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Well said! Most evangelicals are everyday regular folk. Nothing like the WBC cult.Unless you think the fringe represents most Christians, it was a small demographic. Despite what some would have us believe, a few outspoken whackadoodles don't a majority make.
I have a hard time taking seriously the idea that Westboro Baptist types (they're a family cult, not a normal church) represent the typical Evangelical Christian. On here, Evangelicals are sometimes portrayed as simpleton boogeymen with pitchforks. In real life, I've know them as engineers, doctors, military officers, librarians etc. The idea that they were burning books and protesting Harry Potter simply doesn't parse with the reality of my experience.
At the time, I was a young adult college student and I remember those days well. If there was a shift, it was from seeing Rowling as a talented if secular author to one who happens to agree with a common Evangelical position on gender. Not a 180 degree turn from disliking her. Rather, embracing a famous secular person for articulating similar views.
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