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Did I get this right?

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2021x · 08/11/2026 03:18

I was on a Reddit Thread called:

Which celebrity can you no longer look at the same way after learning about a controversy or something disturbing they did?

A person responded JK Rowling and my reply was as follows.

I can help you with that. JK Rowling has expressed her opinion that, in certain circumstances, such as places in public where women have to remove their clothes (restrooms, changing rooms, etc.), sex should be considered more relevant than gender ideology. For people who do not live on the internet- this is the majority and most common view.

She has publicly stood up to a powerful misogynistic and homophobic ideology against immense pressure and personal persecution. She has held system-makers, not individuals, accountable for the lies that they have been internalised in the British Education and human resources system. She has also supported women across the UK to stand up for their sex-based rights with her own finances, which she made herself.

You can disagree and say that males - who still retain a significant physical strength advantage and commit sexual offences against women at a higher rate than females- in your opinion do not pose any extra risk to women in private space. What you can't say is JK Rowling has wished, asked for or instigated any harm against transgender people as a group or individuals.

Did I get this right or have I missed off anything?

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ALovelyPinkUnicorn · 08/11/2026 09:56

Lacksie · 08/11/2026 09:54

My dear it's not remotely comparable,

Are you seriously suggesting its crowdfunding of legal challenges is financially comparable to an individual with an estimated personal fortune of £975 million?

GLP’s entire annual income is around £4.5 million, overwhelmingly raised through donations.

Rowling has almost a billion pounds of personal wealth at her disposal.

funding strategic litigation isnt inherently wrong. The problem is the extraordinary influence that concentrated private wealth can exercise over the development of laws in a democratic state,

Edited

Oh my dear, are you still stuck on the… “some people can do what they want, others shouldn’t be allowed to”?

also is his JKRs wealth not from people liking what she produces?

NotBadConsidering · 08/11/2026 09:57

Lexibletheflexible · 08/11/2026 09:52

Why would I leave a thread where people are still tagging me?

The difference in your example is that whether Mr Rogers is a sniper or not comes down to a fact. He either was or wasn't.

Whether JK's views on any issue are good or bad and how your personal assessment of her views makes you feel about her is an opinion. This wasn't the place to challenge opinions, it was the place to share them.

With great irony, you have decided “it wasn’t the place to share them” based purely on your inference of the intention of the thread and the fact other opinions have gone unchallenged.

It is entirely your opinion that that was the intention of the thread.

Given that title, it was probably started by a bot.

You’ve taken a bot thread and decided the OP was wrong to challenge an opinion you support with an opinion you don’t like. Like I said, it’s not about the post, it’s about the opinion. With JKR, it always is. It brings out the haters like moths to a flame.

BettyBooper · 08/11/2026 09:58

Lacksie · 08/11/2026 09:50

The point is when one individual has that much personal wealth and is using it to shape the law of a democratic country it's a serious problem .

You are completely naive if you think otherwise.

The point is when one organisation has that much political influence and is using it to shape the law of a democratic country it's a serious problem

Stonewall... Cough cough

SwirlyGates · 08/11/2026 09:58

Lexibletheflexible · 08/11/2026 09:55

That doesn't make it incorrect.

It's an opinion that JK using her wealth that way is a bad thing for her to do. It isn't a fact.

Using her wealth to support women's rights? Yeah, despicab le. It's also terrible that she set up a women-only rape crisis centre in Edinburgh, when our public bodies refused to do so. Awful woman.

Lexibletheflexible · 08/11/2026 09:58

NotBadConsidering · 08/11/2026 09:57

With great irony, you have decided “it wasn’t the place to share them” based purely on your inference of the intention of the thread and the fact other opinions have gone unchallenged.

It is entirely your opinion that that was the intention of the thread.

Given that title, it was probably started by a bot.

You’ve taken a bot thread and decided the OP was wrong to challenge an opinion you support with an opinion you don’t like. Like I said, it’s not about the post, it’s about the opinion. With JKR, it always is. It brings out the haters like moths to a flame.

No I think that's just how posts are framed in there. Either way, everyone seems to have the same impression as I did.

Lexibletheflexible · 08/11/2026 09:59

SwirlyGates · 08/11/2026 09:58

Using her wealth to support women's rights? Yeah, despicab le. It's also terrible that she set up a women-only rape crisis centre in Edinburgh, when our public bodies refused to do so. Awful woman.

Your comment doesn't make it less of an opinion.

Lexibletheflexible · 08/11/2026 10:01

Yea all threads are posted that way and the OP of that thread has a 6 year posting history minimum

Davros · 08/11/2026 10:02

OP I think your response was great and there was nothing wrong with you stating it. I agree that Dobby was annoying and had an awful voice

JLou08 · 08/11/2026 10:02

2021x · 08/11/2026 08:16

I agree but this was specifically aimed at people who are controversial- which JK Rowling discussion in TG ideology isn’t.

Do you even know what the definition of controversial is? You agreeing with a point doesn't mean it isn't controversial.

NotBadConsidering · 08/11/2026 10:04

Lexibletheflexible · 08/11/2026 09:58

No I think that's just how posts are framed in there. Either way, everyone seems to have the same impression as I did.

Oh well if “everyone” on a busy AskReddit thread acted the same way then of course there was an unwritten rule that you don’t challenge opinions.

And of course THAT’S why you think the OP is wrong, the only reason, no other reason whatsoever.

Marcia Brady Sure Jan GIF
Lexibletheflexible · 08/11/2026 10:06

NotBadConsidering · 08/11/2026 10:04

Oh well if “everyone” on a busy AskReddit thread acted the same way then of course there was an unwritten rule that you don’t challenge opinions.

And of course THAT’S why you think the OP is wrong, the only reason, no other reason whatsoever.

It isnt that there is an unwritten rule you never challenge opinions, it's that this thread in particular didn't call for it. The only person who did wanted to was a GC poster who wanted to debate trans issues.

Myalternate · 08/11/2026 10:06

Lacksie · 08/11/2026 09:50

The point is when one individual has that much personal wealth and is using it to shape the law of a democratic country it's a serious problem .

You are completely naive if you think otherwise.

Presumably, all Donors to political parties intend their donations to go towards shaping the law?

NotBadConsidering · 08/11/2026 10:12

Lexibletheflexible · 08/11/2026 10:06

It isnt that there is an unwritten rule you never challenge opinions, it's that this thread in particular didn't call for it. The only person who did wanted to was a GC poster who wanted to debate trans issues.

“Didn’t call for it.” In secret Reddit coded language. Sure, sure.

If it’s clear there are unwritten rules about when people aren’t meant to post challenging views on the wrong threads, why do TRA posters regularly come here and disrupt threads about things like grieving mothers?

Lexibletheflexible · 08/11/2026 10:15

NotBadConsidering · 08/11/2026 10:12

“Didn’t call for it.” In secret Reddit coded language. Sure, sure.

If it’s clear there are unwritten rules about when people aren’t meant to post challenging views on the wrong threads, why do TRA posters regularly come here and disrupt threads about things like grieving mothers?

I can only speak of what's happening in this thread and the one referenced. If you like, you can tag me when you see what you've described happening, and I'll come and give my assessment and critique the posters.

Shortshriftandlethal · 08/11/2026 10:16

Lacksie · 08/11/2026 09:37

It also wasn't correct because JKR is clearly propagating and funding transphobia on a mass scale.

Crowdfunding legal cases was how all of the earlier court cases were funded in their entirety - so what if JK Rowling has since stepped up and put her money where her commitment is. Trans ideology has/had been bankrolled and funded by U.S dollars for years.

NotBadConsidering · 08/11/2026 10:19

There’s nothing on the Reddit thread referenced that says people can’t challenge opinions other than your opinion that people shouldn’t and think the OP is wrong for

once again checking notes

replying to someone on Reddit.

I hope Steve Huffman doesn’t listen to you for advice 😂😂

Shortshriftandlethal · 08/11/2026 10:21

Lacksie · 08/11/2026 09:54

My dear it's not remotely comparable,

Are you seriously suggesting its crowdfunding of legal challenges is financially comparable to an individual with an estimated personal fortune of £975 million?

GLP’s entire annual income is around £4.5 million, overwhelmingly raised through donations.

Rowling has almost a billion pounds of personal wealth at her disposal.

funding strategic litigation isnt inherently wrong. The problem is the extraordinary influence that concentrated private wealth can exercise over the development of laws in a democratic state,

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John Stryker - Heir to the Stryker Corporation and a medical supplies fortune and founder of the Arcus foundation has channeled millions of dollars into LGBTQ+ and transgender-focused advocacy, legal recognition, and institutional training worldwide.

George Soros has long provided major philanthropic backing to global and U.S.-based human rights and civil rights groups that support transgender advocacy and legal protections.

Martine Rothblatt has been a prominent public supporter and financial contributor to transgender rights and genomic/transhumanist advocacy.

lcakethereforeIam · 08/11/2026 10:22

Shortshriftandlethal · 08/11/2026 10:16

Crowdfunding legal cases was how all of the earlier court cases were funded in their entirety - so what if JK Rowling has since stepped up and put her money where her commitment is. Trans ideology has/had been bankrolled and funded by U.S dollars for years.

Aren't there are few tw in the US whose wealth make JKR look like a relative pauper?

Veilsofmorning · 08/11/2026 10:22

Lexibletheflexible · 08/11/2026 09:15

My responses are within the scope of the thread

You do a lot of scolding on (many) other threads, so people are able to form a pretty coherent view of the scope of your responses 🤔

Lexibletheflexible · 08/11/2026 10:24

Veilsofmorning · 08/11/2026 10:22

You do a lot of scolding on (many) other threads, so people are able to form a pretty coherent view of the scope of your responses 🤔

As they should. I do the same when I notice a certain pattern from posters. I tend to try and keep the opinions I share within the guidelines.

Shortshriftandlethal · 08/11/2026 10:24

lcakethereforeIam · 08/11/2026 10:22

Aren't there are few tw in the US whose wealth make JKR look like a relative pauper?

Absolutley those narcissitic American billionnnaires are the ones that are funding most of our recent cultural and technical movements and developments.

NotBadConsidering · 08/11/2026 10:29

I just had a look at the thread in question. Someone challenged Dave Grohl being posted. Has 54 downvotes. Tom Hanks has been challenged. Someone has posted Meghan Markle for “sitting on knowledge” presumably about her father that has been heavily downvoted and the challenge to that post has been heavily upvoted.

Others have challenged the JKR post and all have been upvoted.

So all of Lexible’s claims that the OP was somehow unique for being the only one to challenge a post and “it wasn’t that sort of thread” were, in a word, bullshit.

MrsColinRobinson · 08/11/2026 10:31

Myalternate · 08/11/2026 09:01

I’ve heard the phrase ’thread police’ before. Now I know what it looks like 🤪

The poster certainly likes her self appointed position, even writing threads about how, in their opinion, feminism and gender discussions are unfairly balanced, ignoring the fact we write what we bloody want here.

When that falls safely within MN standards they start trying to derail and shut down.

It's probably time to stop feeding them tbh. It's pretty tedious.

Lexibletheflexible · 08/11/2026 10:35

NotBadConsidering · 08/11/2026 10:29

I just had a look at the thread in question. Someone challenged Dave Grohl being posted. Has 54 downvotes. Tom Hanks has been challenged. Someone has posted Meghan Markle for “sitting on knowledge” presumably about her father that has been heavily downvoted and the challenge to that post has been heavily upvoted.

Others have challenged the JKR post and all have been upvoted.

So all of Lexible’s claims that the OP was somehow unique for being the only one to challenge a post and “it wasn’t that sort of thread” were, in a word, bullshit.

Edited

Dave Grohl: someone agreed the BM drama did that a toll but legacy is intact. That was down voted. Someone replied to that person and brought up another incident. The "legacy" person then said they agree.

Tom hanks - Someone corrected a fact about his involvement with Epstein.

Markle - same. Someone corrected a fact about the legal issues with her father.

NotBadConsidering · 08/11/2026 10:43

Lexibletheflexible · 08/11/2026 10:35

Dave Grohl: someone agreed the BM drama did that a toll but legacy is intact. That was down voted. Someone replied to that person and brought up another incident. The "legacy" person then said they agree.

Tom hanks - Someone corrected a fact about his involvement with Epstein.

Markle - same. Someone corrected a fact about the legal issues with her father.

Yes, more than one sub thread in the entire thread contains people agreeing and disagreeing about people. So not remotely a thread where things can go unchallenged like you claimed it to be. And those challenges, Grohl and Markle, garnered significantly more attention that the JKR one. Opinions about whether Grohl has tarnished his legacy. An opinion that Markle has sat on knowledge of her father. Discussion, opinion, facts.

You know, Reddit.

Your claim that it wasn’t the sort of thread for that sort of thing was, I repeat, bullshit.

You just wanted to tell off the OP for what she wrote, not the fact she challenged an opinion. It’s clear as day.