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Originally Posted by sebastian_dangerfield
Let’s take the most lurid example: Rowling. She didn’t write anything controversial. She simply said men are men and women are women. Is that true? Well, science can debate that. It can also debate whether a trans woman is a woman in the same regard as a woman born a woman.
Instead of allowing that, the extremists on the left insist there is no dispute in these areas. Which is untrue. Psychiatrists are still untangling gender and sex.
So if one disagrees with Rowling, what should be the response? Well of course it should be to state why one thinks she’s wrong. Ah, but did that happen? No. An idiot brigade has called for her head. Boycott her books, don’t watch the films. How dare she hold such an opinion!
That’s cancel culture in a nutshell. “I’m right!!! I’m right and you’re evil and need to go away if you disagree with me! I’m a victim, or on the side of victims!”
All one can do is roll his eyes.
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No, she denied that trans women are women, repeating a bunch of the usual nonsense. And she isn't having a scientific debate, she's having a political one.
But how has she been "cancelled?" A whole bunch of famous people were willing to sign a letter defending her. She's got her billions. Her works are still everywhere.
But some people may not buy her stuff anymore because they don't like her views. Boo hoo.
