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@UnfairRepresent

I don't think someone would like that would turn around and start passionately hating transgender people for any reason they weren't "sincere" about.

Possibly. I mean there is the whole idea that if you lie to yourself (rhetorica) often, you believe it.

There's no clout for her here, no money she needs to make, she wasn't short of attention.

She 100% believes the hateful rhetoric. She literally believes she would be a transgender man if she was born 20 years ago and that thought terrifies her.

He words, not mine.

I think there are plenty of messed up reasons* for it or any LGBTQ+ hate. Bitterness and trying to make others such.

And success doesn't always guarantee someone will be immune to such.

*At least how I see it going beyond Rowling:
- Trying to do something for recognition, but actual problems would be too hard or even dangerous to tackle. Bigotry is more or less the "easy" choice.

- Bigotry in general. If you're part of the winning team, you definitely won't fail or become corrupt.

Except that is ridiculous.

- Not that it is a sin, when it comes to the religious crowd, some seem to believe that being a busy body invalidates their own failings and wipes the slate clean.

Basically ego.

And really, anyone like Rowling. Would she really maintain the "I don't care if my beliefs make me unpopular" claim if she truly was rejected by everyone? Not impossible, just claiming that when you have people going to bat for you just seems like bravado.