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[diffusionx]

The hate on Rowling is based off the perversion of some remarks that lunatics turned into politic ammunition. It's impossible to discuss the matter without mentioning such phenomenon.

The hate of JKR took on a life of its own. There was a NY Times ad thatexplicitly mentioned erasing her from Harry Potter FFS. Eurogamer didn't even acknowledge the existence of Hogswarts Legacy.

 

[Fbh]

Emma has always come across as insufferable and annoying. Why anyone gives a shit about what a celebrity who has been rich and famous for most of her life has to say about social issues is beyond me.

The thing with woke movements is that they require complete obedience to accept you. They don't allow you to stray an inch away from what is deemed acceptable to them at that very moment. If you do then they will come after you with vengeance despite you having supported them for years. There is no point in asking for their approval or friendship since it doesn't exist. They can only offer anger, vitriol and controlling behaviour.

Yup, Rowling is the perfect example of this.
They used to love and champion her, until she expressed the wrong opinion on a single topic and she instantly became worse than Hitler.
It's always "you need to 100% agree with us on every single topic or you are the enemy"

 

[Ishma3L]

In the end this is just a bunch of rich people arguing with other rich people, I don't see why it's news.

Their opinions are worth more than yours and mine.

 

[Trilobit]

Yup, Rowling is the perfect example of this.
They used to love and champion her, until she expressed the wrong opinion on a single topic and she instantly became worse than Hitler.
It's always "you need to 100% agree with us on every single topic or you are the enemy"

The really unpleasant thing about them is not that they just paint people like her as bad, but that they also need to paint people of opposite opinions as evil incarnate.

But I get it, if they do that then they don't have to debate her. It's the ad hominem of all ad hominems.

 

[IDKFA]

"Like other people who've never experienced adult life uncushioned by wealth and fame, Emma has so little experience of real life she's ignorant of how ignorant she is"

Fucking brutal, but true.

 

[DragoonKain]

JK Rowling has been on the money about so many things over the past few years. Logical, reasonable, intelligent. More people like her please.

 

[p_xavier]

J.K. Rowling is a world treasure and should be protected at all costs. Women, old and young, should be looking up to her, not trying to smear her.

The opposition don't even know what a woman is.

 

[IDKFA]

Alas, the mob that Emma pandered to is not pleased with her attempt to curry favour with Rowling and back away from her prior pandering to their views.

Believing in basic biology is "Christo-fascist anti-science"?

 

[12Goblins]

Just because something is politicized doesn't make it politics.

Nice. Didn't know we could talk about politicized topics

 

[Windle Poons]

Fair play, JK.

 

[ValiantInstance]

There's no nuance is there. Too bad you can't like J.K Rowling and be an Ally of the transgender community. That'd be crazy.

The concept of being an 'ally' to a proposed hive mind of people defined by innate characteristics is a concept that half of the political spectrum do not believe. It originates from intersectionality, which is a leftist theory.

There's your nuance. If you claim to be left wing and show support for JK Rowling, the others will eat you.

 

[12Goblins]

The opposition don't even know what a woman is.

This ain't the gotcha peabrains think it is. Maybe if you framed it "what is a biological female?" you could get closer to the more binary/clearcut answer that you are seeking, but even then it's still possible to be born with XX chromosomes and have a penis, so yea, this is why biologists want no part in ur bad faith arguments

 

[BennyBlanco]

JK Rowling is the only good british person

 

[Ishma3L]

The concept of being an 'ally' to a proposed hive mind of people defined by innate characteristics is a concept that half of the political spectrum do not believe. It originates from intersectionality, which is a leftist theory.

There's your nuance. If you claim to be left wing and show support for JK Rowling, the others will eat you.

and the ideas put forth by the intersectionality framework make it impossible to have discourse with a "hive mind" because an "oppressor" doesn't share the same lived experience as said "hive mind" and therefore has no grounds of true understanding or empathy.

How's my understanding?

 

[12Goblins]

The tranny community is extremely hateful

 

[thefool]

 

[AgatonSax]

Alas, the mob that Emma pandered to is not pleased with her attempt to curry favour with Rowling and back away from her prior pandering to their views.

Quite a devastating response from Rowling. Really twisting the knife mentioning the private note; makes Watson seem insincere to all 'sides'.

As a mediocre actress, I think we can quietly file her away as done.

 

[p_xavier]

This ain't the gotcha peabrains think it is. Maybe if you framed it "what is a biological female?" you could get closer to the more binary/clearcut answer that you are seeking, but even then it's still possible to be born with XX chromosomes and have a penis, so yea, this is why biologists want no part in ur bad faith arguments

So are people being born with 6 fingers. It doesn't mean that fingers are on the spectrum.

 

[NeoIkaruGAF]

Rowling pulling no punches here.
I enjoyed reading that just as much as her novels.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

This ain't the gotcha peabrains think it is. Maybe if you framed it "what is a biological female?" you could get closer to the more binary/clearcut answer that you are seeking, but even then it's still possible to be born with XX chromosomes and have a penis, so yea, this is why biologists want no part in ur bad faith arguments

Genetic mutations are alterations, aka exceptions. Actual scientists know this full well, but we are living in the clown world and many are afraid to speak up or else they will lose their jobs, if not something worse.

Debating this is far worse than flat earthers. At least, the flat earth matches what your eyes see, unlike this crazy gender theory that defies any logic and common sense.

 

[Hookshot]

No one ever explained to me what I was supposed to get out of being an "Ally" to any of these groups that demand it.

 

[Tajaz2426]

This ain't the gotcha peabrains think it is. Maybe if you framed it "what is a biological female?" you could get closer to the more binary/clearcut answer that you are seeking, but even then it's still possible to be born with XX chromosomes and have a penis, so yea, this is why biologists want no part in ur bad faith arguments

There is no part to the bad faith argument. You do not have to quantify the normal. It isn't biological female, it is just female. You characterize the outliers to give them a meaning and place within a spectrum.

There is no biologist saying anything except facts are just that, facts. A man doesn't know what a female thinks like and vice versa. There is no overlap in men and women's thinking.

We have different cognitive patterns and brain networks.

Stanford released the study last year or so. Look on JSTOR that stores all medical research and data or even psychology today.

I'm not sure you should be calling others pea brains.

 

[Rentahamster]

Are we allowed to discuss politics or nah

 

[Ellis]

holy shit talk about a home run....Rowling nailed watson hard

Speaking of nailing hard. I can imagine Watson being an incredibly boring lay.

She's just gives off that vibe. Been with her type before.

 

[12Goblins]

Genetic mutations are alterations, aka exceptions. Actual scientists know this full well, but we are living in the clown world and many are afraid to speak up or else they will lose their jobs, if not something worse.

Debating this is far worse than flat earthers. At least, the flat earth matches what your eyes see, unlike this crazy gender theory that defies any logic and common sense.

Brother this is like philosophy of language 101 stuff

the definition to What is a woman will always differ based on the context you ask it in, and you will never have a clearcut answer if you understand the nature of language. for example,

In law, you're a woman if that's what it says on ur birth certificate

In medicine, you're a woman based on your anatomy, reproductive organs, etc

In biology, you're a woman based on your chromosomes

In psychology, you're a woman based on your social behavior

And so on and so forth,

The fact that you're comparing it to a question like "is the earth flat?" which can only be looked at and answered through a scientific/empirical lens is dumbfounding

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

JK Rowling has more balls than all transwomen combined

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

In the end this is just a bunch of rich people arguing with other rich people, I don't see why it's news.

I wasn't a multimillionaire at fourteen. I lived in poverty while writing the book that made Emma famous.

 

[nightfly]

Pretty sure Emma Watson has been super woke and therefor mega retarded basically her entire life.

Wonder what made her this way?

 

[YCoCg]

I wasn't a multimillionaire at fourteen. I lived in poverty while writing the book that made Emma famous.

Is this a 14 year old JK Rowling talking to us from the past? Or current day rich woman JK Rowling beefing with a rich actress from her mansion or yacht?

Not really a gotcha there was it?

 

[12Goblins]

There is no part to the bad faith argument. You do not have to quantify the normal. It isn't biological female, it is just female. You characterize the outliers to give them a meaning and place within a spectrum.

There is no biologist saying anything except facts are just that, facts. A man doesn't know what a female thinks like and vice versa. There is no overlap in men and women's thinking.

We have different cognitive patterns and brain networks.

Stanford released the study last year or so. Look on JSTOR that stores all medical research and data or even psychology today.

I'm not sure you should be calling others pea brains.

you mean the study where they trained AI to find differences between male/female brains so it learned to find the most discernable aspects of male and female brains in order to distinguish the two?

If there was no overlap we would be completely different species, listen to what you're saying

 

[Tams]

And Emma Watson still have the audacity to backstab J.K Rowling.

Reminds me that stupid Snow White actress saying bad things about men, but still having a heavy security composed by men.

Emma Watson's first crush was Tom Felton (Malfoy), who has stuck by J.K. Rowling.

He also is a based MILF lover, having had a crush on Helena Bonham Carter.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Is this a 14 year old JK Rowling talking to us from the past? Or current day rich woman JK Rowling beefing with a rich actress from her mansion or yacht?

Not really a gotcha there was it?

rich this, rich that, mansion, yacht..... is it envy, frustration or bitterness?

because this is not like a Kardashian arguing with... i dunno Nicki Minaj about who has the biggest ass.

 

[Fbh]

 

[NeoGiffer]

 

[YCoCg]

rich this, rich that, mansion, yacht..... is it envy, frustration or bitterness?

because this is not like a Kardashian arguing with... i dunno Nicki Minaj about who has the biggest ass.

...you've not exactly disproved anything. Maybe frustration or annoyance perhaps? These are just two people with different opinions basically having a Twitter spat but the only reason it's news is because they're famous.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

...you've not exactly disproved anything. Maybe frustration or annoyance perhaps? These are just two people with different opinions basically having a Twitter spat but the only reason it's news is because they're famous....

....And rich. Don't forget that.

 

[Hugare]

JK is such a boss

Only a woman who lived through some tough shit would have this amount of lucidity despite being some of the richest people in the world

 

[YCoCg]

....And rich. Don't forget that.

Well yeah, like how this back and forth doesn't mean shit, but if we were both famous and rich it'd be like
"SHOCKING NEWS, YCoCg and ChorizoPicozo butt heads"

It still doesn't mean shit but it's news now.

 

[ChorizoPicozo]

Well yeah, like how this back and forth doesn't mean shit, but if we were both famous and rich it'd be like
"SHOCKING NEWS, YCoCg and ChorizoPicozo butt heads"

It still doesn't mean shit but it's news now.

because this is not like a Kardashian arguing with... i dunno Nicki Minaj about who has the biggest ass

 

[Lionel Richie]

The tranny community

Fuck, I wasn't expecting that lol.

 

[Durien]

Emma Watson does not appear to have had a major film role since 2019 according to her Wikipedia or IMDB. All that pandering for nothing.

I believe this is because she went back to, or enrolled, in college.

 

[Angry_Megalodon]

you mean the study where they trained AI to find differences between male/female brains so it learned to find the most discernable aspects of male and female brains in order to distinguish the two?

If there was no overlap we would be completely different species, listen to what you're saying

Of course there's overlap, as we have with other mammals. We share the same core behaviors but you don't call us monkeys, precisely because it's the minor diffences that make the big gap.

Our brains work differently, arguing this is shocking. I can't believe a normal person with a normal life experience may conclude that men and women behave the same or see the world (and interpret it) with the same brains. You don't need any science to reach these conclusions, since we are so different at every possible level. And this is the result of thousands and thousands of years of evolution. We are physically and mentally different (both are inseparable and impact each other) and there's no postmodernist ideology that can deny universal truths.

 

[Poppinfresh]

The tranny community is extremely hateful and violent and I am impressed on how Rowling haven't gone crazy on social media more than she has.

The tranny community is hateful and violent because they are extremely mentally ill, and instead of getting them proper treatment, we let them play pretend, mutilate their bodies, and pump them full of hormones.

Not sure what people thought was going to happen when you take a bunch of batshit crazy people and pump them full of hormones that will make them even crazier.

Given the growing trend of tranny violence, I'm surprised that one of them hasn't tried to take a potshot at Rowling yet.

EDIT:

And on the subject of Emma Watson, she, like every other child actor from the Harry Potter series, owes her entire livelihood to Rowling, because without Rowling and being cast in the movies made from her books, they would be nothing. Not a single one of them would have made it as an actor based on their own merits and talents alone once they reached adulthood.

They should all be thanking Rowling every chance they get, and if Rowling said the sky was yellow instead of blue, they all should be unconditionally agreeing with her out of respect for everything she's done for them.

 

[Liopleurodon]

Is OK to treat Emma Watson as useless slut?

 

[Poppinfresh]

Is OK to treat Emma Watson as useless slut?

If the shoe fits...

 

[poppabk]

Yup, Rowling is the perfect example of this.
They used to love and champion her, until she expressed the wrong opinion on a single topic and she instantly became worse than Hitler.
It's always "you need to 100% agree with us on every single topic or you are the enemy"

I think people forget that JK Rowling is also 'woke'. Trans exclusionary Radical Feminists are still radical Feminists.
Whats really interesting is the that Rowling (and Linehan for another example) started out with fairly benign and rarely stated opinions on trans issues, mainly just that someone born a man and having lived as a man shouldnt be afforded all the advantages and protections given to women and shouldn't be able to speak for women just because they say they are actually a woman.
But after constant attacks they have become more extreme and vociferous in their views and are now figure heads for the push back on trans rights.

 

[Unknown?]

Brother this is like philosophy of language 101 stuff

the definition to What is a woman will always differ based on the context you ask it in, and you will never have a clearcut answer if you understand the nature of language. for example,

In law, you're a woman if that's what it says on ur birth certificate

In medicine, you're a woman based on your anatomy, reproductive organs, etc

In biology, you're a woman based on your chromosomes

In psychology, you're a woman based on your social behavior

And so on and so forth,

The fact that you're comparing it to a question like "is the earth flat?" which can only be looked at and answered through a scientific/empirical lens is dumbfounding

Pretend isn't real. You can "act" like a woman but it's nothing more than a bad caricature. A man who is more to the feminine side is still a man.

 

[kpopSuperstar]

Brother this is like philosophy of language 101 stuff

the definition to What is a woman will always differ based on the context you ask it in, and you will never have a clearcut answer if you understand the nature of language. for example,

In law, you're a woman if that's what it says on ur birth certificate

In medicine, you're a woman based on your anatomy, reproductive organs, etc

In biology, you're a woman based on your chromosomes

In psychology, you're a woman based on your social behavior

And so on and so forth,

The fact that you're comparing it to a question like "is the earth flat?" which can only be looked at and answered through a scientific/empirical lens is dumbfounding

Are you saying that each person is free to identify their gender?

 

[bitbydeath]

The tranny community is hateful and violent because they are extremely mentally ill, and instead of getting them proper treatment, we let them play pretend, mutilate their bodies, and pump them full of hormones.

Not sure what people thought was going to happen when you take a bunch of batshit crazy people and pump them full of hormones that will make them even crazier.

Given the growing trend of tranny violence, I'm surprised that one of them hasn't tried to take a potshot at Rowling yet.

EDIT:

And on the subject of Emma Watson, she, like every other child actor from the Harry Potter series, owes her entire livelihood to Rowling, because without Rowling and being cast in the movies made from her books, they would be nothing. Not a single one of them would have made it as an actor based on their own merits and talents alone once they reached adulthood.

They should all be thanking Rowling every chance they get, and if Rowling said the sky was yellow instead of blue, they all should be unconditionally agreeing with her out of respect for everything she's done for them.

Nobody takes the mental illness factor seriously, but when their allies say "they're being murdered/killed by X" you'd think someone is actually out there shooting and stabbing them but in reality it's just them killing themselves because they're literally mentally ill.

 

[CoreyFlawless]

Alas, the mob that Emma pandered to is not pleased with her attempt to curry favour with Rowling and back away from her prior pandering to their views.

I need to know every person that have a blue sky account. So that I can unfollow every single one of those ppl if I following them from other accounts