Poll of the Day > Is JK Rowling catching heat for saying something about trans women?

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Freedom of speech. She can say what she wants.

The lady said something she disagreed with. The lady deserves criticism just as much as Rowling does. You can't protect one person's free speech and not the other.

wwinterj25 posted...

It certainly is hard when some folk get offended over nothing because they need drama in their life. I post what I want, when I want and don't care if YOU like it or not as your feelings are not important to me. The same can be said for any other random person.

It's not about anybody's feelings , it's about the environment in which the next generations grow up in.
When I say "public statements" I don't necessarily mean comments from you or me and on a gaming forum.
But celebrities and any media that pass through news or television or famous platforms should not discriminate anyone. Discrimination is bad for development of any culture. Everybody always on about how humans and ethics are evolving but nothing great going on so far. No motivation to set better example whatsoever. Btw they can think whatever they want , but saying something that millions of people will watch or read is another thing. Discrimination is bad influence and it has effect if you just let it be there without pointing it out and if you think otherwise well good luck.

JKR is a writer, I think she knows what she writes about pretty well ..more than other people...and if there is a hint of discrimination then she must be aware of it pretty well.
Even worse ...she writes books that kids read and she is quite famous, so even if she has some problem with people of certain gender or sexuality then she could keep it to herself to show some human solidarity. Something many people do to hold social standards and moving ethics a bit better direction so that we don't need to live like in stone age.
If she doesn't ( like she didn't ) then if a topic about her appears I'm gonna say that she talks sh#t .
It's the most polite way I could talk about her.


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Dreamgamer_lgbt posted...

It's not about anybody's feelings , it's about the environment in which the next generations grow up in.

One where you can't have opposing opinions is an awful environment encouraging suppression and putting up with shitty situations.

Dreamgamer_lgbt posted...

celebrities and any media that pass through news or television or famous platforms should not discriminate anyone. Discrimination is bad for development of any culture.

It's actually vital as it determines who is with you or against you. If you suppress free expression, you don't know if you're surrounding yourself with allies or not. You're not going to get everybody happy under the same banner if they can't say when there's a problem for them with the group. Compromise is necessary for any culture and you won't get it if you refuse to acknowledge different views.

Dreamgamer_lgbt posted...

.she writes books that kids read and she is quite famous, so even if she has some problem with people of certain gender or sexuality then she could keep it to herself to show some human solidarity.

Where does she ever discriminate in Harry Potter? She's kept her opinion out of where it isn't necessary, that is all you can ask of someone.

If people decide to side with her beliefs and not yours then maybe that means humanity wants to progress in a different way to what you want. You don't decide the direction culture develops, the majority does.
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It almost seems like JK rowling did write about social justice in her books.

The house elves being the minorities and Hermonine being the SJW trying to help them even though they dont want her to XD

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Kyuubi4269 posted...

One where you can't have opposing opinions is an awful environment encouraging suppression and putting up with shitty situations.

It's actually vital as it determines who is with you or against you. If you suppress free expression, you don't know if you're surrounding yourself with allies or not.

If people decide to side with her beliefs and not yours then maybe that means humanity wants to progress in a different way to what you want. You don't decide the direction culture develops, the majority does.

I agree that opposing ideas are necessary but we are not talking here about issues like if there should be a road development or not, exactly.

Talking here about racism and discrimination. Are they allowed in UK or Australia or States or Canada ?

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Kyuubi4269 posted...

If people decide to side with her beliefs and not yours then maybe that means humanity wants to progress in a different way to what you want. You don't decide the direction culture develops, the majority does.

Isn't large amounts of people speaking out against her basically saying that isn't the way culture is developing though?

She is doubling and tripling down on her anti-Trans comments and that is making things worse for her.

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deoxxys posted...

It almost seems like JK rowling did write about social justice in her books.

The house elves being the minorities and Hermonine being the SJW trying to help them even though they dont want her to XD

She went too far to the left. TERFs are far left extremists.

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"i think, therefore i am" isn't literal
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