Coltrane’s “defense” of Rowling amounts to 0% substantive engagement with any of her arguments & 100% scolding of her critics for being thin-skinned snowflakes who take offense at everything. It could’ve been recycled wholesale from any generic broadside against “Cancel Culture”.
Coltrane’s defense of Rowling’s mirrors her own: having long ago dismissed the validity of anything her critics could be saying about her (no matter how frequent such criticisms have become), his only explanation is that there must be some “woke mob” eager to be offended.
Indeed, the backlash against so-called “Cancel Culture” removes the focus from the target and onto the anonymous masses on the Internet for being mean to them.
What’s the reason? It doesn’t matter. “Twitter is being mean to me!” There, there.
Further thoughts on Rowling’s failure to recognize her blind spots... ⬇️
TEN QUESTIONS ELON MUSK WOULD ASK KAMALA HARRIS IF SHE AGREED TO LET HIM INTERVIEW HER
10. I understand that immigration is a touchy subject, but is there a way to thread the Constitutional needle so we only let in wealthy white people with triple-digit IQs
9. Why do you have a problem giving states the freedom to decide whether the women who live there are allowed to have abortions or not
8. Why is your sense of humor so awkward and weird
7. As you know, Hillary Clinton lost to Donald Trump eight years ago. How would you avoid her fatal political mistakes, namely being an overeducated woman with a nasty-sounding cackle that men find emasculating
I don’t want to say anything too controversial here, but if you support Donald Trump there is something deeply wrong with you.
You don’t care about issues or personal responsibility, and are no longer capable of discerning right from wrong.
It’s 2024. People have access to information. The only rational response to “I support Donald Trump” is “What the hell is wrong with you?”
I know we’re not allowed to say that. I know we have to pretend that having terrible political opinions doesn’t necessarily mean Republicans are terrible people.
But they’re the reason this 275-pound albatross still hangs around our country’s neck.
TEN WAYS THE GOP WILL ATTEMPT TO DEFUSE ALLEGATIONS THAT THEY ARE “WEIRD”
10. Anchors on Fox News will participate in contest to determine “Who Can Go the Longest Without Absolutely Freaking Out About Migrants or Transgenders”
9. Elon Musk, realizing that money is not the key to happiness and that true enlightenment comes from within, will become a Buddhist monk and take a vow of silence
8. Stylist will sit down with JD Vance and suggest he go with the beard OR the eyeliner, but not both
7. Donald Trump will lean into his current status as a relatable “everyman” by virtue of being a 34-time convicted felon who lives at a luxurious Palm Beach resort and plays golf every day and will never see the inside of a prison cell