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Jamastiene

(38,187 posts)
28. I got into a tangle with some of her followers on Twitter.
Fri Jul 17, 2020, 10:59 AM
Jul 2020

They are using the same exact talking points as the bigoted people in NC were using for that transgender bathroom bill. They are using identical right wing talking points to justify their bigotry.

What gets me is that so many states are using Covid-19 as an excuse to outright ban abortion right now, but feminists feel the need to infight and bicker and try to turn away support. All the while, they are using right wing groups' talking points, taken directly from the Republicans in NC and their anti-trans bathroom bill.

They are totally ignoring abortion rights while they spend so much time over another silly thing another TERF said. This reminds me of all of the infighting during the pubic hair wars a few years ago. What a clusterfuck that was. All I keep thinking when I think of the TERF phenom is the "What have you done for me lately?" line from that song. All they do is divide and conquer and get women infighting. I'm still suspicious of them, but I am suspicious by nature. That doesn't mean my suspicions are too off.

Meanwhile, rights are being lost and that little (actually, HUGE) factoid is being ignored.

When a bigoted jerk says something once, it is bad enough. All of the fans she has hurt with this nonsense are at risk now, because of her bigotry. They already have enough bigotry and hatred directed at them without her making it worse for them. When a bigoted jerk starts bringing it up over and over again, it's preaching, imo. She's preaching hatred now. She needs to stop for the sake of transgender women's mental health. She never gets to claim she cares about them after this, imo. In the past, she claimed to care about them. We see now she didn't mean that. She's endangering them, imo. It is disgusting.

I love her books, but. Neoma Jul 2020 #1
She ain't using her wizard brain. She's using her lizard brain. Beakybird Jul 2020 #2
I think JK Rowling has been unfairly demonized. RelativelyJones Jul 2020 #3
How so? Please share Docreed2003 Jul 2020 #4
Do tell. N/T JarOCats Jul 2020 #5
It is not an unreasonable position that treatments on under-18s is experimenting on children. RelativelyJones Jul 2020 #7
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Obviously, Rowling does not live in your state. This recent BBC report highlights the concern. RelativelyJones Jul 2020 #9
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Simply because you designate it as an anti-trans talking point does not make it one. I would also RelativelyJones Jul 2020 #11
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Great way to distort what other people say. I said nothing about adults transitioning and you know RelativelyJones Jul 2020 #14
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Trans people do not represent homophobia to me, nor is there anything in Rowling's comments to RelativelyJones Jul 2020 #19
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She claims nothing of the sort. RelativelyJones Jul 2020 #15
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Your quote " She even claims that the existence of one trans person annihilates the entire history RelativelyJones Jul 2020 #18
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You do realize TERF is a slur and deeply misogynistic, right? RelativelyJones Jul 2020 #23
This message was self-deleted by its author bluedye33139 Jul 2020 #24
Clearly you are very misogynistic. Goodbye. RelativelyJones Jul 2020 #25
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Fixed link for DU... hunter Jul 2020 #27
It's impossible to understand why she keeps doubling down... JarOCats Jul 2020 #6
I got into a tangle with some of her followers on Twitter. Jamastiene Jul 2020 #28
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