J.K. Rowling's Rational Reply to Celebrities' Left-Popular Posturing

Posted by freedomforall 2 days, 21 hours ago to Philosophy
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"As another man who once worked with me declares himself saddened by my beliefs on gender and sex, I thought it might be useful to compile a list for handy reference,” Rowling wrote. She then laid out a series of questions, asking which of her positions could possibly make actors and directors so upset.

She asked whether it was her belief “that women and girls should have their own public changing rooms and bathrooms,” or that “women should retain female-only rape crisis centres,” and “that men don’t belong in women’s sport.” Rowling also highlighted her stance on incarcerated women, asserting that “female prisoners shouldn’t be incarcerated with violent men and male sex offenders,” and her view that “women should remain a protected class in law, because they have sex-specific needs and issues.”

Rowling continued by emphasizing the importance of language reflecting reality, noting “that language should reflect reality rather than ideological jargon, especially in a medical context,” and defended women against harassment or persecution, writing that “women shouldn’t be harassed, persecuted or fired for refusing to pretend humans can change sex” and “women should not be threatened with violence and rape when they assert their rights.”"


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  • Posted by mccannon01 23 hours ago in reply to this comment.
    Yes, it seems shows/movies/roles made successful by white males are being replicated without the white guy and often suffer in the remake. There are many very talented minority actors that would be better served with new roles and characters rather than be used as tools to throw white guys under the bus in remakes. Of course Hollywood et al has to convey the evil/stupid white guy narrative whenever it can. Big example: My wife (and to a little extent, myself) binge watched the series "Equalizer" with Queen Latiffa (sp?) taking over the role of the original white guy (Woodward). This obese actress was shown beating up white male ex green berets 5 at a time and other ridiculous scenarios. Oh, and even though her character lived in a black neighborhood with plenty of black crime going on, out of 60 episodes 58 ended with an evil white guy as the final bad guy. Go figure.
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  • Posted by 1 day, 23 hours ago in reply to this comment.
    Woke writers are convinced they are "creative", but in fact they produce nothing worthwhile.
    Managers of production companies seem to accept that incompetence and put much of their
    investments into remakes of previous successful productions. Those were made using
    non-woke actual creative talent, who have moved on or were forced out by woke management.
    Woke remakes are an insult to the previous work and should never see distribution anywhere.
    There has been little (if anything) made in the past 20 years worthy of any viewing.
    Repeatedly I find successful TV-series firing white male actors (who made the success possible)
    and replacing those with minorities and/or female actors in roles that defy reality. Those new actors
    vary in talent from excellent to utterly abysmal.
    When this happens I take the rational action by refusing to watch another minute.
    May Hollywood and NYC production get exactly what they deserve - bankruptcy and starvation.
    The sooner, the better.
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  • Posted by mccannon01 2 days ago
    Interesting in this day and age that so much foolishness is genuflected to, yet when someone like Rowling comes along and points out the new emperor is naked, they get stoned.

    Also, I saw a few stills of the new Harry Potter movie coming up and it looks woke-washed over the originals. Ho-hum here we go again.
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