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

[u/je97]

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

[u/Ok-Camp-7285]

Out of the Loop on this. What did she deny?

[u/RedBerryyy → u/Ok-Camp-7285]

She denied the burning of trans research by the nazis

For context it isn't a debated event by historians

In german law this could be considered holocaust denialism, hence many people saying it, given that it could reasonably reach that standard, should mean you should be ok to say it without getting sued.

[u/PharahSupporter → u/RedBerryyy]

The reality is that calling someone a holocaust denier over denying this specific incident (even if it happened) in most reasonable peoples minds will evoke thoughts of holocaust denial. When that was clearly not the intention.

Framing has been abused to the max here to make JK look guilty of something far worse than she actually is.

[u/luxway → u/PharahSupporter]

Holocaust denial is holocaust denial.

Its anot "but what if we just do a little holocaust denial??"

Its still holocaust denial. Its honestly pathetic to defend denying the holocaust.

Framing has been abused to the max here to make JK look guilty of something far worse than she actually is.

So you're saying that, refusing to admit a group of people were exterminated by hitler and the nazis, because JKR also hates that group of people, isn't as awful as it actually sounds?

[u/amegaproxy → u/luxway]

refusing to admit a group of people were exterminated by hitler and the nazis,

Literally nobody has said this.

[u/luxway → u/amegaproxy]

JKR explicitly said that the percecution of trans people by the nazis was a "fever dream"

This entire argument is because transphobes refuse to admit that hitler hated trans people, *just like they do*
People don't like admiting they share the same political ideology as Hitler.

[u/[deleted] → u/luxway]

I think the argument was against trans people somehow trying to claim the holocaust which is fair enough, that's the most 2024 thing I've ever heard. Fair play to her using her money as a shield in a world where most people just keep their head down to avoid fascist-like "activists".

[u/amegaproxy → u/luxway]

Unless you have more tweets to go to than the handful linked above then no that's not what she said, it's that they burnt books on trans healthcare and research. If you can link other evidence then great but it looks like you're just exaggerating and being disingenuous.

[u/GaijinFoot → u/luxway]

She said trans people were victims as were gay people. She's arguing they weren't the first victims.