JKR receiving death threats for supporting Salman Rushdie

@picklemewalnuts

I’d like to say no, it’s not hard, but I think for some people their self-image makes it hard. Harris has probably been accustomed to perceiving trans rights in such a way that it makes it a human rights issue, and so to criticise any aspect of the claims of trans ideology sits outside the parameters of acceptable free speech. So she sees her antipathy towards gender critical women as completely consistent with her support for free speech. She’s blinded by her own beliefs, and people who are blinded usually can’t see the bigger picture.

But you'd recognise that surely, and not act at all? Neutrality in a leading/figure head type post is acceptable surely? As in, not publicising your personal stance, but just making a 'threats are unacceptable in all circumstances, on all sides' type comment. That's not hard to see, is it?

I have some sympathy for Harris because I understand why having a child who declares a trans identity might place you in a position where you felt you had to support them no matter what. I also think her child’s name and details should be kept out of any actual discussion. But it’s still relevant because (or it appears that) it’s the reason she has been unable to act objectively.

Harris is still at it. Now GC writers who believe there is a conflict of interest are very confused, because the SoA is just there to talk about “contracts and pay”. I have no idea if that’s true, but I thought they took a stance on free speech? The conflict of interest is Harris claiming to believe in free speech and to be prepared to defend it in her role, but actually treating writers who ask the SoA to stand up for their particular free speech rights against aggressive trans ideologists with hardly veiled contempt.

In the Times today.
Comment by Jawad Iqbal:
www.thetimes.co.uk/article/f0728f88-1d96-11ed-add4-d333562d46fb?shareToken=5ac5661b89ff0034e46c193dccf56f78

And article about JH saying her culture war with JKR is all fiction:
www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0be84d5c-1d8d-11ed-add4-d333562d46fb?shareToken=a40bbb469589b7ca5188b8f12b3d8b26

Joanne Harris is consistently dismissive while Rachel Rooney has grace

@Theeyeballsinthesky
Thanks

it's astonishing really. JH's books are so insightful about people

just goes to show how easy it is to be blinded

Helen Joyce:

"Proud to have signed this open letter criticising the Society of Authors for its failures to stand up for authors’ freedom of speech. Other interested authors are invited to sign"

t.co/Iy6wzZ9ejJ

@SolasAnla adult child is FtM

Cordelia Fine is Anne Fine's daughter so, while I have no idea of Anne Fine's views on gender ideology, I expect she is at least well up on the issues.

Hummm
so .....
her female child is now her son and would like to be able to access male single sex spaces
Or
her male child is still her son and would like to be able to access female single sex spaces

It's becoming as clear as mud.

And you’d be right. Not surprisingly.

I think she just recently putnit in her twitter bio. I could speculate why.

All these Progressives tweeting - 'Course they're entitled to an opinion and it's wrong to kill people. But.....'

Private Eye in 2020

juliebindel.substack.com/p/an-open-letter-to-the-society-of?r=7vxvx&s=r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

Happy to see Anne Fine on here. I loved her books as a kid.

Yes I only found out recently and it really does explain how personally invested she is & her inability to be remotely objective. It’s a shame she doesn’t have the self awareness to see it

hardly surprising. A generation of adults with children telling them what to believe.

Apparently Joanne Harris has a trans son. I was unaware of this. Explains a lot though.

Harris is trending nationally. It must be horrible, but she’s brought it on herself with her strange partisanship and engaging in bullying pile ons.

Ah right! Yep it's confusing alright 😄

No. Two Joannes: Harris and Rowling

I think part of the confusion is that there's Joanne Harris who would like to silence the gender critical women Joanne Rowling and Jane Harris.

The ‘powerful people don’t deserve free speech’ crew know exactly what they’re doing. JKR was in a position to speak out because of her power. She can afford never to work again. Most people can’t.

I'm astounded at how brave both Rushdie and Rowling. Especially Rushdie, of course, because as a PP pointed out, other people associated with his book have been murdered. There are plenty of Islamist fanatics out there willing to kill people who think the wrong things.

But I don't think I would even have JKR's courage. She's had thousands of death threats, and we know these people can be violent. You only need one determined TRA lunatic to carry out the threat. And yet she persists. Amazing woman.