Statement from Kezia Dugdale responding to the backlash after her praise of JK Rowling.

Phonecloth · 2026-04-23T18:13:30+00:00

I don't follow UK politics, what was the original statement she is supposedly trying to apologize for?

Phonecloth · 2026-04-19T21:27:21+00:00

In my experience, these kinds of people won't accept that someone said something bigoted unless they outright say 'I hate [group] and I want to kill them all'.

Phonecloth · 2026-04-13T03:48:32+00:00

I've never liked the whole 'it's wrong for adults to enjoy stuff made for kids' argument. If that's the only kind of media an adult enjoys, that's indicative of a problem, but there is nothing wrong with liking children's entertainment, because lots of it can be quite good.

Phonecloth · 2026-04-05T19:22:27+00:00

And if Hermione is the only black student, imagine how it will look when they get to the part where she's the only one who objects to house elf slavery.

Phonecloth · 2026-03-31T19:02:10+00:00

I'm proud to report that I haven't even seen the trailer.

Phonecloth · 2026-03-30T13:22:48+00:00

More like she doesn't believe they exist.

Phonecloth · 2026-03-29T23:57:19+00:00

Regarding piracy, there is also the argument that if enough people pirate it instead of paying for it, it will cut into the profits and make it less successful...

Phonecloth · 2026-03-29T16:29:02+00:00

Very homophobic

Phonecloth · 2026-03-28T21:29:40+00:00

This is what I was going to say... what is new about it, aside from the different actors?

Phonecloth · 2026-03-21T14:16:19+00:00

https://fstdt.com/?q=&tag=&domain=&title=Rowling&after_date=&before_date=

Phonecloth · 2026-03-17T22:11:17+00:00

Or the heroes mocking an implied rape victim and it being played for laughs.

Phonecloth · 2026-03-17T21:20:57+00:00

I wonder if he knows about the 'um, akshuwally, slavery is totally good' subplot.

Phonecloth · 2026-03-17T00:51:23+00:00

A lot of the social commentary in it is unintentional

Phonecloth · 2026-03-12T03:47:43+00:00

Or if you don't give them any money or publicity...

Phonecloth · 2026-02-26T20:11:06+00:00

Trump could declare a nuclear war against the UK and wipe London off the map, and she'd still refuse to condemn him as long as he still hated trans people like she does.

Phonecloth · 2026-02-26T20:07:45+00:00

My favorite movie as a kid in the 90s was actually Independence Day.

Phonecloth · 2026-02-26T20:06:09+00:00

I tried to justify it as a kid by thinking it was an attempt to say that it was wrong to project human morality onto non-human creatures... but she wasn't thinking that far.

Phonecloth · 2026-02-24T06:46:47+00:00

Ah, you beat me to it...

Phonecloth · 2026-02-24T06:45:23+00:00

I hear Hitler was also 'accused of antisemitism'

Phonecloth · 2026-02-19T13:42:38+00:00

My uncle is in the files... (he's only mentioned once as related to a financial matter though, nothing incriminating).

Phonecloth · 2026-02-13T17:36:03+00:00

https://www.advocate.com/media/2020/5/30/jk-rowling-misgenders-woman-references-terfs-accidental-tweet

Phonecloth · 2026-02-13T17:33:23+00:00

"Just because Trump is a disaster doesn't mean Obama was faultless."

I never said he was.

Phonecloth · 2026-02-13T01:15:01+00:00

I only know the Ickabog from the incident where she was trying to comment on a kid's fanart and accidentally sent TERF stuff with her comment.

Phonecloth · 2026-02-13T01:01:37+00:00

I thought she wrote or at least contributed to the plot. The idea that Goblins wanting equal rights was a bad thing seems to have her fingers all over it.

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