Continuing the Debate
In December 2021, as the first trailer for Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore premiered, Rowling was heavily criticized for another anti-trans social media post regarding a report that the Scottish police would begin to “record rapes by offenders with male genitalia as being committed by a woman if the attacker ‘identifies as a female.'” At the time, she tweeted, “War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength. The Penised Individual Who Raped You Is a Woman.”
Though she received some support, many Twitter users fought back, wondering why Rowling continued to put her controversial viewpoints on such a public platform. “You literally have a castle and you spend your time doing this,” one person replied, as another wondered, “Why is this how you want to be remembered? Why is this the hill you’ve chosen? What do you stand to gain from this?”
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