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Thank you Win and Harvey. You are voices of reason.
Citation?
Do you seriously believe what happens to gays and lesbians in countries like Saudi Arabia and Afghanistan is okay?? I for one don't agree Muslim fundamentalists have ever been right!
Anyway, regarding the protection of children, as I mentioned in a previous post, crime statistics tell us that transgender people face a much higher risk of being victims of sexual assault, not perpetrators.
https://www.vox.com/culture/23622610/jk-rowling-transphobic-statements-timeline-history-controversy
Just one example was her quote: "War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength. The Penised Individual Who Raped You Is a Woman."
Now this comment was in relation to police being required to respect a person's request to be identified by their gender identity when taken into custody (for any charge, not specifically sexual assault) and she took it out of context. It's comparable with people David Duke and Nick Griffin opposing laws that ban racial profiling and saying: "War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength. The Dark-skinned/Bearded Individual Who Raped You Is a Black Man/Muslim Man."
There are plenty of other examples in the above link.
Apologies if I've missed anything relevant. While I did find the one post I did find on 22 January that highlighted an advertisement for a drag show that was open to children, there was a lot of other content which IMO lacked any qualified discourse. Specifically I didn't find references to any reliable news sources or peer reviewed publications which qualifies the claim that trans rights equate to pedophilia. This Twitter account seems to have an undercurrent of anti-intellectualism. If a first year undergraduate cited it in an essay, they would definitely lose marks.
Anyway, like I said before, drag shows shouldn't be open to children. Assuming we both agree on that point, what else can you tell me about the posts on 28-29 and 31 January? Moreover, like I asked before, why can't we teach equality and respect in a non-sexualised manner?
I found one event posted on 22 January 23 saying "all ages welcome" and like I said before, children shouldn't be exposed to adult entertainment. But I'm not sure if the event itself was trying to promote tolerance and inclusion or was just a drag show.
I'm just wondering what you mean by the comment, "science has now become an illegal offense"?
Firstly, to elaborate on my last post, I actually think it would be highly inappropriate to perform drag shows for children. But you didn't answer my question: how many drag shows have been performed for children?
Secondly, I said we can teach children concepts of tolerance and fairness towards all kinds of social groups (not just gender identity) in a NON-SEXUALISED format. So how would that equate to pedophiles grooming children?
How do you mean?
Why don't you care about my opinion that this term is inappropriate? I'm curious to know.
In relation to your second point, okay, while the disproportionate majority of sexual assaults are committed by straight, cisgender men, some sexual assaults are committed by other groups (including transgender women among others). But why doesn't JK Rowling cite some crime statistics? Or is she inciting irrational fear of transgender women the same way that Nick Griffin and David Duke, for example, might imply that black and Muslim men should be treated as suspected rapists? The bottom line is that if JK Rowling incites fear and prejudice like this, she can expect to be lampooned like a real life caricature of Eric Cartman.
Sure there are good and bad people in every group that's defined by gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, race and religion, etc. Sadly there are rapists lurking among all kinds of groups I've just mentioned. But statistics suggest that transgender people are far more likely to be victims, not perpetrators, of sexual assault (https://junkee.com/jk-rowling-terf-transphobic-tweet-rape/317863).
How many drag shows have been performed for children? On the other hand, we can teach children (in a non sexualised manner) that it's okay if they or anyone else finds themselves identifying as transgender and that it's not okay to pick on someone because of their gender identity.
I didn't say she needs to be cancelled. I'm just of the opinion that her comments about transgender people deserve scorn and ridicule. To elaborate, I didn't say stop reading her works. If anything the Harry Potter franchise has given younger, more open minded cast members their own platform to call out her bigotry. If you enjoy reading and watching Harry Potter, good for you. I for one, enjoy reading the works of VS Naipaul regardless of the accusations of Islamophobia and Afrophobia.
I can't speak for anyone else but if I were in love with her, I wouldn't deal with it by repeatedly making angry, irrational statements. I'm just putting the question out there... Assuming that a lot of homophobes are closeted homosexuals, does that mean a lot of transphobes are closeted skoliosexuals?
Thanks for your reply. I actually forgot to mention I first saw this movie in the cinema and found it as disturbing AF. But then I rewatched it on VHS 2 years later and found it ok.
I understand that even in liberal democracies you will find individuals capable of what Hitler did. Would have Trump been one of them in different circumstances? I don't know. However, the important thing to remember about genocide is that there needs to be a unique set of circumstances that allow something like the holocaust to happen (such as erosion of legal/constitutional rights and concerted propaganda to dehumanise targetted groups).
Firstly, I don't think the term "trannies" is appropriate. Secondly, if she doesn't feel comfortable about transgender people, perhaps it would be better if she kept her prejudices to herself and got counselling or something instead of, for example, going on to social media and implying that transgender people should be treated as suspected rapists. In relation to my second point, it wasn't "loony left" people or anyone else who compelled her to imply that transgender people should be treated as suspected rapists.
I'm guessing he's a pariah. The only people who still publicly defended him after the trial were his family.
I couldn't agree more. As good as PD would be, any readaptation of A Clockwork Orange would be a disservice to the original.
Interestingly in the book her death is only described through other characters, not the narrative, and is treated as fairly inconsequential to the plot. It is also unclear whether it is by accident or suicide. Either way, I think this adaptation worked in that it emphasised her life was ultimately one of unhappiness, sorrow and unfulfillment.
I thought he was great in Sideways. He really managed to get into character even when he was running down the street naked!
I just thought they were a normal family who wanted to mind their own business while trying to survive in an alternate future that was plagued by increasing violence and urban decay. The daughter screamed and the father had a baseball bat ready because it wouldn't have been the first time they had to worry about a home invasion.