This is unbelievable stuff, coming from a forum that frames itself as being all woke and progressive. It is basically saying that harassment of women is usually ok as you will get away with it. Also JK didn't have to name and shame their accounts, they did that themselves and I daresay that they deleted their accounts out of cowardice rather than had them "nuked out of existence"
"And I think this is where the naivety of the protestors comes into play. They didn't stop to think that Ms Rowling might see this as harassment (and I'd argue that doing this on someone's front lawn is harassment as there's a component of "we know where you live") but also didn't take into account the massive power imbalance. Usually women who are harassed have to cop it on the chin and turn the other cheek. JK on the other hand wields enormous power. This is a case where the police and the press will take it very seriously and she's also been able to counter this online with naming said people's twitter accounts (I'll save you the trouble, all three have been nuked out of existence).
Political action is like Judo and she's been able to flip this quite successfully to make her case that all trans activists (and trans women) are dangerous harassers. What these three have inadvertently done is make the voices of Terfs louder, completely silenced their own voices and have made the jobs of trans activists and trans allies incredibly hard as anyone interviewed will have to disavow the actions of these three or step through a minefield of questions about what constitutes free speech and what constitutes harassment. I'm not sure Rowling can be blamed for turning this into a clear political win here. These three have learned a very difficult lesson (and will continue to learn this lesson as they face the legal system and most likely cancellation socially and job wise.)"
"And I think this is where the naivety of the protestors comes into play. They didn't stop to think that Ms Rowling might see this as harassment (and I'd argue that doing this on someone's front lawn is harassment as there's a component of "we know where you live") but also didn't take into account the massive power imbalance. Usually women who are harassed have to cop it on the chin and turn the other cheek. JK on the other hand wields enormous power. This is a case where the police and the press will take it very seriously and she's also been able to counter this online with naming said people's twitter accounts (I'll save you the trouble, all three have been nuked out of existence).
Political action is like Judo and she's been able to flip this quite successfully to make her case that all trans activists (and trans women) are dangerous harassers. What these three have inadvertently done is make the voices of Terfs louder, completely silenced their own voices and have made the jobs of trans activists and trans allies incredibly hard as anyone interviewed will have to disavow the actions of these three or step through a minefield of questions about what constitutes free speech and what constitutes harassment. I'm not sure Rowling can be blamed for turning this into a clear political win here. These three have learned a very difficult lesson (and will continue to learn this lesson as they face the legal system and most likely cancellation socially and job wise.)"
. I'll have no friends left at this rate.
that is too perfect
