> Conservatives will come out to say that you can't force JK Rowling to be pro (or even neutral) on the trans issue. "Come out and say" something completely un

> Conservatives will come out to say that you can't force JK Rowling to be pro (or even neutral) on the trans issue. "Come out and say" something completely uncontroversial and universally accepted? The idea that JK Rowling could be "forced" on this is a weird one. I haven't read a ton of her critics but I've never even encountered the idea of forcing her to do that. How would that even be possible? So strange. The conservative idea of using government force to silence people could "force her, but the critics of JK Rowling only want to flex their freedom of association, not force her.