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WhiskeyGrinder

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3. I'd alert on this but I'm pretty sure I wouldn't get the hide, because people love J.K. Rowling and

Reply to bloom (Original post)

Mon Jan 27, 2020, 10:08 AM

Jan 2020

seeing a headline that talks about her calling out "fake propaganda" and warning of a "rising totalitarian regime" makes people feel good, as if defeating Trump is our very own Battle of Hogwarts.

But this article is not about Trump, and I'm not confident that a DU jury would dig into the issue this is actually about, which is trans rights.

This article is celebrating J.K. Rowling for coming back from some Twitter silence after she tweeted an anti-trans comment several weeks ago. This article is also published on a trans-exclusionary radical feminist platform by a trans-exclusionary radical feminist. It's hot garbage water.

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'J.K. Rowling Returns to Twitter and Calls Out Fake Propaganda' [View all] bloom Jan 2020 OP

FOH with that TERF content. WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2020 #1

Message auto-removed Name removed Jan 2020 #2

I'd alert on this but I'm pretty sure I wouldn't get the hide, because people love J.K. Rowling and WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2020 #3

Whoever did is saved from a 24-you alert timeout. Ms. Toad Jan 2020 #6

This message was self-deleted by its author marble falls Jan 2020 #4

What propaganda is she calling out? WhiskeyGrinder Jan 2020 #5