The biggest reason @jk_rowling deserves our gratitude right now: She did this with full knowledge of the dangerous backlash she’d face. She’s a writer, a good one, and good writers are the masters of the question “And then what happens?” It’s how they make stories that feel real.
She knows what kind of following she has, how heavily the woke crowd is represented in those numbers. (The evangelicals tried to have her books banned, remember?) She’s been following this issue for close to a year at the least - she knew what kind of punishment she was in for.
@jk_rowling is brave but not reckless. I guarantee you that, before she tweeted her support of @MForstater , she considered how her business interests could be hit. I guarantee you she thought about how the security and privacy of her family would be affected.
What @jk_rowling said was such a basic little thing, but a writer understands the power of just a few words. She knew exactly what she would unleash. She’d written this story in her mind already, and she knew what would happen next. Respect, sister.
#ThisIsNotADrill
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