Is JK Rowling ‘too big to be cancelled’?

I reckon she's too right to be cancelled - as in correct

What specifically do you disagree with?

If you don't say anything illegal yet get the amount of hate mail and death threats that she does and live somewhere that is easy to find out I imagine you and probably your family get top notch police protection. And if she feels that needs supplementing she can afford to pay for it without a second thought.

She's still brave though as the hate must be hard to take and be scary at times.

I must preface this by saying that obviously - obviously - I do not want any harm to come to JKR.

But if this did happen, surely it would be the end for them. Anyone not completely unhinged would lose all support for the TRA brigade.

I was about to post something similar. I have a small worry that she.might be targeted by one of the more unhinged.transpersons. They lie so much about what she says and deliberately twist her meaning. Threatening violence gives them a power surge. How beloved in the TRA world would a person be who had done violence to her?
But she will have security. And the police must surely be keeping a watch on her. They know the menacing hate mail she gets. They can't fail in protecting her.

You don't have to say anything untrue to be cancelled.

How can she be cancelled? Which part of what she says, is not true?

I can’t read that without hearing this

I think she is an absolute queen. So many other people in positions of power or influence have skirted around this whilst all the time allowing politically motivated groups bully changes through whilst we women have been sleeping (I count myself in this). It has only been through JKRs loud and eloquent voice that many have woken up to how changes may impact the future for our daughters and especially those who fall on hard times.
I take my hat off to all those that have suffered to protect our daughters safety, equality and dignity and am glad that they have had JKR adding her gargantuan metaphorical weight behind these women to support from the sidelines and when needed, the frontline. I do however agree with pp that said she seems to be getting frustrated which whilst I understand, hope it doesn't lead to derailing as she has walked the line magnificently so far as I can tell so far.

JK Rowling is hopefully going to turn the tide on this farce that a man can be a woman in ALL respects.

She's rich enough to not be silenced from fear of being financially impacted by her outspokenness. And respected enough to be listened to. Oh yeah, and she's right!

She’s entitled to her opinions and won’t be gagged.

I suspect a large proportion of the population agree with her, quietly.

Someone has to stand up for the rights and safety of women and girls.
That’s all she’s doing but in a hugely mysogynistic society.

I think I want something about stirring up trouble on a t-shirt, with a picture of a cauldron.

Yes, all of this.

I have recently had a run in with a group of thirty something American women who love Harry Potter but hate JK Rowling. When they started slagging her off and I spoke out and said basically I don't agree that she is a Nazi, they kicked me out of their group.

What they don't understand is that there is a whole political context to her tweets, of which they, not being well versed in UK/Scottish current affairs, are entirely ignorant. Perhaps in the US the only people objecting to gender ideology are conservative Christians who also hate gays and want to ban abortion. But that's not true in the UK. Religious nutbags are their speciality, not ours. The women objecting to gender ideology in the UK are mostly left wing feminists, many of them lesbians, and they are objecting to it for completely different (and valid) reasons.

The fact that millions of American millennials who really, really love Harry Potter are really, really disappointed in JKR's stance on this issue does not mean she should not be allowed to express her opinion. She is perfectly within her rights to express her worries about things that are happening to women and girls in the UK, where she lives.

So if 35 year old Harry Potter fans don't like her views, they have a choice. Either they accept that an author they like has a different personal opinion to them, and continue to enjoy her books anyway. Or, if JKR's insistence that female rape victims in the UK should be entitled to single sex support and that female prisoners should not be locked up with male rapists really is ruining their enjoyment of a series of books she wrote 25 years ago for children, they could just move on from Harry Potter and read something else.

Meanwhile, I spent the afternoon in the company of my friend's 7 year old daughter who has just read the first Harry Potter book and was brimming with enthusiasm for it.

I only read the first section but, other than Marilynn Manson saying he got flowers and they were from JK Rowling, is there any actual evidence or proof he did receive flowers from her? If not the Twitter thread is junk.

Going back to the original question, yes, JKR is in the fortunate position of being far too big to be cancelled.

She started with a couple of measured tweets but the TRAs went for her. It's their trolling, death threats etc which have led to her present Don't Give A Fuck attitude.

I admire her for standing up for women's rights and for putting her money where her mouth is.

Many, many women feel the same way about her as I do. The number of TRAs who want to cancel her are small but vocal.

The vast majority of the population don't follow what she says and aren't interested either way.

What makes her unassailable is the huge earning power of Harry Potter books, films, games and merchandise. Unlike some other franchises, there's a constant supply of consumers as new generations of children grow up and discover HP.

I'm a primary school teacher and every single World Book Day, there are more children dressed up as a character created by JK Rowling than any other author.

Every single primary school in the country will have dozens of Harry Potters with a sprinkling of Hermiones and Lunas.

I think if she was saying something truly offensive there would be a big backlash but as she isn't there isn't.

Thank you, but it looks like I'd need to create a burner twitter account to use it as it doesn't seem anonymous?

"Stirs up trouble" is pretty much the #1 trait I look for in my female role models 😁

"Jo Rowling, being a fan of reality, can’t be cancelled because everyone knows that she’s right, even those who hate her know that men can’t turn into women".

This. A lie will always fall - even if it takes years.

She’s too correct to be cancelled.

People can believe the sky is green and the world is flat as intensely as they want but sooner or later people come back to the reality that the sky is blue and the world is round.

Jo Rowling, being a fan of reality, can’t be cancelled because everyone knows that she’s right, even those who hate her know that men can’t turn into women.

Judging by how popular HP still is, I think the vast majority of people don’t give 2 fucks about cancelling JKR for her opinions. I am sure she’s certainly big enough to withstand the small amount of TRAs etc shouting hatred at her.

If you think I'm trolling then report it by all means.

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Your previous posts on other threads do not place you in a credible light.

She does have top notch security.