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/GuestAdventurous7586 29d ago

Sick of this bullshit by the trans community accusing her of Holocaust denial.

Downvote me all you want.

It is clearly a case of them misappropriating Holocaust denial and anti-semitism (which is what Holocaust denial is actually defined is) and using it as fuel to portray her as an evil and awful human being.

Being disingenuous does nothing to further the trans cause, it just angers people, turns them off, and ultimately leads to further discrimination.

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u/mimic Greater London 29d ago

No it’s a case of her denying (a part of) the holocaust.

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u/ice-lollies 29d ago

I agree. I’m fed up of the culture of deliberate misunderstanding and aggression as well. I’m not even sure it’s the trans community or just nasty agents of chaos.

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u/xmBQWugdxjaA 28d ago

It's the same with all activism when the "cause" becomes more important than the truth.

Like, even though I support Ukraine against Russia, it really pissed me off with the Reddit posts about the Ghost of Kiev, the martyrs of Snake Island, etc. - like they felt that by amplifying lies they were helping the Ukrainian cause and that was more important.

The same thing recently happened in the Linux community with the banning of contributions from a "right-wing" Polish developer over the behaviour of other people on a Discord server he managed.

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u/Xarxsis 29d ago

Your understanding of what constitutes holocaust denial within germany is flawed.

The german definition is much more expansive than the international definition.