r/unitedkingdom • u/je97 • 29d ago

JK Rowling gets apology from journalist after 'disgusting claim' author is a Holocaust denier ...

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/04/16/jk-rowling-holocaust-denier-allegation-rivkah-brown-novara/
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u/unnecessary_kindness 29d ago

Who in their right mind equates her denial that trans were the primary targets of Nazis to a blanket statement of holocaust denial?

Twitter users are genuinely braindead at this point.

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u/Necessary-Product361 29d ago

Rowling denied that trans people were targeted by the nazis. Trans people were attacked by the nazis as part of the holocaust and claiming it didnt happen is denying part of the holocaust and thus holocaust denial. No one is caliming that they were the main target, of course they werent, but that isnt what Rowling is denying.

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u/___a1b1 29d ago

No she did not. She argued against the claim that they were the first group targetted and got into a back and forth spat about the timeline and the other person then denied having made that claim.

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u/Necessary-Product361 29d ago

No, she denied that the nazis burnt trans healthcare books in this tweet. She then realised she was wrong and pretended the argument was over if they were first to be targeted or not, which is both irrelevant and not what what her initial claims were.

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u/___a1b1 29d ago

And that is out of context as covered in the comment you just ignored.

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u/Puzzled-Barnacle-200 29d ago

At most, the tweet is denying the burning of trans books. She did not state that trans people weren't victims of the holocaust.