Was J.K. Rowling A Practicing Witch?

J.K. Rowling’s “offensive” Tweets: “Dress however you please. Call yourself whatever you like. Sleep with any consenting adult who’ll have you. Live your best life in peace and security. But force women out of their jobs for stating that sex is real?” J.K. Rowling “If sex isn’t real, there’s no same-sex attraction. If sex isn’t real, the lived reality of women globally is erased. I know and love trans people, but erasing the concept of sex removes the ability of many to meaningfully discuss their lives. It isn’t hate to speak the truth.” J.K. Rowling “The idea that women like me, who’ve been empathetic to trans people for decades, feeling kinship because they’re vulnerable in the same way as women – ie, to male violence – ‘hate’ trans people because they think sex is real and has lived consequences – is a nonsense.” J.K. Rowling “I respect every trans person’s right to live any way that feels authentic and comfortable to them. I’d march with you if you were discriminated against on the basis of being trans. At the same time, my life has been shaped by being female. I do not believe it’s hateful to say so.” J.K. Rowling “Trans people need and deserve protection. Like women, they’re most likely to be killed by sexual partners. Trans women who work in the sex industry, particularly trans women of colour, are at particular risk. Like every other domestic abuse and sexual assault survivor I know, I feel nothing but empathy and solidarity with trans women who’ve been abused by men.” J.

It was ironically all the hate and death threats against Ms. Rowling that led me to finally take a long overdue deep dive into the gender-ideology madness. A big thank you to Ms. Rowling for her courage. And of course a tip of the hat to all those – “brave,” “inclusive,” “stunning” -uber-misogynistic trans-activists – whose vile barking-mad rape threats and death threats toward Ms. Rowling brought this issue to my attention.

‘Marginalised’? – I am heartily sick and tired of hearing from these people and their band; they have rights already, but science is science and truth is truth and any amount of this nonsense will not change that. By trying to force people to accept the impossible they do great disservice to their ’cause’ and generate hostility where none was before.

I support JK Rowling 100%. Biology is a scientific fact not open to debate. Inventing new words like cis or new “phobias” doesn’t change reality. I just cant even believe there is a movement of people that don’t know the difference between a male and a female and if you call them out you are canceled. They are as loony as flat earthers and deserve the same ridicule.

I thank Ms. Rowling for the incredible experience of HP in my childhood and I thank her once again for standing for my rights and fighting against my erasure as a woman in my adulthood. She did not disappoint. She is a brave woman to stand her ground. I’m proud to live at the same time as her. If I can call someone a role model,. it’s her.

So it’s transphobic to protect women’s rights? She said nothing hateful in the slightest. But the hateful things slung at her are supported?!!!! What a clown world. I went into JBHiFi about a year ago asking about the new Hogwarts game that was coming out as I wanted to gift it to my son. I don’t follow the news or social media so knew nothing of what’s going on. The sales person gave me a date it would be in store, THEN went on to warn me about purchasing it as it would be wrong to support JK Rowling I said how ridiculous I found the comment and pre-ordered the game. Since then I have learnt what the uproar was about and stand my ground on how ridiculous it all is. My son loved the game by the way.

Yes. I never had much of an opinion one way or the other on trans issues. But when people started being persecuted for saying that biological sex is more real than trans self identification I thought, “No”! I’m old enough to have applauded the abolition of the death penalty, then end of the strap/cane in schools, the race relations acts, the legalisation of homosexuality, gay marriage and equal trights for women – but that wasn’t automatic, I thought about each one. I’ve now thought about the trans issue and agree with JKR.

It speaks volumes when you look at what JK has said about trans women, then look at what people have said about her, her speech isn’t hate speech, where as the speech of others most definitely is hate speech calling her every name under the sun. They don’t even know what transphobic means, they seen to think it means if you disagree with me, then you’re a bigot, absolutely maddening. I’m sure there are SOME trans people out there who do use their heads. It would just be nice if some of those people spoke out about this situation.

JK Rowling made a Billion Dollars from the Harry Potter franchise. She had nothing to gain from speaking up and everything to loose….but speak she did….and with an unshakable eloquence and grace that continues to stand in stark contrast to the incoherent shrieking of her foaming at the mouth, blue-haired detractors. She is a classic liberal woman whose advocacy for womens rights harkens back to an era when feminism still had substance and integrity. Witty. Mature. Classy. Articulate. Successful. She’s everything the radical Left hates.

I stand with Rowling, I stand with anyone who stands against abuse, force and human rights violations. What is happening is wrong, cotton ceiling, women’s sports, indoctrination of children, toilets, medical, language when is it going to stop. She has used her platform to speak out and try to protect those without a voice . I thank her and so do many who are homosexual and also trans gender people. The lgbtq+ community may hate anyone who speaks out but not all homosexual or transgender people are part of that community or support it, I speak for myself when I say I stand with jk and I wish her the best

My daughter loved her books. We loved perusal the movies. My pastor would say that we shouldn’t read her books. I disagreed with evangelical’s puritanical attitudes back then. Now, the puritans are the left. Our side has the cool kids having fun and listening to humor again. Shame on the Potter actors. Ingrates.

Today one female keyboard warrior told me I was transposing because I signalled support for JKR. When I asked three times for her to show me what I said that was transphobic, she dodged the issue but doubled down on her accusations. Her last post was crowing about the fact she had “won” the argument, due to my “inferior” argument s.

The only people that straddle the line on biological sex are intersex people like myself with various disorders mine being androgen insensitivity syndrome With that being said there are only two genders and then the anomalies like myself that are a slight mixture And with that being said ive had naturally occuring estrogen flowing through me for 33 years now and i don’t say im trans im not shaving my face in a womans locker room and im sure as hell not trying to play sports Why you ask Because i was raised by almost nothing but women who had taught me to be compassionate empathetic and value integrity something these new misinformed posers dont get that knew i was different i was butchered as a child and anyone making light of these medical atrocities thinking we should be targeting children youve lost the plot and need professional help And dont come for me because i fear no man woman nor multicolor haired mob

I stand with JK Rowling. Biological sex is an empirical reality, and gender identity is largely a social construction. This is not “TERF” ideology, this is an orthodox feminist position and to a great extent it created a space for the liberation of sexual and gender minorities (LGBT+). The extent of the hate campaign against Rowling and other women who take an orthodox feminist stance — with its viciousness, misogyny and erasure — frankly validates all of their concerns.

I identify as transphobic. If that makes you sad. Don’t care. I promise you if you say you’re trans. I wont care at all. You do you. Just don’t get all upended and attack me because I don’t share your views. If you attack some one in any way. They tend to fight back. So just be yourself and get along with others.

My wife and I read chapters of Harry Potter to our daughter at bedtime. This was a large factor in motivating her learning to read at an early age, engendering a love of reading that has lasted. Joanne, if you ever read this, you have my sincere undying gratitude. To make my position crystal clear, a bloke in a dress is a bloke in a dress is a bloke in a dress despite whatever label he tries applying to himself. I stand with J.K. Rowling.

Not got a ton of sympathy for Rowling as I’m generally of the belief that the modern feminism she stood for is almost entirely to blame for the same people who now want her dead but nothing disgusts me more than the hijacking of her own creative work and the attempt to erase her name from it. I don’t care how much I dislike a person, if they create their own Lord of the Rings and it in turn it makes the careers and lives of hundreds of others through its success and then those same people think they have the right to rip it away from that person, those people are always much worse in my eyes.

JK Rowlings has the right to her opinion and it is deplorable to attack her because she is expressing views shared by many people. In a civilised world there has to be a space for diversity of opinions, views and stands; and not just of gender or race. To oppose this shows queer-centrism, and that reflects lack of education. Sad!

The females in my family are truly a blessing in my life. They stand with JK Rowling, and I would give my life to protect them. Modern feminism has, ironically, become a cancer to women’s rights, their identity, and their well-being. Nowadays, JK Rowling is sadly in their cross-hairs because she defiantly stands by her convictions regarding actual women. She sees the societal norms that form the foundations of civilized existence being perpetually eroded. And she has first hand experience regarding domestic violence. And the amount of death threats she receives weekly from a disturbingly large amount of liberal females is what is especially disappointing. But I have faith that more and more of them are coming to their senses.

I’ve always found it rather amusing and ironic that the roles of hero and villain are reversed when you compare the movies to real life. Radcliffe, Watson and Grint who played the trio of heroes from the films, have behaved badly, with Radcliffe’s and Watson in particular behaving like ungrateful brats. Meanwhile, Ralph Fiennes, Helena Bonham Carter, Jason Isaacs, and Tom Felton — actors who played thoroughly evil villains — have been gracious and supportive. There are a few honorable exceptions among the “good guy” character actors, such as Evanna Lynch, Robbie Coltrane, but by and large, the people who have turned out to be the actual good guys in real life have been the ones who played the hateful characters on screen, and the characters we rooted for in the films were played by actors who have revealed themselves to be a bunch of spoiled, intolerant, illiberal ingrates, spitting on the very person who made them wealthy.

Yup. Humour is one thing, but to seriously want people to knowingly treat you as if you’re a man, when you’re really a woman, or vice versa, and to loose your mind in rage and sadnesss…it’s pathetic. Trans people say they want “love and acceptance”, but they can’t even accept themselves and flattery is not love.

Her initial stance is reasonable. You could disagree with it, but you had to accept it as valid. I’m not familiar with everything she said on the subject and after being attacked repeatedly she may have even said something that was so-called mean-spirited. Completely understandable. Initially. All the Harry Potter cast members that attacked her, could have remained neutral. As her stance is more and more acknowledged is being correct. I hope that those actors pay a price. They attack the person most responsible for their success. They attacked her because they disagreed with her. They saw how she was being attacked and treated and they chose to join in. Fortunately, none of them are what I’d call my favorite actors. So I happily join in boycotting them.

JK Rowling isn’t necessarily transphobic or an ally (to the internet culture’s standards). There’s a tendency on the internet where opposing communities talk across each other, and coherent points from the side you don’t agree with are never heard properly. Gender dysphoria is real and should be taken seriously, but so is misogyny on natal women and that should be taken seriously too.

Allowing same-sex marriage opened the door to such nonsense – But if the activist has “no sex” at all, is this still an adult who is mature enough to marry? The idea of marriage was to found a family, get your own children and raise them to be responsible adults: threats of violence or worse against someone who stands to her belief is disgusting. And calling that person a “hater” instead of acknowleging the heaps of hate spewed onto her by others, is absolutely disgusting. The loudest people make themselves targets for the next wave of activists. If all the “hate, hate, hate” scants come from the trans-activists side, they do their own agada a lot of damage. Who wants to talk to them, talk about them, or even dare to be with them in the same room, if they tell the world your are the awful person who did something mean to them: I was not there, I don’t know, what you are talking about (I don’t care anymore, how you feel, because I don’t want to know you) – trying to be nice most often ends in tears, because you never can be nice eneough or accomodating enough -> the Frog Prince needed a close encounter with a wall, to be freed of his curse!

JK Rowlings name is not mud. All the normal people, ie, the vast majority of people see her as a very talented decent woman. Since when did the screechy lunatic rent a crowd minority get the right to decide for everyone the way she must be portrayed. I’m sure I don’t agree with every facet of her philosophy on life but hey, that’s being an individual.

Not burned, but will come out more strong. I believe she gained way more support than the she gained enemies, at least in the mid and long run. Trans movement is bound to fail for lots of reasons, but if we must name the first important one; it is that they perceive anyone who do not fall into their small and idiot boundaries of whatever (hard to name it), those will be considered enemies of the movement. There is no impartial in their dictionary, you are either an enemy or a devoted cult member. Eventually they will also alienate their remaining sympathizers as well and there will be new stuff that people will be interested in, some other kind of virtue signaling approach. But, classic audience and reader will remember her for taking a stand and not cover up. I personally believe it is not a strong indicator of courage, I mean what she did. Problem was others were unnecessarily too much of a coward when they given into trans communities demands. Such controversy will only make her a more known figure and that is best for her interests.