people are pissed off at your post because it completely ignores the socio political differences between the UK & the US and made it seem like they’re the same when they’re not. (in the UK we don’t have nazis/Skinheads marching, the gov doesn’t let them do whatever like the US, the freedom of speech thing is different here). Like it seemed u did no research at all and it was ridiculous because not every country has the same bullshit going on as the US. if someone did same with mexico u be pissed

princessamericachavez:

Okay. Like, I need everyone to chill because:

A. This is obviously not meant to be canon. It’s not even a full fic. Is just a reflection about how the epilogue -if written nowadays- could have had a lot more impact if it carried a current message that made people reflect.

B. While set in the U.K., the HP books deal with global issues like racism, xenophobia and protectionism. After all, it’s been generally accepted that Voldemort’s movement was meant to reflect nazism/fascism which very clearly did not happen nor originated in the UK.

C. The point of having a fictional world like the wizarding world separated from the “real world” is the ability to use it to reflect bigger and smaller issues without actually having to comply to real life events and yet touching themes that are pertinent and real for the audience.

D. Anyone talking about this post and complaining that it’s “US-Centric” is missing the point about how deeply the whole world is affected by the imperialistic tendencies of the USA. You think everyone else isn’t suffering too the consequences of their xenophobia? At least in my country, we are. And I’m well aware of international news to know more hate movements have started all over Europe too.

E. Forgive me if I’m making an educated guess based on what I see in the news, but while the U.K. Issue isn’t categorized precisely as “nazism” wasn’t the whole Brexit vote heavily influenced by the same immigrant-hating, fear pushing, “they are stealing our jobs”, protectionist and separatists ideals that put the Annoying Orange in the White House?

TL;DR: yes, many of this issues originate in the US but don’t kid yourself, they are global issues and –while set in the U.K.– the original series took advantage of the fantastical side of its world to reflect on global issues and messages that impacted everyone. This is barely a suggestion for a continuation of that trend set in more contemporary issues.

In the UK we MOST ASSUREDLY DO have nazis and skinheads marching, anon, they just do it less openly.

But trust me, they’re there