[atlantas]

What is it about Harry Potter and moral panics?

Then "We need to talk about Harry Potter. The story is evil and will corrupt your kids!"

Today "We need to talk about Harry Potter. The author is evil and will corrupt your kids!"

[QuercusMax]

Bigots. Those freaking about satanism and Harry Potter were bigots.

JK Rowling is an anti-trans bigot. She is the one freaking out about how trans women are going to rape children or something like that.

[kleiba]

trans women are going to rape children

Did she really state that? If so, please provide a citation.

If not, claiming this would be a grave diffamation that cannot be taken lightly, whether or not one dislikes her position on LGBTIQA+.

[edrx]

It was "trans women are going to rape children _or something like that_". Most reactions that I saw about J.K. Rowling's 3600-word essay point out that she equates transness with intent to rape, so I think that the original sentence with the "or something like that" is ok. Here are two links: https://wessexsolidarity.wordpress.com/2020/06/14/j-k-rowlin... https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/12/j-k-rowling-tweet-paints...

[iamdamian]

I don't see that in the articles you linked. Can you quote the evidence that she equates trans-ness with rape?

I _do_ see something about her questioning whether gender self-identification should affect whether someone is allowed to be tried for rape (since, if I understand correctly from the article you linked, the UK seems to not allow women to be tried for rape). It's difficult to follow to the original quote because some of the linked articles and original sources are paywalled.

[QuercusMax]

She's definitely accused transwomen of being rapists, and wrote a book about a man who wears a dress to kill women.

Btw, the word is "defamation".

Here's an article with some documentation: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/12/j-k-rowling-tweet-paints...

[labster]

Article includes no JKR quotes, but lots of quotes from enraged twitterati. She uses an Orwell quote which doesn’t refer to rape at all, just to doublethink. Please provide evidence, not smear campaigns.

[treesprite82]

> Article includes no JKR quotes

> She uses an Orwell quote which doesn’t refer to rape at all

Third paragraph of the article has a JKR quote directly referencing rape.

Not sure if it backs up the original "freaking out about..." claim, but maybe "by placing undue emphasis, perpetuates the narrative that...".

[kleiba]

Not sure if it backs up the original "freaking out about..." claim [...]

Not at all. This quote is from a JKR tweet that she made referring to a Times article on the praxis of UK police recording rape crimes as being committed by a women when the perpetrator identifies as female (even if they have male genitalia).

So, neither did JKR (in that quote) equate trans people with rapist nor did she bring up the whole topic. Rather, she reacted to a newspaper article on the topic, and certainly not in a way that could by any stretch of the imagination be characterized as "freaking out".

[kleiba]

Btw, the word is "defamation".

Thanks!

[atlantas]

You are pushing the moral panic in question, and it will age even more poorly than the previous panic since it's targeting and smearing a woman instead of a story.

[QuercusMax]

JK Rowling is the one targeting transpeople. They didn't come for her, she came after them.

[Viliam1234]

Similarly, now we understand that the actual problem with games isn't satanism but sexism.