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What is it about Harry Potter and moral panics? Then "We need to talk about Harry Potter. The story is evil and will corrupt your kids!" Today "We need to tal

What is it about Harry Potter and moral panics? Then "We need to talk about Harry Potter. The story is evil and will corrupt your kids!" Today "We need to talk about Harry Potter. The author is evil and will corrupt your kids!"

QuercusMax 5y ago
Bigots. Those freaking about satanism and Harry Potter were bigots. JK Rowling is an anti-trans bigot. She is the one freaking out about how trans women are going to rape children or something like that.
- kleiba 5y ago
  trans women are going to rape children Did she really state that? If so, please provide a citation. If not, claiming this would be a grave diffamation that cannot be taken lightly, whether or not one dislikes her position on LGBTIQA+.
  - QuercusMax 5y ago
    She's definitely accused transwomen of being rapists, and wrote a book about a man who wears a dress to kill women. Btw, the word is "defamation". Here's an article with some documentation: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/12/j-k-rowling-tweet-paints-trans-women-rapists-author-continues-crusade-civil-rights/ https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/12/j-k-rowling-tweet-paints...
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    - labster 5y ago
      Article includes no JKR quotes, but lots of quotes from enraged twitterati. She uses an Orwell quote which doesn’t refer to rape at all, just to doublethink. Please provide evidence, not smear campaigns.
      - treesprite82 5y ago
        > Article includes no JKR quotes > She uses an Orwell quote which doesn’t refer to rape at all Third paragraph of the article has a JKR quote directly referencing rape. Not sure if it backs up the original "freaking out about..." claim, but maybe "by placing undue emphasis, perpetuates the narrative that...".
        kleiba 5y ago
        Not sure if it backs up the original "freaking out about..." claim [...] Not at all. This quote is from a JKR tweet that she made referring to a Times article on the praxis of UK police recording rape crimes as being committed by a women when the perpetrator identifies as female (even if they have male genitalia). So, neither did JKR (in that quote) equate trans people with rapist nor did she bring up the whole topic. Rather, she reacted to a newspaper article on the topic, and certainly not in a way that could by any stretch of the imagination be characterized as "freaking out".
    - kleiba 5y ago
      Btw, the word is "defamation". Thanks!
  - edrx 5y ago
    It was "trans women are going to rape children _or something like that_". Most reactions that I saw about J.K. Rowling's 3600-word essay point out that she equates transness with intent to rape, so I think that the original sentence with the "or something like that" is ok. Here are two links: https://wessexsolidarity.wordpress.com/2020/06/14/j-k-rowling-and-the-chamber-of-terfdom-by-paul-haw/ https://wessexsolidarity.wordpress.com/2020/06/14/j-k-rowlin... https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/12/j-k-rowling-tweet-paints-trans-women-rapists-author-continues-crusade-civil-rights/ https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/12/j-k-rowling-tweet-paints...
    - iamdamian 5y ago
      I don't see that in the articles you linked. Can you quote the evidence that she equates trans-ness with rape? I _do_ see something about her questioning whether gender self-identification should affect whether someone is allowed to be tried for rape (since, if I understand correctly from the article you linked, the UK seems to not allow women to be tried for rape). It's difficult to follow to the original quote because some of the linked articles and original sources are paywalled.
- atlantas 5y ago
  You are pushing the moral panic in question, and it will age even more poorly than the previous panic since it's targeting and smearing a woman instead of a story.
  - QuercusMax 5y ago
    JK Rowling is the one targeting transpeople. They didn't come for her, she came after them.
Viliam1234 5y ago
Similarly, now we understand that the actual problem with games isn't satanism but sexism.

QuercusMax 5y ago

Bigots. Those freaking about satanism and Harry Potter were bigots. JK Rowling is an anti-trans bigot. She is the one freaking out about how trans women are going to rape children or something like that.

kleiba 5y ago
trans women are going to rape children Did she really state that? If so, please provide a citation. If not, claiming this would be a grave diffamation that cannot be taken lightly, whether or not one dislikes her position on LGBTIQA+.
- QuercusMax 5y ago
  She's definitely accused transwomen of being rapists, and wrote a book about a man who wears a dress to kill women. Btw, the word is "defamation". Here's an article with some documentation: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/12/j-k-rowling-tweet-paints-trans-women-rapists-author-continues-crusade-civil-rights/ https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/12/j-k-rowling-tweet-paints...
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  - labster 5y ago
    Article includes no JKR quotes, but lots of quotes from enraged twitterati. She uses an Orwell quote which doesn’t refer to rape at all, just to doublethink. Please provide evidence, not smear campaigns.
    - treesprite82 5y ago
      > Article includes no JKR quotes > She uses an Orwell quote which doesn’t refer to rape at all Third paragraph of the article has a JKR quote directly referencing rape. Not sure if it backs up the original "freaking out about..." claim, but maybe "by placing undue emphasis, perpetuates the narrative that...".
      - kleiba 5y ago
        Not sure if it backs up the original "freaking out about..." claim [...] Not at all. This quote is from a JKR tweet that she made referring to a Times article on the praxis of UK police recording rape crimes as being committed by a women when the perpetrator identifies as female (even if they have male genitalia). So, neither did JKR (in that quote) equate trans people with rapist nor did she bring up the whole topic. Rather, she reacted to a newspaper article on the topic, and certainly not in a way that could by any stretch of the imagination be characterized as "freaking out".
  - kleiba 5y ago
    Btw, the word is "defamation". Thanks!
- edrx 5y ago
  It was "trans women are going to rape children _or something like that_". Most reactions that I saw about J.K. Rowling's 3600-word essay point out that she equates transness with intent to rape, so I think that the original sentence with the "or something like that" is ok. Here are two links: https://wessexsolidarity.wordpress.com/2020/06/14/j-k-rowling-and-the-chamber-of-terfdom-by-paul-haw/ https://wessexsolidarity.wordpress.com/2020/06/14/j-k-rowlin... https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/12/j-k-rowling-tweet-paints-trans-women-rapists-author-continues-crusade-civil-rights/ https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/12/j-k-rowling-tweet-paints...
  - iamdamian 5y ago
    I don't see that in the articles you linked. Can you quote the evidence that she equates trans-ness with rape? I _do_ see something about her questioning whether gender self-identification should affect whether someone is allowed to be tried for rape (since, if I understand correctly from the article you linked, the UK seems to not allow women to be tried for rape). It's difficult to follow to the original quote because some of the linked articles and original sources are paywalled.
atlantas 5y ago
You are pushing the moral panic in question, and it will age even more poorly than the previous panic since it's targeting and smearing a woman instead of a story.
- QuercusMax 5y ago
  JK Rowling is the one targeting transpeople. They didn't come for her, she came after them.

Viliam1234 5y ago

Similarly, now we understand that the actual problem with games isn't satanism but sexism.