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Celeb supporters of jkr

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RyanBergarasTeeth · 12/06/2020 15:00

Can we have a thread on celebs that have come out with supportive messages for jk rowling? The ones i have seen so far:

Jonathan Ross (although a shit house scared of his daughters)
Robert webb
David baddiel
Kirsty Alsopp

Any others?

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IchbineinBerlinner · 13/06/2020 00:57

Thanks @flootered yes please do if you can

DidoLamenting · 13/06/2020 00:56

Gillian Martin is GC I think

Bet she voted for the representation on public bodies act so many of you are incensed by (personally I am opposed to quotas and lists so would have voted against it for that reason)

Flootered · 13/06/2020 00:55

It was around the time of repeal referendum here, he was sliding into anyone with a bit of an audience DMs telling them to take a look at his tweets (rightly supporting women's rights over their body autonomy) and asking them of they could name many other Irish men speaking out (most notable Irish men did, including our very own Glinner of course) and asking to be shouted out and offered to come on their women only panel talk shows and discuss. It was just toe curlingly cringe, the self importancr and self congratulatoryness of it.
I must rifle around for them!

IchbineinBerlinner · 13/06/2020 00:51

Also would ther be any point in lobbying certain people such as Greta Thunberg or Caitlin Moran?

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RyanBergarasTeeth · 13/06/2020 00:50

Has anyone posted anything on facebook and received any backlash. Ive seen a few anti jkr posts on my Facebook but the supportive things i have put have fully been ignored. No ones even tried to fight me for once.

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IchbineinBerlinner · 13/06/2020 00:45

@flootered what were the cringy DMs? I'd really like to know. Aidan Comerford is a despicable creep

1066vegan · 13/06/2020 00:41

@Branbleberries you mentioned the blue tick people that you follow and said that only 1 had posted about it.

You included Michael Rosen in your list which seems really unfair. The poor bloke's just spent about 8 weeks in intensive care. He only came out of intensive care a couple of days ago. He has just started tweeting again but is still in hospital. I hardly think that the JKR business is going to be a priority for him at the moment.

Gibbonsgibbonsgibbons · 13/06/2020 00:38

fighting over the odd voiceover and featuring in an ITV3 advert for DFS sofas Grin

Gibbonsgibbonsgibbons · 13/06/2020 00:37

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Dances · 13/06/2020 00:37

Thanks Dido

Gibbonsgibbonsgibbons · 13/06/2020 00:37

This Dido? mobile.twitter.com/GillianMSP/status/1271392282340667398

Gillian Martin is GC I think - she was one of the MSPs who had their messages leaked saying Sturgeon was wrong/out of step (? Can’t remember the details)

DidoLamenting · 13/06/2020 00:33

Not getting the linksDido, can you check?

Gillan Martin? Scroll down the second link to her post 12 hours ago where she re-tweets a post from Scottish Women's Aid.

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terryleather · 13/06/2020 00:30

I will go with "You are both correct" Kittens...

nettie434 · 13/06/2020 00:29

I really like that Alex Massie article so thanks for link, DidoLamenting. I am so hoping the Grint, Watson, Radcliffe inflamatory statements will backfire. I remember in the 2015 general election, a lot of people said they could not vote for Ed Milliband because he stood against his brother. Without JK Rowling (who we know was consulted a lot for the films), they would all probably be fighting over the odd voiceover and featuring in an ITV3 advert for DFS sofas. They had the perfect opportunity to say they personally disagred with her views but knew she was not transphobic. They did not take it but contributed to the pile on.

Dances · 13/06/2020 00:23

Not getting the links Dido, can you check?

DidoLamenting · 13/06/2020 00:19

Sorry wrong link for Gillian Martin

mobile.twitter.com/GillianMSP?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor

Flootered · 13/06/2020 00:18

So funny reading you talk about the odius specimen that is Aidan Comerford.
He is regarded as mightily pathetic here in Ireland, always desperate to get in with the in crowd. There were some cringy DMs he had sent to journalists and writers. Incel shtink off him too but I think he has an unfortunate wife.

DidoLamenting · 12/06/2020 23:56

Alan Massie- so one of Scotland's literary community has spoken out.

www.spectator.co.uk/article/what-the-cancelling-of-jk-rowling-is-really-about/amp?__twitter_impression=true

DidoLamenting · 12/06/2020 23:52

Nice bit of bandwagon hopping Owen Jones style from Gillian Martin, MSP.

mobile.twitter.com/scotwomensaid/status/1271391846560927744

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RyanBergarasTeeth · 12/06/2020 23:45

I was suprised by the support for jo here on this reddit thread.

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Flootered · 12/06/2020 23:44

Ricky Gervais touched on in in the live he shared on twitter this evening.

He's getting more cowardly with age though which is disappointing.

Being silenced is either going to push mildly GC right into radfemdom or into Ben Shapiro/Jordan Peterson style rightness.

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TheProdigalKittensReturn · 12/06/2020 23:39

Someone mentioned Dave Chapelle, was he in the pro Rowling or Everyone Call Rowling Names group?

(I'd assume he'd be pro Rowling but you never know with how many people act like fools about this issue.)

Binterested · 12/06/2020 23:37

Sadiq Khan is fully TWAW but then he's never seen a bandwagon he won't jump on so no surprise there.

I'm silently convinced Lucy Mangan is GC but that's not based on much other than the company she keeps on TW.

I'm a fan of Ian Leslie on Twitter btw - thinker/commentator. He's fully GC and has lots of wokey blokey fans who mostly don't challenge him on this.

TheProdigalKittensReturn · 12/06/2020 23:33

And I wonder what his search history would reveal in terms of what kind of porn he watches a lot of, terryleather. Hard to say which of us is the more cynical.

(Note that "you are both correct" is also an option, there being quite a bit of overlap there.)

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