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

I so admire JK. She really is one of the good people. I bought Troubled Blood when there was all that hoohah and nonsense last year about how the book was transphobic. I wasn’t particularly keen to read it but bought it to help shove it up the bestseller list. However, I really enjoyed it and have now read two more books in the series. Very glad my money is going to her.

@BlueLobelia Quite, should I be embarrassed to admit, as an adult and mother, that the last few books are my go to comfort reads? There's just nothing quite like them for immersibility!

I was going to say something along those lines.... but thought i might get put on the naughty step.

My grandma used to say 'some people are a bloody waste of oxygen'.

JKR is compared to Hitler and then in the next breath saying she should give her wealth to trans charities

Yeah they're not that good at influencing women to come round to their way of thinking are they...

[quote mollythemeerkat]@babbaloushka - the tweets above are horrible but the people writing them just sound incoherent and ill-educated to me. or alternatively as if they just looked up phrases from a list of "what to say to people you disagree with". Bit pathetic really.[/quote]
Absolutely, but what shocking behaviour from those claiming to advocate for the rights and safety of others. No coherent discourse, just vile, senseless insults.

Ironically, these are likely the same people rabbiting on about suicide rates in transgender teenagers, then logging on to tell someone they disagree with to "die in a hole" and making absolutely grim comments about her body.

Joanne is commendably stoic in the face of such despicable behaviour, I certainly wouldn't be here if I had to read such vitriol about myself online.

Mutter mutter... don't give some people the oxygen of attention... mutter mutter mutter

I haven't finished reading the thread but I'm just loving how with one breath JKR is compared to Hitler and then in the next breath saying she should give her wealth to trans charities 😂
I mean, would YOU want to help out a group of people who compare you to Hitler and actively hate you? No thought not.

The irony is Hermione would totally agree with her position.

@youvegottenminuteslynn and @Tibtom

Thank you. I get it now. Missed the irony in op’s post.

Bad girl.

I can’t quite see how donating money to a humanitarian cause makes you a hateful bigot.

Apparently it does because instead of helping to save lives from Covid and support covid-hit communities on India, she should have given money to charities bloated on public funds who charge the public purse even more to teach misrepresentations of the law to public sector organisations and push dangerous, experimental treatments on children which leave them sterile and permanent medical patients for no measurable benefit.

I've been educated here today. Had never heard of Godwin's Law.
Thanks Cripez.

It's always a massive WTF moment to me and really shines light on the insanity of everything when someone who has spoken as clearly as JKR does on these issues, ends up being labelled as transphobic.

She is amazing, I'm so grateful for her and the other women who are speaking for many of us, at much cost to themselves.

I agree that the reaction to JKR a shows nothing but ignorance .

You can not debate and discuss if you cancel every contributor just because you have basically misunderstood what they have said . Or just don’t like the tone of the debate . It’s childish , and the disgusting reactions are actually achieving the opposite of their intentions . It’s making people stronger now and more likely to stand up for what they believe in . Also now there is an army of decent people willing to contribute to court costs if necessary .

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

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

I can’t quite see how donating money to a humanitarian cause makes you a hateful bigot.

One of the most amazing things about the HP novels is that the books mature as the children do. So the first book is very much for 10-11 year olds, and then as the characters age the style and narrative deepens and matures in a way that is age appropriate for the ages of the characters.

It's a heck of an achievement I think.

I have to admit that I hate Harry Potter (sorry, but I tried reading one novel and thought it was awful)!

I thought they improved as they went on. By about halfway through book 5 I was enjoying it. I think they grow up a bit as you go through so the first one is much more like children's literature which can be a bit grating as an adult.

Well this thread started weird and got weirder.

Hasn't it just?

On a related point, I've read somewhere else that assertion that concerns as to safeguarding are dogwhistle transphobia.

If that's really the case, it tells me as much about the sinister nature of the TRA movement as I ever need to know. And it's doing trans people absolutely no favours.

Thank you JK, you absolutely wonderful human!

Harry Potter gave me so much joy, and now it's doing the same for my 7 year old. It's such a special thing to be able to share it with her and relive the magic (for the 30th time!!)

Best thread ever.

Thank you for your amazing and characteristic generosity, Hitler - oh fuck, I mean Joanne, don’t I?