Harry Potter author JK Rowling has said she would prefer two years in jail over using a trans person’s correct pronouns.

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    11 months ago

    Nah, how often does the kind of dehumanization she’s gleefully defending hit you?

    This thing you’re so confident you want to defend to the death her right or whatever…
    …how often does the thing you are opining on harm you?

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      11 months ago

      How am I in any way defending her. Because I say living in a police state would be worse. If I say having radiation sickness would be worse is it to much. Nothing is worse than the gender thing? I think I get what your asking. Not in a long time but plenty when I was young. You have to remember though that in those days it was totally common for gym teachers to refer to boys in girl terms I think because they thought it would motivate them or some shit. So not just jerk kids.

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        11 months ago

        And you feel that qualifies you to speak about what should and should not be done in response to transphobia, does it?

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          11 months ago

          Look. When you start jailing people for being rude as fuck, it’s a problem.

          There is zero requirement to be a target for trans hate to know that. Don’t be a jackass

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            11 months ago

            You’re so kind to defend the racist billionaire’s right to dehumanize people. Where would she be without you looking after her interests?

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                11 months ago

                You sure do put alot of effort into defending hatemongers.
                At any point here you could have shut the fuck up but you keep deciding JK needs your backing.

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      11 months ago

      So, since I’m trans, am I allowed to say that instituting a law where we jail people over saying something rude seems awful to me.

      Maybe it’s just because I’m an American, used to our constitutionally protected freedom of speech. But I think the ramifications for an average person misgendering someone should probably be limited to social ramifications rather than government ordained punitive ones.

      Now if it’s a doctor or government employee or something there’s a discussion to be had.

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        11 months ago

        You’re allowed to be wrong, but at least your nose and partially your business. She isn’t going to pick you, though.
        There is a high probability that’s a snootier reply than you perhaps deserve. Not in the best place today. I don’t retract it by I turn the volume down.

        Not that I think anyone should be in jail for anything ever, but intentional rebuke of a trans person’s gender should result in a severe assbeating and social censure.