scribe Margaret Atwood are among 150 writers, academics and activists to sign an open letter published by Harper’s bemoaning the “restriction of debate” in modern culture.
Rowling, who has been at the center of a rancorous online debate about transgender rights in recent weeks, put her name to the letter, which said: “The free exchange of information and ideas, the lifeblood of a liberal society, is daily becoming more constricted.” It added: “We uphold the value of robust and even caustic counter-speech from all quarters. But it is now all too common to hear calls for swift and severe retribution in response to perceived transgressions of speech and thought.”
The missive, titled “A Letter on Justice and Open Debate,” said that this creeping cancel culture will harm the most “vital causes of our time” by silencing “good-faith” disagreement. “The restriction of debate, whether by a repressive government or an intolerant society, invariably hurts those who lack power and makes everyone less capable of democratic participation. The way to defeat bad ideas is by exposure, argument, and persuasion, not by trying to silence or wish them away,” it continued.which can be read in full hereRowling issued a personal essay last month in an attempt to explain her beliefs on transgender rights.
Good on Her
Ah yes, totally canceled, with one of the largest platforms in the world, definitely canceled.
Cancel culture is vile, it's a modern day lynch mob that attacks without context or nuance & without consequence when it is wrong or disproportionate in its outcomes. It ruins lives & livelihoods, it sometimes even induces suicides. It needs to be gone.
Maybe she should stop thinking her opinion is better than everyone else's since she has money. Guess what , I have money too. Maybe not as much but apparently it's enough to make you nervous and I'll spend it as I wish.
Look, people need to be called out if they’ve done or are doing stupid shit, simple as that.
Hope she does a glinner and kills her own career screaming about it...
If she wrote another Harry Potter book everyone saying she is canceled would be bowing down at her feet telling her how awesome she was. Bunch of hypocrites.
Throw her off the roof
If you signed a letter that JK Rowling also signed, you fucked up.
She cancelled herself.
Maybe she should stop trying to cancel trans people then? Pot, Kettle bitch
Again very true. We are no longer able to disagree on our own turn where it is turned into a phobia. Personal choice is the greatest level of freedom and that should not be constricted by turning into something it’s not.
J.K., just take this L, and accept the fact that...
All she did was point out facts about simple human biology.
I’m starting to warm up to her. She has common sense and brains.
The woke ouroboros. Chewing one another up in a virtue signaling orgy was inevitable
Noted billionaire who threatened a woman with legal action over a tweet last month signs letter decrying supposed 'cancel culture'.
Yet she she wants to cancel trans....
love her! stay strong!
Can she leave us alone
If it's debate she wants then why is she blocking anyone challenging her?
The real Voldemort was inside her all along
Too late she’s already been CANCELLED
Harry fuck her
Rich people's problem
Maybe don't be transphobic
Cry more loser
Who cares? She’s cancelled
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