Can we stop giving this bitch the attention she so desperately craves?
Can people just stop fanatically Following rich idiots?
What prison is she going to go to? There is no asshole prison for "persecuted" B celebs.
This stuff is like Peterson crying he gets cancelled while he has 50 million views.
This post has made me realise my oversight. I had not added "Rowling" to my Lemmy keyword filter.
Good shout. Going right below Elon and Trump
Same here. On it.
Alleluja, you have seen the light
She is not in the threat of jail though, just there's a possibility of losing some money.
Feels like she is trying to play a victim and implying that freedom of speech is under attack and people are jailed for opinions, when in reality it is about hurting someone.
Her tweet was in response to an anti-hate law (Hate Crime and Public Order Act) this year, where you could spend up to 7 years in prison for example, communicating in a way "that a reasonable person would consider to be threatening or abusive." So, if charged in Scotland, she could go to prison.
Though she's rich, so probably not.
The Harry Potter series was such a prominent part of my childhood. I remember my teacher reading the books to the class as they came out. I loved every moment and eagerly looked forward to each book release. It is truly a disappointment that someone I held in such high regard has decided that making other people feel bad is how they wish to be remembered.
JK Rowling created a magical world that has evolved and surpassed her in every way.
It's especially frustrating because of how much it's written to accept people who are different (as long as they aren't fat, or a woman who speaks up, or standing against slavery and exploitation).
The fatphobia is real, but I've never bought the bit about the books being against Hermione's anti-slavery stance (I assume that's what you mean by a woman who speaks up as well). My interpretation was that Hermione was always assumed to be in the right because slavery is almost universally condemned in modern society. But she's standing up against a system where even one of her two closest friends has been indoctrinated into it. Standing up to "others" is hard, but standing up to peer pressure is harder.
That said, the depiction of chattel slavery is of course inaccurate. Slave revolts were common, whereas the house elves want to be subservient to humans. I guess that could be marked up to house elves being a distinct species that may have been manipulated to be subservient, but that's never explained.
I just don’t understand why someone would spend this much time trying to make a small group of people miserable. Doesn’t she have better things to do with her time?
JK Rowling somehow turned into one of those weird ladies on Nextdoor who has nothing better to do.
I just don’t understand why someone would spend this much time trying to make a small group of people miserable
She explains why here. Quite long, not very logical or convincing.
The black mold is truly rotting her brain to the point of no return.
JK, trans people in the UK are closer to being sent to prison that you, a bigoted shitlib billionaire.
Claiming things does not make them true.
Yeah, everyone knows you have to at least say it in a funny way while waving a stick around.
Spoken like a privileged ass person who knows she's not going to jail and that the punishment will be monetary at worst. Can't stand people like this who act hard about jail like it's no big deal.
I wish her all the happiness she deserves
So she supports laws that would make transphobic views a criminal offense? Didn't take her for such a progressive thinker.
Not just transphobic: Intersex-phobic and libelous
It is not clear if she is intersex btw, the whole situation was a lot of people on both sides jumping to conclusions.
you didn't want her to be happy before she was a transphobe?
She's always been a "new labour" type. There were certainly people who disliked her before she went full TERF.
I personally assumed she already was, and I don't actively wish happiness on people who already experience it. But that's just me
Maybe just didn't care one way or another. It's just a joke, though.
Honestly I wouldn't mind spending time in billionaire jail either.
So at the risk of being down voted to hell..
What exactly is it that she's done? I've mostly lived under a rock on this one, but from the little I heard about it, her point is basically "trans women look like women but are biologically speaking still male, as their genetics hasn't changed. They can't have babies, for example". Please correct me if I'm wrong here.
In any case, if I'm right about her point then is that really anti trans? That isn't being against trans, it's stating a biological fact.
I'm guessing there must be much more than that for people to be so pissed with her
https://www.vox.com/culture/23622610/jk-rowling-transphobic-statements-timeline-history-controversy
It's ugly and has been going on for a long time now.
Fuck.
What do you mean 2018 was a long time ago now? Wasn't it just yesterday?
Here's a decent recent-ish review. She's said worse than your example, and understand that the example you gave is already kind of a crappy opinion/statement of understanding. https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/jk-rowling-trans-twitter-timeline-b2326256.html
Of late, she's recently been in the news for claiming an Algerian Woman's Boxer (Imane Khelif) who won Gold at the Olympics this year was a man, despite her being a cis woman. Most of her claim comes from Imane's build and looks being more masculine and some dubious reports from a discredited Russian boxing council. Her comments (plus Elon Musk having the same opinion) lead to Imane getting harassed and forced the IOC to have to intervene and confirm that she's allowed to compete and that the claims are baseless. Imane is suing them in France over it.
Sorry, the example I gave is not an opinion, that is just plain biology. I have nothing against trans people, don't care, everyone can live their own lives and find happiness. If transitioning makes you happy, then by all means, go.
However, it is a cosmetic change, your genes do not change. You don't M2F and suddenly start menstruation because you don't have the plumbing and right now that's not something any doctor can fix. Who knows, maybe 20 years down the line we can make those changes at the genetic level and install plumbing and all, awesome, then you'll M2F for real and be an actual woman. Until then, though, you're trans, not a woman. Same goes for F2M trans, afaik you don't get a working penis because you lack the required plumbing for that.
I'm not trying to be a dick, not at all, it's just reality of our current abilities in the medical field. It also doesn't make any trans person less, we're all the same, we're all flawed humans with good, normal and bad parts. Being trans is neither good nor bad, it's just part of your life
Bruh Average twitter person tweet I guess
