The Frankish Reich Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 She's daring Scotland's police to arrest her for hate crimes under Scotland's new sweeping (and ridiculous) laws. 2 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JDHillFan Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 3 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said: She's daring Scotland's police to arrest her for hate crimes under Scotland's new sweeping (and ridiculous) laws. A magnificent play on her part. Go JKR! 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 Some fan will do an avada kedavra on anyone who arrests her... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Frankish Reich Posted April 2 Author Share Posted April 2 I don't even have a Twitter account, but I've been scrolling thru Rowling's most popular tweets anyway. Damn, those are some sick burns. One of my favorites (and she plays no favorites herself!): Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 JK Rowling to Scottish Speech Fascists: 'Arrest Me' DAVID STROM JK Rowling is challenging the Scottish police to arrest her. Her crime? Hate speech is now illegal in Scotland after a new law went into effect. And her Twitter thread calling men claiming to be women "men" is a clear violation of that law. Clear. Unambiguous. Not even a shadow of a doubt. She broke the law and wants to be arrested. And who could blame her? As a billionaire with a cause, she could blaze the trail for the civil rights of her fellow so-called TERFS. Rowling gets death threats every day for the simple crime of saying the obvious: men who put on a dress are not suddenly women, and women deserve to have their own private spaces. These are truths that literally everybody but the mentally ill knows, but in Scotland, it is now illegal to say it. The Narrative™ is THE LAW. https://hotair.com/david-strom/2024/04/02/jk-rowling-to-scottish-speech-fascists-arrest-me-n3785737 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Frankish Reich Posted April 2 Author Share Posted April 2 And another: 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
leh-nerd skin-erd Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 13 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said: And another: the frankish reich = blossoming musk-eteer-er? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Frankish Reich Posted April 2 Author Share Posted April 2 Just now, leh-nerd skin-erd said: the frankish reich = blossoming musk-eteer-er? Well, Rowlingteer. I will gladly accept that designation. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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leh-nerd skin-erd Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 20 minutes ago, The Frankish Reich said: Well, Rowlingteer. I will gladly accept that designation. She's got game for sure. I like her style. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeviF Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 1 hour ago, The Frankish Reich said: I don't even have a Twitter account, but I've been scrolling thru Rowling's most popular tweets anyway. Damn, those are some sick burns. One of my favorites (and she plays no favorites herself!): Given that her politics are what would be considered pretty standard fare liberal aside from trans exclusion, perhaps you can tell us why many leftist commentators consider her no better than a nazi and many of the adjacent celebrities feel the need to distance themselves from her. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokebball Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 9 minutes ago, LeviF said: Given that her politics are what would be considered pretty standard fare liberal aside from trans exclusion, perhaps you can tell us why many leftist commentators consider her no better than a nazi and many of the adjacent celebrities feel the need to distance themselves from her. One has to be all in, or else 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Callahan Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 (edited) 1 hour ago, The Frankish Reich said: And another: Is she breaking the new law with those old 2017 tweets? or did you have to go back that far to find something about the orange dude. Seems kind of off topic for the thread you started. Edited April 2 by Tommy Callahan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Frankish Reich Posted April 2 Author Share Posted April 2 18 minutes ago, Tommy Callahan said: Is she breaking the new law with those old 2017 tweets? Seems kind of off topic for the thread you started. or just a TDS example? No, but the thread is specifically about her daring the Scottish authorities to charge her, and more generally about how she doesn't suffer fools gladly. In other words: Don't mess with her! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tommy Callahan Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 1 minute ago, The Frankish Reich said: No, but the thread is specifically about her daring the Scottish authorities to charge her, and more generally about how she doesn't suffer fools gladly. In other words: Don't mess with her! OK. it is what it is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Frankish Reich Posted April 2 Author Share Posted April 2 30 minutes ago, LeviF said: Given that her politics are what would be considered pretty standard fare liberal aside from trans exclusion, perhaps you can tell us why many leftist commentators consider her no better than a nazi and many of the adjacent celebrities feel the need to distance themselves from her. Because either they are: (1) true believers in what I would call radical trans theory - the idea that there is absolutely no difference between a trans woman and a biological (from birth) woman. Obviously Rowling hates this theory. She has a lived experience as a girl and as a girl growing into a woman. She doesn't hate trans people; she just believes that radical trans theory would obliterate any such distinction and that that is wrong. Or (2) people who are afraid to be called out as anti-trans. 2 minutes ago, Tommy Callahan said: OK. it is what it is. There's a bit of a warning here to Trumpist righties who might be inclined to put her in their pantheon alongside such minor deities as James Lindsay and Jordan Peterson ... she is far too much of her own woman to be so readily used. And she has Eff You money that means she doesn't have to go trolling for anyone's approval and the associated speaking fees. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeviF Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 1 hour ago, Pokebball said: One has to be all in, or else But all in on what? What I'm getting at here is that the litmus tests for leftist allies are becoming increasingly niche and social in nature. Who do you think Anderson Cooper would sooner call a political ally, a dyed-in-the-wool capitalist who buys wholesale into ***** and bottom surgeries for kids, or a social democrat who thinks that maybe feminism would be better off without dudes in dresses? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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B-Man Posted April 5 Share Posted April 5 More "hate speech" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Frankish Reich Posted April 6 Author Share Posted April 6 3 hours ago, B-Man said: More "hate speech" She brings the heat, that's for sure. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Just do what you're told. Yeah, no. . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T&C Posted April 9 Share Posted April 9 Once you put the word Trans in front of the word Woman you're already saying it's a man no matter what kind of genitalia mutilation someone has had had done. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Frankish Reich Posted April 11 Author Share Posted April 11 JK Rowling takes the bait on that whole "define a woman" thing. In the old print days, the saying was "don't pick an argument with someone who buys ink by the gallon." The modern-day equivalent: "don't expect to win a written argument against the most successful writer of our age." Burn baby, burn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B-Man Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 Exactly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Posted April 21 Share Posted April 21 1 hour ago, B-Man said: Exactly. It's how they frame everything. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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