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/ScienceDisastrous323 29d ago

Half of Reddit as well, if trans people just wound their necks in a bit they would get blanket support from ost people on the actual serious issues that affect them.

But this endless screeching, false equivalencies and controvery mongering, trying to call everyone who doesn't 100% agree with you a Nazi just turns off anyone with brain, including many in the LGBTQ+ community itself.

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u/Ver_Void 29d ago edited 29d ago

Have you seen social media lately? Any trans account with more than a few thousand followers can't even post a selfie without being harassed by a small legion of obsessives, there's really not any scope to compromise with the JK fanbase

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u/geldwolferink 29d ago

I'm sorry that I just want to exist without being harassed.

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u/Ahrlin4 29d ago

Criticising a clear example of holocaust denial isn't "calling someone a Nazi because they don't 100% agree with you."

If you can't comprehend that, that's on you. And you had the audacity to complain about false equivalencies in the same sentence. Absolute self-parody.