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She's such a hateful bigot, isn't she?

461 replies

SunsetBeetch · 17/05/2021 10:02

JK Rowling has donated £1 million of royalties from one of her children’s books to help fight the Covid-19 crisis in India.

The Harry Potter author is understood to have split the sum between two UK-based charities involved in relief work, including the provision of emergency oxygen supplies.

www.thetimes.co.uk/article/jk-rowlings-1m-fairytale-gift-to-covid-oxygen-charities-csn5xb9tv

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Violinist64 · 17/05/2021 11:11

Well done, J K Rowling. The money has gone to the people who really need it. She has responded to a real need and that amount of money will make a huge difference to those poor people. How many other people have responded so quickly and positively to such a desperate situation? I take my hat off to her.

JSL52 · 17/05/2021 11:11

@cripez

Hitler loved his animals but he still went all out on creating the perfect race. Still evil.

Would be nice if, one day, she directed a small amount of her wealth, not even a tenth of the amount mentioned above, to supporting trans kids and their families.

Wouldn't kill her.

Are you her accountant? Do you know exactly how she spends or donates HER money which SHE has earned.
Triphazards · 17/05/2021 11:11

@Blue4YOU

Why on earth would Trans kids and their families need money?
They're rearming in defiance of the Treaty of Versailles.
cupoftea2021 · 17/05/2021 11:10

@cripez

Hitler loved his animals but he still went all out on creating the perfect race. Still evil.

Would be nice if, one day, she directed a small amount of her wealth, not even a tenth of the amount mentioned above, to supporting trans kids and their families.

Wouldn't kill her.

Why trans kids? ...here we go. Bite
ChardonnaysPetDragon · 17/05/2021 11:09

How very dare she donate her own money to a charity of her choosing, eh?

HecatesCatsInFancyHats · 17/05/2021 11:08

@cripez

Hitler loved his animals but he still went all out on creating the perfect race. Still evil.

Would be nice if, one day, she directed a small amount of her wealth, not even a tenth of the amount mentioned above, to supporting trans kids and their families.

Wouldn't kill her.

It's bigot bingo! Next you'll be accusing her of being a far right American evangelical gun-toting nun...
Triphazards · 17/05/2021 11:08

@adeleh

Hitler was a vegetarian because he had a digestive problem which meant meat made him fart a lot, I have read, but now cannot remember where. Today’s fun fact.

Cripez, your post is ridiculous. Why shouldn’t JKR choose her own charities?

So what you're saying is JK Rowling farts a lot, in the general direction of "trans kids and their families."

Saving large numbers of lives in India will never atone for such literal violence.

TedImgoingmad · 17/05/2021 11:08

I don't agree with JKR's stance on trans rights and I strongly dislike the fact that she has used her platform in ways that have legitimised transphobia,

Provide proof she has ever done this (clue, she hasn't)

BrightYellowDaffodil · 17/05/2021 11:07

Godwin's Law invoked on the 3rd response? Good lord, I think it's a record.

Good for JKR, bloody brilliant woman.

GabsAlot · 17/05/2021 11:06

hateful

and to comapre her to her hitler is fucking disgraceful

81Byerley · 17/05/2021 11:05

@BlackForestCake

She does support trans kids, by reassuring them they're normal and fine and don't need life long medical intervention. And you compare her to Hitler. Get a fucking grip.
As the Grandmother of a trans child who is adored and supported whatever happens, whether or not she's given treatment, I absolutely agree with you. I hope that the current climate of more acceptance for people who don't conform to so called norms as far as gender/sexuality is concerned, will continue to grow and develop, so that trans children will grow to be accepted as just another sort of normal human beings, I don't understand why JK Rowling is so reviled for her views, which seem reasonable to me. There IS a danger that some parents may be too eager to push a child in the direction of hormones and surgery. Sometimes it's the right thing, often it's not.
HecatesCatsInFancyHats · 17/05/2021 11:05

What is it that she said that has "driven transphobia", specifically Peach?

peachgreen · 17/05/2021 11:04

People contain multitudes and can do both good and bad things. Groundbreaking, I know.

I don't agree with JKR's stance on trans rights and I strongly dislike the fact that she has used her platform in ways that have legitimised transphobia, but I will be forever grateful to her for the huge amount of money she has pumped into MS research, including funding a groundbreaking experimental treatment which my mum benefitted from. The two things can coexist. Like most of us, she is neither a saint nor a devil.

TedImgoingmad · 17/05/2021 11:03

I wonder if this Hitler/JKR comparison is being fed to children online? I was in a charity shop a couple of weeks ago, and a group of older teens were in there, a lad and 2 girls. One of the girls pointed out some Harry Potter merchandise, and the lad in the group started going on about JKR having an extraordinary gene pool, but still being evil. It was the first time I had heard anyone laying into her in real life, and referencing her gene pool just seemed like such an odd thing to say. Maybe kids are being told JKR is trying to create a trans exclusionary master race or some such nonsense.

ANewDawnANewDay · 17/05/2021 11:03

Amazing woman! Love her.

Unlike keyboard warriors typing away single-handed in a basement somewhere with neither style nor substance.

BaronessWrongCrowd · 17/05/2021 11:02

‘Everyone we don’t like is a Nazi’ Hmm

Comparing JKR to Hitler is the stupidest thing I’ve seen on the internet today. And that’s saying a lot.

NotTerfNorCis · 17/05/2021 11:02

Hitler loved his animals but he still went all out on creating the perfect race. Still evil.

You're comparing JK to Hitler? Shock Shock Shock

Blue4YOU · 17/05/2021 11:01

Why on earth would Trans kids and their families need money?

JudgeJ · 17/05/2021 11:00

@adeleh

Hitler was a vegetarian because he had a digestive problem which meant meat made him fart a lot, I have read, but now cannot remember where. Today’s fun fact.

Cripez, your post is ridiculous. Why shouldn’t JKR choose her own charities?

He was also allegedly deficient in the spherical objects department too!
persistentwoman · 17/05/2021 10:59

She's great. Here's a link to her charity the Lumos Foundation - maybe cripez would like to donate to such a worthy cause for children who literally have nothing?

www.wearelumos.org/

Rhannion · 17/05/2021 10:58

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Gumbomambo · 17/05/2021 10:58

What a lovely thing to do. Who else is doing this kind of thing?
I think comparing a person to Hitler because they wrote an essay about a topic affecting women and children is ridiculous and therefore you are ridiculous and do your cause no favours.

Igmum · 17/05/2021 10:57

Wonderful. JKR ❤️

JudgeJ · 17/05/2021 10:56

@cripez

Hitler loved his animals but he still went all out on creating the perfect race. Still evil.

Would be nice if, one day, she directed a small amount of her wealth, not even a tenth of the amount mentioned above, to supporting trans kids and their families.

Wouldn't kill her.

I would think that supporting the situation in India is far more important than supporting trans kids and their families, Indians are dying because of Covid.
Bjarnum · 17/05/2021 10:56

After all the pathetic virtue signalling and preaching by people like the Sussexes and other "woke" celebrities how refreshing to see someone actually really doing something!