?

Del replies:
Actually yes there is: there are no visibly gay characters in her
books. She is obviously anti-racism, because she includes characters
of various colours and ethnicities and treats them just like white
caucasian characters. But we don't know that she's as obviously
anti-homophobia, because she does *not* "include characters of other
sexual orientations and treat them just like heterosexual characters".

> From the first book on I'd thought that JKR would never say "no" to
> racism, but "yes" to discriminating homosexuals.

Ah, but there is a line between "not supporting homosexuality" and
"encouraging the discrimination against homosexuals". While it's
obvious that JKR doesn't encourage discriminating against homosexuals,
I'm not so sure that she actually supports homosexuality as a normal
alternative sexuality. She doesn't DO so in her books, at least.



> It was always clear in my impression, that her scope of tolerance is
> that of a typical modern, liberal, educated, and cosmopolitan person
> - which includes acceptance of homosexuality as something normal and
>  neither "good" nor "bad" in itself.

I disagree with the implied assertion you seem to be making. I don't
see "acceptance of homosexuality as something normal and neither
"good" nor "bad" in itself" to be inherently within the "scope of
tolerance of a typical modern, liberal, educated and cosmopolitan
person". And I'm from Europe.