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Monday, August 6, 2007

Conservative Writer dispels radical views on Potter

If I've said it once, I've said it at least 200,000 thousand times since the release of the first Harry Potter book: there is nothing - NADA- evil about Harry.

In more recent years, I have taken to accepting that fundamentalists will be fundamentalists: irrational and ignorant. Rather than attempt to talk to the far right about it, I've been working to teach the meaning of the series to individuals of open mind in the hope that these folks would understand and, perhaps, help others come to see the real magic of Harry.

Never, though, have I approached the argument from a purely religious point of view. I don't consider myself religious enough, Republican enough, or Democrat enough for that matter, to speak as a religious scholar. I leave this to the so-called experts. So, I was thrilled -- tickled enough to do a jig in public -- when I read this article.

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