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In JK Rowling's latest - and potentially most bigoted and dangerous - diatribe against transgender people and the LGBTQ+ community, she implies that Harry Potter's Death Eaters were stand-ins for queer people campaigning for equal rights.
Yes, really. Buckle up 🧵
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Yes, really. Buckle up 🧵
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It is incredibly funny that JK Rowling has convinced herself that her nazi-code villains were evil not because of all the fascism and racism but because they didn't like people "disagree[ing]" with their opinions.
It's like she's been bitten by a radioactive Times columnist.
It's like she's been bitten by a radioactive Times columnist.
This is fairly obvious revisionist Cope from JK Rowling.
Death Eaters did not hate people for "disagree[ing]" with them. They hated them for their lack of blood purity - literally for how they were born.
They, like Rowling and the TERF movement, were biological essentialists.
Death Eaters did not hate people for "disagree[ing]" with them. They hated them for their lack of blood purity - literally for how they were born.
They, like Rowling and the TERF movement, were biological essentialists.
Only two days after the murder of 16-year-old trans schoolgirl Brianna Ghey, which elicited horrific comments and abuse from numerous "Gender Critical" activists, JK Rowling happily boasts that she will be featured on a podcast called "The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling".
In her announcement, JK Rowling claims that she wanted a "two-sided conversation".
Two-sided.
In a podcast that is literally titled "THE WITCH TRIALS OF J.K. ROWLING"
With, of course, a cis person rather than any of the trans people actually harmed by her bigotry.
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Two-sided.
In a podcast that is literally titled "THE WITCH TRIALS OF J.K. ROWLING"
With, of course, a cis person rather than any of the trans people actually harmed by her bigotry.
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The idea that JK Rowling is some well-meaning buffoon who has "accidentally-ed" her way into becoming a messiah-like figure for transphobic extremists is farcical and it is genuinely embarrassing that anyone pretends to to believe that there is some hidden nuance to her actions.
JK Rowling, in the Scottish Times:
"it is dangerous to assert that any category of people deserves a blanket presumption of innocence."
Grim and genuinely frightening. This is the kind of extreme rhetoric you would only normally expect to hear from fascists.
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"it is dangerous to assert that any category of people deserves a blanket presumption of innocence."
Grim and genuinely frightening. This is the kind of extreme rhetoric you would only normally expect to hear from fascists.
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The quote above comes from an article in which JK Rowling yet again attacks GRA reform and Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon.
As usual, it is riddled with misinformation and unevidenced claims, none of which receive any fact checking.
So let's try 🧵:
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As usual, it is riddled with misinformation and unevidenced claims, none of which receive any fact checking.
So let's try 🧵:
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JK Rowling opens by mentioning two opponents of GRA reform, Maya Forstater and Helen Joyce.
Forstater has recently been throwing a fit about a non-binary alien children's character.
Joyce was recently photographed smiling over a desecrated pride flag.
Great start.
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Forstater has recently been throwing a fit about a non-binary alien children's character.
Joyce was recently photographed smiling over a desecrated pride flag.
Great start.
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JK Rowling flies into a libellous rage against musician Billy Bragg after Bragg agrees that media should talk to trans people about trans issues rather than JK Rowling.
In response, Rowling implies that Bragg has thrown his "support behind rape and death threats".
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In response, Rowling implies that Bragg has thrown his "support behind rape and death threats".
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Billy Bragg has responded to JK Rowling's baseless smear with about as much restraint and decorum as humanly possible.
A number of LGBTQ+ rights supporters are attempting to "ratio" Rowling's attack in solidarity with Bragg.
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A number of LGBTQ+ rights supporters are attempting to "ratio" Rowling's attack in solidarity with Bragg.
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A furious JK Rowling has responded to Billy Bragg by smearing him as a misogynist and - bloody hell - seemingly describing his refutation of her libellous claim that he supports rape and death threats as "complaining that a woman has a view on woman’s rights."
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JK Rowling has publicly praised an extreme transphobic propaganda film created by the anti-feminist, anti-abortionist, and openly fascist Matt Walsh.
That is not in any way hyperbole.
Walsh self-identifies as a fascist. It is literally in his Twitter bio.
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That is not in any way hyperbole.
Walsh self-identifies as a fascist. It is literally in his Twitter bio.
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This is the film that Matt Walsh tried to trick trans people into being a part of by creating a fake company.
He included images of trans people without their consent.
That is what JK Rowling is praising to her 13.9 million followers and has - presumably - watched.
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He included images of trans people without their consent.
That is what JK Rowling is praising to her 13.9 million followers and has - presumably - watched.
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The day before JK Rowling tried to link trans people and their rights with "Predators", she publicly endorsed the work of Matt Walsh, a man who has downplayed the rape of children and believes that they should be forced give birth to their rapist's child.
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We're trying to make sure this account doesn't just become "Bad JK Rowling Takes"…
And today we are failing again. Because while LGBTQ+ people were protesting the Government's support for trans conversion therapy, JKR had a cosy meal with transphobic extremists.
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And today we are failing again. Because while LGBTQ+ people were protesting the Government's support for trans conversion therapy, JKR had a cosy meal with transphobic extremists.
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Here we have the infamous Get The L Out, a reviled hate group that openly "stand[s] against [...] queer politics and transgenderism".
It claims the existence of trans women is "rape", which manages to be both grossly transphobic and insulting to actual rape victims.
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It claims the existence of trans women is "rape", which manages to be both grossly transphobic and insulting to actual rape victims.
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Regular readers may remember GTLO from a BBC article which tried to claim that trans women were raping cis women...
Based entirely on a single 80 person survey which the aforementioned Not Exactly Impartial group carried out on social media.
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Based entirely on a single 80 person survey which the aforementioned Not Exactly Impartial group carried out on social media.
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We regret to inform you that JK Rowling is at it again.
Days after the UK government's decision that they would allow trans conversion therapy to remain legal, Rowling has endorsed David Bell, a man who has done panels for Genspect, the conversion therapy group.
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Days after the UK government's decision that they would allow trans conversion therapy to remain legal, Rowling has endorsed David Bell, a man who has done panels for Genspect, the conversion therapy group.
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Rowling then followed up by doubling down on her support of Bell and highlighting a commenter expressing anger at her bigotry - completely ignoring the many replies with detailed criticisms of her position.
This tweet is going to take some dissection, so buckle up…
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This tweet is going to take some dissection, so buckle up…
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There is a lot wrong with this tweet, but we'll start with JK Rowling describing Bell as a "whistleblower".
Bell worked at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust, but has never at any time worked for GIDS.
He has no clinical expertise working with trans children.
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Bell worked at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust, but has never at any time worked for GIDS.
He has no clinical expertise working with trans children.
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