(And it was a much deserved slap, imo. Full Disclosure: I’m a big fan of JK Rowling.)
"Harry Potter" author J.K. Rowling has consistently been a staunch critic of the push to allow men who identify as women to invade women's safe spaces, like locker rooms, bathrooms, women's sports, etc., even in the face of doxxing, cancel culture attempts, and violence/death threats against her and her family.
She's been unafraid to take on her detractors, no matter their positions in life, whether they be government officials, the literary community, Hollywood elitists, or far-left wacktivists.
But throughout it all, even as many of the main actors who played in the Harry Potter movies turned against her in a show of support for the transgender movement, Rowling held most of her full fire on one of them, Emma Watson, who played the character "Hermione Granger" as a child and young woman in all eight Harry Potter movies.
Rowling has decided, however, that it's time for some real talk after Watson, who has been on hiatus from acting for several years, tried to smooth things over during a recent interview by playing fence sitter, saying she still "treasured" Rowling even though she disagreed with her on certain issues:
“I really don’t believe that by having had that experience and holding the love and support and views that I have, mean that I can’t and don’t treasure Jo and the person that I had personal experiences with,” Watson said.
That was just too much for Rowling, who took to the X machine and unloaded as only she can. After getting the niceties out of the way, however, Rowling began her epic smackdown:
"Emma Watson and her co-stars have every right to embrace gender identity ideology," Rowling wrote in one long tweet. "Such beliefs are legally protected, and I wouldn't want to see any of them threatened with loss of work, or violence, or death, because of them."
The funny part is that outside of the tranny issue, I believe JK to be a fairly committed leftie. I may be wrong, but that's what I heard. But the purity spiral of the left has culled her out due to that one issue, and they are getting hosed over it. JK is apparently equal measures smart, funny, cutting, sarcastic, and downright bad to the bone over that one issue. By going after her like they did, they inadvertently pushed her into our camp. Sucks to be them.
ReplyDeleteYou're right about her. Although she has also spoken out fiercely against males in female restrooms and private spaces ... which is an offshoot of the tranny issue in most cases.
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