I used to have enormous respect for Rowling since she was one of the only (if not the only?) billionaires to donate so much money to charity that she’s no longer a billionaire. That’s great, and if every billionaire did that the world would be a much better place. And of course I grew up with Harry Potter.
And I remember when I first heard about her views on trans people, there was a moment where I was like “Wait she’s a good person though, right? Is she actually onto something here?” Which led to me reading way more about her views than I otherwise would have.
And of course she’s not onto anything and is just being a TERF, and I wish she would just swallow her pride and admit she’s wrong and apologize, but the point is: yes, these people have a lot of influence and can’t be ignored. There are probably people who, like me, respected Rowling, but then didn’t bother to follow up and have been led down an anti-trans path.
Influential people need to be called out on their shit.
I used to have enormous respect for Rowling since she was one of the only (if not the only?) billionaires to donate so much money to charity that she’s no longer a billionaire. That’s great, and if every billionaire did that the world would be a much better place. And of course I grew up with Harry Potter.
And I remember when I first heard about her views on trans people, there was a moment where I was like “Wait she’s a good person though, right? Is she actually onto something here?” Which led to me reading way more about her views than I otherwise would have.
And of course she’s not onto anything and is just being a TERF, and I wish she would just swallow her pride and admit she’s wrong and apologize, but the point is: yes, these people have a lot of influence and can’t be ignored. There are probably people who, like me, respected Rowling, but then didn’t bother to follow up and have been led down an anti-trans path.
Influential people need to be called out on their shit.