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Execrable piece on JKR in “The Independent” 13/10/24

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NitroNine · 14/10/2024 05:35

It’s an opinion piece, which the author seems to have understood as meaning “actively avoid facts & research, just wang on”. His ramblings are focused on her tweet about Butlins turfing (?terfing) 5 male people out of the women’s loos (then apologising because said male people feel entitled to use facilities for those of the opposite sex); a situation FWR have been discussing here.

The “sad new low” is this absolute trash being published by a once-reputable publication. Idiot selfish man whining about how he liked ready “Harry Potter” when he was younger - & immediately demonstrating he’d not even understood Rowling’s children’s books, let alone these far more serious issues.

An alarming number of the comments are ascientific twaddle &/or regurgitations of the full gamut of unsubstantiated claims.., definite suggestion, too, of Shenanigans, with comments in odd mixtures of US & UK English (NB not Canadian English, which does of course blend the two, but a clunky mixing of terms as of copy-pasting) 🤨

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ManyATrueWord · 14/10/2024 08:19

Dude sounds like a country Victorian clergyman having a rant about things of which he does not know.

Lovelyview · 14/10/2024 07:58

The comments under any article about gender issues are usually overwhelmingly gender critical. (That's why The Guardian doesn't allow them). The comments now seem to have been disabled possibly because they've detected some unusual activity. There's a news report https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/jk-rowling-butlin-s-trans-women-toilet-b2628456.html#comments-area with some lively comments underneath. I've been reading the Independent for a while and there are an unusually large number of pro gender ideology comments on that one too. I think the Independent is cynically using JK Rowling to get people to read and comment on articles.

JK Rowling accused of ‘frothing up rage’ after criticising Butlin’s

Resort had suspended security who ‘dragged’ trans women from ladies’ toilet

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/jk-rowling-butlin-s-trans-women-toilet-b2628456.html#comments-area

Hairyesterdaygonetoday · 14/10/2024 06:11

Sad indeed, OP. I used to quite like the Indie.