The awful trend on Twitter

There is too much hate against JKR at the moment. DP and I did “free” Harry Potter walking tour of Edinburgh recently and we were horrified to hear the guide criticising her for being “mad” and writing about her “unreasonable opinions!”. These people make a living out of what she had written, they announced to distance themselves from her they would be donating a percentage of their profits to a Scottish transgender charity! We were completely agog, but the other couples (possibly mid to late 20s) were all nodding along with him!

@Lisz

Very good. That's exactly what these idiots will say. They really have no idea that if they make "claims" like you've highlighted, they will peaktrans people quicker than any campaign could ever hope to.

“Well I guess it was never the same after Troubled Blood. Yeah... yeah after Troubled Blood, we lost ‘em.

oh wait, you're serious. Let me laugh even harder.

Are you really seriously serious though or is this some Inception-level parody you're doing?

"Cisgender male serial killer" so they mean male

Ah well it's only fiction and as Twitter isn't the real world, perhaps those pathetic sad fucks wishing her harm aren't able to differentiate. Hashtags and trends come and go.

Wait wait I can’t keep up with the bingos tonight! I’ve had wine already

It's also been confirmed that the killer in her book is a 'cis' male, so not trans at all. She isn't actually saying anything about trans people at all.

Yes I’d like to know that pronouns! I need to know who to tut and move away from (copyright jolyon maugham) 😆

I can't wait to get the audiobook tomorrow. Genuinely quite excited.

And Val is totally TWAW as well (much to my chagrin!)

@ChaChaCha2012

Regardless of the content of the book do you think tweeting an RIP hashtag about a living person is a reasonable response?

These are the people who accuse JK of hate, transphobia, bullying etc. Repeatedly we are told to think about our words and how they can be harmful to trans people.

Once again it only goes one way. Trans people must be protected from any reasonable debate but their supporters can throw vitriol and hate without being condemned.

Fortunately this abhorrent behaviour is making more reasonable, sensible people realise that many trans rights activists are not people who deserve unwavering support. This does not mean we hate trans people or deny their existence.

And predatory sex offenders, who, as the name implies ard harmful people. You can often spot them in a place they shouldn't be

Please do tell us how you spot sex offenders?

Telling women that they can spot sex offenders is something that is often used against women. 'If he was really a rapist surely you would have sensed he was dangerous and you should have known not to go back to his flat'. Yet at the same time women are also told that they must ignore their feelings of being uncomfortable, because it's not fair on men. Convenient, that.

@smileifyoucan
I understand your concern. You are talking about two separate things, one trans women, who may or may not be lovely, just like anyone else. And predatory sex offenders, who, as the name implies ard harmful people. You can often spot them in a place they shouldn't be, they are the ones engaging in harmful behaviour, or attempting to do so, not just putting on their lipstick. Trans women already use women's facilities, they have to in order to get GRA. Predatory men (and women) already abuse women's spaces. A third space would make predatory behaviour no less likely and anyone seeking to become a woman would still have to use women's toilets.

Can I just confirm that you feel that women will only be able to tell the difference between transwomen & predatory men once the predatory man has engaged in harmful behaviour?

But but but Val McDermid wrote about this particular story line/plot device in 1995 and she's actually a lesbian, ie actually part of the community...

Oh come on, seriously? TRAs got mad about a story where a man crossdresses to kill a woman, so they responded to it by... sending a woman death threats?

Some very stable geniuses we've got here clearly. Let's hope they don't reach critical mass.

BBC fact check for fair play for women's figures:

www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-42221629

TL:DR - the figures are accurate.

Let me get this straight,
JKR has written a book where the murderer likes to dress up as a woman while he kills. This means that she thinks all trans-women are murderers?
Okay then.

So if the book was about a man who murdered people whilst dressed as a man, does that mean she believes all men are murderers? Or when Kenneth Macmillan choreographed The Judas Tree was he saying all men are rapists? Or when basically any other book/song/ballet/play was written was the creator saying all... whatever the main character was... are... whatever they did?
No thought not.

And I really wish people would stop using the word literal when something is blatantly untrue. (Not aimed at the PP on here who I assume was quoting those who do). She is not literally dead. She quite literally isn't.

@Smileifyoucan Predatory sex offenders: "You can often spot them".

No, you can't. They don't have. Big label on their foreheads

I think these people are just proving how unhinged they are, and how entirely lacking in self respect & unintelligent they are.
The more they tweet this nonsense, the more people who are outside the debate can see the complete batshittery.

Trans women already use women's facilities, they have to in order to get GRA

There is a simple answer to that. Repeal the GRA, then no one has to intrude into women's changing rooms.

Presenting as the opposite sex (choosing words carefully) is the most common paraphilia among male sex offenders. An inconvenient truth these days.

Women and children are the people most often targeted by male sex offenders.

We have the right to discuss this, research this and portray it in our creative endeavours.

fairplayforwomen.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/11/153.full_.pdf

Pink news are utterly reprehensible. I hope JK sues them into oblivion.