Have you ever wondered how you would have behaved in the not too distant past if you were present when a woman was being burned or drowned, having been accused of being a witch? Would you interject, knowing the crowd could turn on you, or just keep quiet and enjoy the heat?
It is what I have kept coming back to while mulling over if I should get involved in this thread.
I am sure this won't go well for me, but I just can't sit here and watch a human being be turned into an object of hate any longer without saying something.
I have read all of JK Rowling's so-called hate tweets. I've read her "Terf Wars" essay. I have engaged with several trans individuals in the UK who are horrified that this situation is turning the spotlight on them when they just want to live a quiet life the way they want to live it.
I implore you to read what JK Rowling has actually written, not what has been projected onto it.
She has bent over backwards to be polite, measured and considered.
In return she has been openly and repeatedly threatened with death and rape. It seems that even here, people are perfectly fine with ripping her reputation to shreds without giving any specific examples of what she has done wrong.
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