Page 9 | JKR receiving death threats for supporting Salman Rushdie

WandaWomblesaurus · 2022-08-13T23:41:32+00:00

https://news.sky.com/story/jk-rowling-working-with-police-over-death-threat-after-voicing-support-for-salman-rushdie-12672229 How fucking predictable.

Maireas · 14/08/2022 10:11

lingle · 14/08/2022 09:41

crikey that Yasmin Mohammed linked to upthread is one brave woman.

She certainly is.

lingle · 14/08/2022 09:41

crikey that Yasmin Mohammed linked to upthread is one brave woman.

picklebrine · 14/08/2022 09:24

There is nothing that you can do about the Daily Mail

Unfortunately 😆

Maireas · 14/08/2022 09:20

There is nothing that you can do about the Daily Mail, @picklebrine!
That's why most of us get our news from other outlets.

picklebrine · 14/08/2022 09:10

that's the problem with the Daily Mail

@Maireas gets it

Death threat from white man = not worthy of print article, threat from brown man = hold the front page.

Maireas · 14/08/2022 08:54

Yes, but that's the problem with the Daily Mail, then, isn't it? It is a different issue.
Just because of that you can't diminish violence, threats and attempts to stop free speech.

picklemewalnuts · 14/08/2022 08:53

But Pickle, that wasn't about Salman Rushdie! This threat is news because of him and his history, not because of JKR.

picklebrine · 14/08/2022 08:51

picklemewalnuts · 14/08/2022 08:01

I think it's reasonable to publicise the bad behaviour of dangerous extremists, Pickle. If you are nothing like those dangerous extremists, then you would know it doesn't apply to you, surely? Islamophobia would be denouncements of all Muslims, rather than denouncements of extremists who have behaved violently, surely? We can't just hide the actions of dangerous people because they belong to a particular subset of a group, surely?

The Mail didn't put the pipe bomb death threat from a white male a month ago on the front page, IIRC it didn't even make the print edition.

www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10976955/Police-investigating-JK-Rowling-death-threat-trans-activist-urged-Twitter-users-send-bomb.html?ito=native_share_article-masthead

Maireas · 14/08/2022 08:46

Beamur · 14/08/2022 08:22

Given the appalling attack on Salman Rushdie, maybe anyone making these kinds of threats to JKR will be taken a lot more seriously by the authorities now.

You'd hope so.

Maireas · 14/08/2022 08:45

She's a woman with a voice. She uses it, which is too dangerous for some men.

SolasAnla · 14/08/2022 08:44

picklebrine · 14/08/2022 01:29

It goes without saying that death threats are bad, but this one was from a three month old twitter account with seven followers and it's on the front page of The Mail On Sunday

I'm worried the press are using this to stir up Islamophobia.

Did you miss the bit where a man was stabbed?
In public?
Because he wrote a book?
That Islamic men instructed people to kill him for writing the book?
That the book was published in '88 before the attacker was even born?

www.google.com/amp/s/news.sky.com/story/amp/salman-rushdie-attack-what-we-know-so-far-about-suspect-hadi-matar-12671962

Funny how Womanaphobia is a-ok and death threats from violent extremist is a-ok.

WolverineBluey · 14/08/2022 08:38

It's still surprising the people who will use this as a stick to beat JKR. Of course there is a parallel. Saw some blue tick writer I'd never heard of last night saying any concern for JKR was 'centring white women' in something that happened to a 'brown man'.

Beamur · 14/08/2022 08:22

Given the appalling attack on Salman Rushdie, maybe anyone making these kinds of threats to JKR will be taken a lot more seriously by the authorities now.

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picklemewalnuts · 14/08/2022 08:01

I think it's reasonable to publicise the bad behaviour of dangerous extremists, Pickle. If you are nothing like those dangerous extremists, then you would know it doesn't apply to you, surely? Islamophobia would be denouncements of all Muslims, rather than denouncements of extremists who have behaved violently, surely? We can't just hide the actions of dangerous people because they belong to a particular subset of a group, surely?

EdgeOfACoin · 14/08/2022 07:07

The people issuing death threats are definitely compassionate individuals on the right side of history.

achillestoes · 14/08/2022 06:08

‘It goes without saying that death threats are bad, but this one was from a three month old twitter account with seven followers and it's on the front page of The Mail On Sunday.’

Oh, it was the not-so-bad type of death threat?

mirax · 14/08/2022 04:15

picklebrine · 14/08/2022 01:29

It goes without saying that death threats are bad, but this one was from a three month old twitter account with seven followers and it's on the front page of The Mail On Sunday

I'm worried the press are using this to stir up Islamophobia.

twitter.com/YasMohammedxx/status/1558454456940888064

EsmaCannonball · 14/08/2022 01:38

I've seen the usual suspects on Twitter say things such as, 'Salman Rushdie has principles, J.K. Rowling is just a transphobe.' (i.e. the person I agree with has principles, the person I disagree with is a bigot.) They are saying this without irony. The Rushdie stabbing hasn't caused a moment of self-contemplation for the cancel culture mob.

There's also been a lot of, 'Why are people shoehorning in J.K.Rowling on this? No-one's killing gender-criticals over trans issues.' (Well, they had a go at killing Ralph Knibbs and Dave Chappelle, as well as violent attacks on people like Julie Bindel, so I don't think we can feel too confident about that one.)

In general, it feels like we're living through a really bad time for freedom of speech and artistic expression.

picklebrine · 14/08/2022 01:29

It goes without saying that death threats are bad, but this one was from a three month old twitter account with seven followers and it's on the front page of The Mail On Sunday

I'm worried the press are using this to stir up Islamophobia.

WalrusSubmarine · 14/08/2022 01:14

JKR faces MORE death threats from a different set of ideological extremists.

I did see her described as a free speech advocate which is a step in the right direction

SteveHarringtonsChestHair · 14/08/2022 00:44

It is.

But the coverage has changed from “transphobic JKR” to “Rowling, who has voiced her support for female-only spaces, has been accused of transphobia, which she denies.”

Her address was made public by activists after she "spoke up for women's sex-based rights

That’s a step in the right direction at least.