It’s all virtue signalling anyway. They will still buy the books and the merchandise and visit the attractions. They just won’t be vocal about it on social media. Everyone knows that if you don’t post something on SM then it didn’t really happen, right??I’m amused by all the “ways to enjoy Harry Potter without financially supporting JK Rowling” stuff that seems to be going round social media atm with lists of things like only buying the books second hand, not buying official merchandise, not visiting any of the Harry Potter tourist places. I would LOVE to know how those fans who make HP their entire identity are going to reconcile that with their desire to be seen as woke and avoid giving JK their money
Honestly how they think they're on the right side of history is beyond me.The reason the TRAs are so pissed off about JKR speaking up is because she can't be cancelled.
They relish in "exposing" and doxxing women who don't agree with their extremism, writing anonymously to their employers trying to get them sacked.
I've seen many people on various platforms saying how transphobic she is. When I ask them to specify exactly what she has said that's transphobic, surprisingly I don't hear anything back.
On another note, did anyone see the anonymous message Posie Parker received from a TRA? I've placed it in a spoiler as it's very disturbing.
In my eyes the people who are calling women like me TERFs are siding with people like this:
Where’s the member who’s just called us Terfs (or the ones who think they’re being all covert by just clicking sick/angry emojis on all our posts
) what’s your opinion on this? You want these wankers changing next to your little girls? You think these men would be safe around women in a refuge? You want your bumps feeling.I think you're oversimplifying this a bit. No, an acronym isn't a slur in and of itself. But as I've already mentioned, radical feminism is not by definition exclusionary of trans ideology because much of this work specifically includes transmen due to their being biologically female. It isn't accurate to characterise radical feminism as being 'anti trans' just because it does not include biological men (transwomen). It's a movement that centres women, that's to be expected. If it was anti trans, it would not include transmen. The point of it being a slur is that it's a construct to put down gender critical people and it is used as an insult. You don't need to be an expert in discourse or content analysis to look at the way the word TERF is used on social media and recognise immediately that it is a slur. If you think whether something is a slur or not depends on whether it's 'just a description' of something, why is 'bleep' offensive when it's just a descriptive word for tina? It's all about how these words are used.
I hope she makes them more and more furious so they show themselves up for who they really are. I hope everyone abused by tra's publicises the vile language they use. They will undo themselves with their own vileness. Most of the 20 somethings will get a grip of themselves and others of the professionally outraged will grow up or wear themselves out. Unfortunately it will be too late for the women grape by Karen White and others in womens prisons and refuges or the people who have lost their jobs and reputations and for the prepubescent children left infertile. But hey the people who caused that will have gone off to virtue signal somewhere else by then so who cares?
It is. It's very difficult when you are using social media to remember that the age limit is 13, with many younger children on there. I would not in real life try and have a reasoned debate with a 13 year old Harry Potter fan but young kids are being whipped up and in some cases abused horrendously if they say the wrong thing.
By that logic “p*ki” isn’t a slur because it’s just a shortening of “pakistani”.
this is one of my favourite things about this whole issue!I’m amused by all the “ways to enjoy Harry Potter without financially supporting JK Rowling” stuff that seems to be going round social media atm with lists of things like only buying the books second hand, not buying official merchandise, not visiting any of the Harry Potter tourist places. I would LOVE to know how those fans who make HP their entire identity are going to reconcile that with their desire to be seen as woke and avoid giving JK their money
Speaking on behalf of mystically-powered feline superheroes, Halle Berry should be ashamed of herself for daring to play one. I'm so offended.
I always find they go very quiet when you present them with evidence of how sick and twisted the trans lobby actually is.Where’s the member who’s just called us Terfs (or the ones who think they’re being all covert by just clicking sick/angry emojis on all our posts
I think that's what I find the saddest about this whole thing. We're no strangers to experiencing misogyny from men but when it comes to other women selling their own sex up the river for "woke points" and to appease extremists, it stings
The reason the TRAs are so pissed off about JKR speaking up is because she can't be cancelled.
They relish in "exposing" and doxxing women who don't agree with their extremism, writing anonymously to their employers trying to get them sacked.
I've seen many people on various platforms saying how transphobic she is. When I ask them to specify exactly what she has said that's transphobic, surprisingly I don't hear anything back.
On another note, did anyone see the anonymous message Posie Parker received from a TRA? I've placed it in a spoiler as it's very disturbing.
In my eyes the people who are calling women like me TERFs are siding with people like this:
The person who sent that tweet is sick and dangerous and should definitely receive a visit from the police immediately. It's absolutely disgusting to write that and think its acceptable because you don't agree with someone else's opinion. I can't believe the venom of that post. I'm angry and completely appalled at the same time. How frightening to have that directed at you.The person who sent this message bravely used a non-fixed VoIP (like a Google Voice number) which is virtually impossible to trace.
I really hope that the person who did that gets some jail jail time and is made an example of.
This is why so many women are afraid to speak out now. Nobody wants to raise their head above the parapet knowing that it might be blown off.
