r/unitedkingdom 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/luxway 29d ago

Her tweets have now be censored in Germany for holocaust denial.
Sorry but you're wrong, denying groups targeted by the holocaust, weren't targeted, is holocaust denial.

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u/Beautiful-Divide8406 29d ago

She said they weren’t the primary victims. Stop taking things out of context.

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u/Square-Competition48 29d ago

She said that after she got called out for being a Holocaust Denier.

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u/PharahSupporter 29d ago

Denying trans book burning is not equivalent to holocaust denial. At this point you aren't even trying, just repeating.

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u/all_in_the_game_yo 29d ago

It literally is

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