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Mar 25 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
In a bizarre speech on Friday, Russian President Vladimir Putin compared the world’s reaction to his invasion of Ukraine to the controversy surrounding J.K. Rowling, saying they are both experiencing 'cancel culture.'
Putin said in his speech, 'They recently canceled the children’s author [J.K.] Rowling because she …. didn’t satisfy fans of so-called gender freedoms.' He went on to say about Russia: 'They are now trying to cancel our whole 1,000-year-old country, our people.'
Rowling has been widely criticized in recent years for her stance on gender and the transgender community.
She tweeted in response to Putin’s speech: 'Critiques of Western cancel culture are possibly not best made by those currently slaughtering civilians for the crime of resistance, or who jail and poison their critics. #IStandWithUkraine.'

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