JKR being burned again thanks to Putin

It stokes outrage and brings people together on social media to have a good rage.

Of course, some of them are very well acquainted with the fact that people don't always believe what they say. They've just decided that amplifying Putin's message is a small price to pay for scoring points against a political enemy. Not much to be said about that contingent, at least not within guidelines. Irredeemable human beings.

I think this is the key point. Many of these people have no motivation other than attention seeking and personal interest. They don't care if it's true, just that some people believe it.

It's very strange to me that TRAs cannot see the following:

1. Far from amplifying her message, Putin has done JKR no favours with his comments
2. They are the ones amplifying Putin's message.

Sometimes it seems that a lot TRAs don't understand that people don't believe what they say 100% of the time - that's why so many of them are convinced they "pass." But you''d think even such painfully naive people might understand the concept that a bloodthirsty dictator could be scheming and manipulative.

Of course, some of them are very well acquainted with the fact that people don't always believe what they say. They've just decided that amplifying Putin's message is a small price to pay for scoring points against a political enemy. Not much to be said about that contingent, at least not within guidelines. Irredeemable human beings.

I've no idea. But I've seen equally batshit posts from nonentities get similarly large numbers of likes. If you are saying that it might be Twitter manipulation, I think that's entirely possible.

I think we've dealt with the absurd nonsense here in a way that it's very hard to do on Twitter.

Maybe the bigots in here will finally start to realise what side of history they are on when even Putin agrees with them….

Loving the fact that someone literally razzed the thread with that gem. Or jizzed. Or whatever.

Probably came straight from twitter all excited to get one over the MN crowd with it. Not realising they really do not see the absurdity of that statement.

Imagine thinking you are the height of cleverness telling posters, the majority women, off with that.

Possibly by people with large followings.

I imagine it got retweeted a lot.

I noticed something weird with this tweet from a transwoman claiming to have a period. They have 2650 followers, but over 90k likes on this tweet. Someone is obviously boosting it, but who and why?

Maybe work on how to think, rather than what to think, in future. It'll be more interesting and potentially more than one micron deep.

So much this. Well put.

But luckily plenty of PP have.

Maybe work on how to think, rather than what to think, in future. It'll be more interesting and potentially more than one micron deep.

Your post: not so much.

Putin knows exactly what the hot button issues are and how to use them to sow discord. You people yammering on about Rowling must be like Putin because they both know what a woman is have been owned in the most embarrassing way and sadly we are all going to suffer for it. Congratulations on doing Putin's work for him. Lenin had a term for you lot.

Because surely you wouldn't take the propaganda spread by a psychotic despot at face value without looking at what he might be trying to achieve with it, would you? You do know that power-crazed warmongering dictators aren't always scrupulously honest, don't you?

Hitler was a vegetarian, I am a vegetarian, therefore I am like Hitler?
Hitler praised his mother in Das Kampf, I think my mother is fantastic, therefore I am like HItler?

@DomesticatedZombie
“The right side of history…”
TBH I have concluded there is just a line, purely because this concept is so utterly one-dimensional

As it says on my Leeds Spinners T shirt “ Right Side of History, my arse!!

Have you ever thought he mentioned JKR because she is publicly donating millions to Ukraine through her charities? No?

He's played a blinder TBH, he's got all the holier than thou idiots focusing on exactly what he wanted them to. He knows how to wind up the west and he doesn't even need to invade us.

I'm presuming you're positioning yourself as the 'goodie' on the 'right side of history', yes? Jolly well done, that must have been a difficult thinking process you went through to get there!

And when is the point where we stop and decide 'well, that bit was right and that bit was wrong, so clearly history was a rhombic prism that got a bit wobbly in the middle at this precise period of time'?

Lastly - how will we know when we get there? I do look forward to reaching the apex of history, it will be fun to look back and see everything laid out clearly, in this best of all possible worlds, won't it!