Are J.K Rowling's views legitimate?

[@britasha1194]

"Nah, she's a WW2 german bad guy, trust me bro, I was told by a maniac on the internet"

[@darthverminates9708]

The irony is her books encouraged that kind of thinking imo. They devolved into a WWII war story and her characters get mentioned a lot by war mongers. Abet non traditional lefty millennial war mongers.

[@Anoonymous420]

The ww2 "German bad guys" were drafted against their will. So they aren't even that bad.

[@B463L]

Tbh comparing centrists to Nazis is one of the most reliable ways to reveal that you're completely batshit insane (or simply a liar)

[@thelestrangelair]

haha, and those literal maniacs being given validity is not good or mentally safe.

[@ForcePF]

I have to disagree with you on one thing. Hogwarts Legacy hasn't divided the gaming community, unless you're talking about a 99.9 - 0.1 divide.

[@suryasingh9738]

I think people on both the right and the left are enjoying this game.

[@ether2275]

It's just that the small minority complaining also happens to be the loudest one.

[@guillermoelnino]

a shame your average consumer isn't prevy to the fact that the words of an author are being used as a platform for gr oomers to scream that they're being geocided so they can get attention and money.

[@VinceLyle2161]

Ironic, since that's roughly the same ratio of the population to trans people.

[@christopherkelley1664]

@@ether2275 The voices that counter them get banned :-/

[@zwergz1122]

Seriously, the utter outrage from a community that claims to be against bullying and wants to be inclusive is ridiculous, harassing anyone who even says they're remotely interested in the game and claiming they're transphobic just because they want to play a video game when they probably don't even know what J.K tweeted in the first place cause it wasn't even transphobic

[@UniqueBreakfastTaco]

love seeing it, showing who they truly are

[@moserfugger6363]

Those trans activists aren't against bullying. They love it. Yes, in the past they might have been victims of bullying themselves. But right now they are the most aggressive and toxic bullies I have ever seen. They deserve no support and no empathy. Greetings from Germany :)

[@Alva_Lombax]

Rules for thee but not for me And they wonder why no one takes them seriously

[@moserfugger6363]

@@Alva_Lombax We not only shouldn't take them seriously, we should fight their bullying. They have normalized this toxic behavior and the rest of society just watched passively to be polite. We didn't want to make life harder for those poor weirdos. But they abused our politeness in ways we couldn't even imagine. It will only get much much much worse, if we don't draw a very strict line. Greetings from Germany :)

[@Dinoslay]

These people are very much comparable to cuckoos that fool you to nurture them through appealing to your sympathy via virtue signaling buzzwords like ”inclusive”, ”diversity”, ”equality”, ”friendship”, etc that sounds good on paper. But as we have learned from actual cuckoos, what they actually want is to condition you to be their host in order to incrementally subvert and replace your bloodline. I’d be very cautious.

[@nalublackwater9729]

Years ago I remember gay people complaining about parents who got their kids into hormone treatments as soon as they exibit any trait of acting like the other gender. They accused the parents of "homophobia" because "they would rather have a daughter than a gay son". As soon as transgender proved to be a very profitable business, those opinions have been framed as delictive. How things change...

[@TheLittlePlatoon]

A very good video. The other problem, of course, is that legacy media reform post print revenue has seen actual machine learning algorithms (in the case of the NYT) developed to push content toward emotivism and away from substance, vital for generating traffic, ergo subscriptions, ergo data sets which can be sold to digital advertisers as an additional revenue stream. Combined that with the need to generate masses of quick content (especially at smaller publications), the general trend among journalists away from objectivity, and among publications of opinion over straight reporting, to say nothing of journalists’ reliance on Twitter as a key news source, and you have your explanation for why Rowling’s more considered personal essay gained no traction, and while her vaguer (and more easily skewed) Twitter posts generated headlines.

[@EchoChamberlain]

Thanks, man.

[@PLy-hf6mr]

Here I was late to the party about to say how legacy media used this willfully to drive clicks because they are a failing enterprise and little platoon is already here and saying it far more eloquently.

[@shehassee]

I greatly admire JK. Her views are not transphobic.

[@rfurthegamer3412]

I hate it when I stumble onto echo chambers. Not to target you but no… sure it’s kinda like sure maybe on her first tweets… but like she’s gotten much worse, mainly explicitly siding with very much trans characters

[@dallinjc3]

JK Rowling is not transphobic, and she is entitled to her views on sex and gender. And honestly I agree with a lot of her views. And I am on the left. I am pro choice, pro gay marriage. Pro gay parents. I'm also pro trans. Just like Rowling I believe transition surgery is absolutely the answer for some people, but not all. And the identity of being a biological female from birth, is important. She's right about that. Sex is real, she's right about that too. She knows the difference between sex and gender, and respects it. She has valid concerns about trans women being allowed into safe spaces which are specifically designated for people whose sex was female from birth. I don't think trans women should be allowed to compete in all women's sports. I think it's either everything is Co-Ed, or you respect the valid and legitimate reasons for the separation of women's vs men's sports such as football, MMA, etc. You can't have it both ways. Not even just in a safety perspective, think about the advantage competitively that trans women have over non trans women in most physical sports. They absolutely would have an advantage most times, and to deny that is straight up foolish and delusional IMO.

[@rijusnar1994]

You are a left ?? You sure,you didnt add anything about leftwing actual fight which IS the only redeeming fight : classwarfare , fight against excessive capitalism.

[@dallinjc3]

@@rijusnar1994 none of those topics are relevant to the video or my comment though?

[@rijusnar1994]

@@dallinjc3 you said you are leftwing ?? What IS the most important combat when WE think about the left in politics ?

[@Smulenify]

@@dallinjc3 I think it's more that being left or right has nothing to do with your stance on lgbt+ rights and such, though being pro is more common on the left. You can be left wing and be against gay rights, or on the right and support it. So bringing up you're left wing is adding a certain expectation to what you're going to say next, and then the rest has nothing to do with it-- but it's common to do so and people do usually think of it as left/right. My concern with Rowling is more the people she associates with and supports, a lot of them are working alongside antiabortion, antigay and nazi groups. There have been rallies, held by her friends with her support, where these groups have also been invited and it's moving in a frightening direction for womens rights. When people have then confronted her with these serious concerns about womens rights she has chosen the side of the antiabortion, etc. being included. So the backlash is about more than just what she says on social media. Especially with the nationalist groups being involved it also brings up the problems of the antisemitism that appears in the books, which might not have been intentional but is still there (Goblins), and the support of slavery (House elves). There is also her refusal to take any criticism and her brushing off a lot of concerns people have and climing it's hate and cancel culture. She is right to her opinion, but that doesn't mean there will be no consequences for them. I'd also say she is not a victim in this by how she's still a billionaire, games and movies are still being made which she profits from (a major part in why people wanted to boycott the game, she's getting royalties) and she is still able to share her opinions online. Though I will say that she is getting a lot of backlash even for minor things and it's not always warranted. Also the extreme backlash against anyone playing the game is ridiculous and actually hurts the legit arguments people have for not supporting the game. Some people going way too far in their criticism of her and everyone enjoying her work does not mean there aren't legit concerns about her views and the messages she spreads, the financial support she gives to organisations that are harming lgbt+ and womens rights, etc. But being left wing the biggest problem with HP and Rowling is more the blatant extreme late stage capitalistic nature of the IP.

[@Pondimus_Maximus]

Mutilating your genitals is never the right answer. It makes as much sense as encouraging an anorexic woman to keep losing weight.

[@galacticusX]

I don't think it would have made any difference if she had used a more "careful" or "sophisticated" approach. They could have easily isolated and taken out of context even the most careful and elaborate analysis.They could have easily isolated and taken out of context even the most careful and elaborate analysis.The fact alone that she raised objections to the unrelenting glacier of mainstream narrative, painted a target on her back.

[@dallinjc3]

The far left are like rabid animals just waiting for any opportunity to chew someone up and spit them out so they can virtue signal their supposed moral superiority by bullying and antagonizing anyone who doesn't share their views

[@rossmcbeath4997]

People looking to get offended will always find what they are looking for. I agree with you. If Rowling wanted to speak out, she had to bite the bullet--and I'm grateful that she did.

[@Leitis_Fella]

The trans community contains some of the most reactionary subcultures out there. If you say anything that even remotely critiques or questions the trans community, you are immediately shut down and shunned. That being said, I do not at all think that those reactionaries make up a majority of the trans community, but as they say, a few rotten apples spoil the bunch

[@hayleylongster4698]

Exactly. These people need a reality check, not more sophistry thrown back at them. They love sophistry. They thrive on it.

[@scionofdorn9101]

But you repeat yourself. 😆

[@R.P.McMurphy]

"Are J.K. Rowling's views legitimate?" It's an insane thing to say. What the hell is wrong with us? It's depressing to think that a person as crazy as J. K. Rowling was cancelled, not for being insane but for not being insane enough to fit in today's messed up society.

[@thevaccinator666]

I agree, but why do you think she's insane?

[@gabrijelskrenkovic475]

Why would she be insane, what are you talking about?

[@coltonwilkie241]

Insane in what way though? I get that she's a very radical feminist but is that it?

[@thelestrangelair]

Well she is right about gender, clearly, but she forced poor DD into the broom closet to drag him out, you know he isn't shagging Grindelwald! Then black facing Granger in cursed play + allowing cursed play, gods the Dark Lord does not shag! Trump being Voldemort, whatever else nutters things she lost her mind tweeting once HP was over, she really incerted herself into the gang who turned on her, so she kinda gets what's coming Karma's a witch. Dumbledore def knows how to throw a good curse. Bella L

[@frankc9158]

For an older woman she's kinda a fox. I'm tired of pretending she's not

[@androogalt]

Your views are legitimate

[@BingBong67489]

I mean, think about it this way. When a trans person states that they identify as a particular gender, we are supposed to take at face value that this abstract concept of gender has meaning to them, even if it doesn't to us, even if it can't be put into words in any sort of concrete way. And like, I can understand and get behind that, but the problem is that it doesn't go both ways. I have no strong feeling of gender as an abstract concept. I identify as a biological human male, as someone with male reproductive anatomy, in my mind that is the kind of being that I am. Yet the trans movement does not allow us to identify along those lines. That's why this whole situation is so much messier among liberals than previous civil rights issues. In this case we are expected change our fundamental perception of ourselves, how we categorize ourselves, and all associated language, in order to accommodate how a minority of individuals fundamentally perceive and categorize themselves. And we are not allowed to even discuss how we feel about it or how it affects us.

[@michaelhuit]

It ultimately comes down to whether your sex (what you are) or your gender (how you feel) is more important to you. Those terms are generally accepted as two different things in the medical world (biological vs. social), but are also things that people will view as more important to their sense of self. As an example, the way you feel is aligned with your birth sex, which is how I imagine the vast majority of people see themselves too. So your identity has no issues there. Someone who is transgender is likely to have accepted that the way they feel does not align with their own biology, which causes a whole host of complications personally for them until that is resolved and can cause severe dissonance without some form of acceptance. For some, that is to accept that they're not in a body that suits their identity. It is misaligned. As such, that alignment can come from adopting a gender that best suits how they feel on the inside. You'll generally see an uptick in happiness in people when comparing before/after. Long story short, it's not just an abstract thing for many folk, nor is it all based on biology, but it is fundamentally important to that person being happier. The backlash people have recieved just for playing the new HP game is absurd, but I hope that the loud, angry folk do not entirely tarnish the ones who are either just disappointed, not invested in the situation, or simply trying to live their lives in peace. Cheers fella, sorry for the long comment, just thought I'd throw some thoughts in there. Hope you have a good day :))

[@michaelhuit]

@Chen I do understand where you're coming from, and it's a valid point to raise. But gender is an accepted medical term with a definition agreed upon by a global scientific body (WHO), and other academic institutions (such as Yale). Those definitions make specific reference to the characteristics of people that are socially constructed, or self-represented. So while I get where you're coming from, it's not enough to change my perspective, though I doubt what I have to say will be enough to change yours either. Either way, good to talk about this stuff! Have a good day mate

[@HecVD]

You don't know what you are talking about.

[@aluna1234]

@michaelhuit sex and gender being separate comes from German "pedosexual" sexoligist Volkmar who believed that to erase the gender "binary" and raise children as sexless would make it easier to groom and abuse. He himself groomed and abused children. As to your point about the WHO, the WHO has admitted they were wrong about covid protocols. They also advocate for putting children on puberty blockers despite knowing the life altering and damaging side effects. So are they really the end all be all source you want them to be

[@sideburnsandwich1119]

@@michaelhuit WHO's definition of gender appears to be straight from the post-modernist, intersectionalist handbook. One has to question their motives and wonder if it exists in it's current form simple to protect the organisation from otehrwise being labelled institutionally transphobic. They still manage to imply that what is obviously sex-based violence, suffering, inequality is infact gender based- but a biological woman identifying as a he/they/fury/etc will be sexually assault by a man irrespective of that identity belief by mere virtue of her observable female body. A trans male will still be smaller, weaker and less capable of wrking an oil rig than a biological man. Accepting a new definition of gender will not undo any sex-based societal inequaities because men and women are inherently differnet and how an individual feels anout their biology will not change the strengths and functions of their body. WHO also claim that pregnancy is exclusively an issue for women and girls; most transphobic indeed- and it wouldn't be complete without the obligatory dig at toxic masculinity. In short; just because an established organisation agrees on something, does not make this fact. Just look at what the American Psychological Association is up to these days. The radicals have infected everything.

[@kevinmccabe7263]

I don't think it's controversial to say that the idea of biological sex is real. Rowling only stands out because unlike everyone else she is refusing to back down from hers (and frankly most peoples') views.

[@thelestrangelair]

When speaking facts is contravercial, we're in scary times, Bruh. BellaL

[@BrennanCh06]

Rowling Is right and the people disagreeing with her are absolutely mental

[@nagasrinivas-fg5lh]

Yes I agree with her.

[@MrPloppy1]

I’ve tried several times to understand exactly what Rowling did or said that was so transphobic, but I just don’t see it. In fact she seems supportive of trans folk in her tweets. 🤷‍♂️

[@umwha]

She wrote an essay outlining her views. It’s available on her website

[@rfurthegamer3412]

Bit later here but, her essay thing is like… misguided at best. And she’s gone on to support well, blatant transphobes. The internet kinda is made of bubbles, and the trans one kinda assumes you know why.

[@lisacook8235]

So well said. The atmosphere around these issues has become so politically poisoned

[@Sidera17]

This is one of the best explanations of Rowling’s concerns I have come across. I fear as things become more polarized, both sides of this issue will continue to double down harder. Thank you for clarity of presentation.

[@JonSnow-YThandle]

It's a good example of a person standing up for the rights of roughly half of the population, being cheered on by pretty much the other half and being thrown dirt at by the remaining one percent that believes twitter reflects the opinion of the majority, not the fringes. (Twitter is a bit like money: it is in principle without value and relevance but people believe otherwise. The difference is that money is useful while Twitter is not.)

[@dallinjc3]

Twitter is as powerful as people make it. I personally don't even look at Twitter, ever. I have never had a Twitter account. JK Rowling is not some public figurehead with an obligation to be a role model to the general public. She's just an author, nobody actual has to listen to anything she says on Twitter but they want to be outraged, so they can virtue signal.

[@JonSnow-YThandle]

@@dallinjc3 that pretty much sums it up. I was never a user of the rage cage either. But I keep hearing that you feel better as soon as you stop using it :) a bit like what ppl say that escaped from a sect or a cult ;)

[@hayleylongster4698]

V true. It's only when you go on twitter after years of not going on it, get addicted, build up a following, go right down the rabbit hole, then get abruptly banned for stating reality that you realise just how much of a hall of mirrors it is.

[@gamingshawnandjewel6233]

Too bad everything is political now

[@Kazasia-_-]

From what I’m getting at is that she showed actual data/proof and people hate her for it lol

[@celineoneida7077]

Wrong. That study she highlighted wasn't a study that said 80-90% of trans people grow out of it. The study was specifically on children who display traits and interests of those of the opposite sex. It wasn't saying most trans people grow out of being trans, it was saying that most tomboys or feminine young boys don't tend to keep those traits as the grow up. IE a girl who is a tomboy at age 8 will grow up to be a 16 year old on the cheer team.

[@guillermoelnino]

@@celineoneida7077 ok gr oomer.

[@hayleylongster4698]

​@@celineoneida7077 What is 'trans' other than 'displaying traits and interests of the opposite sex' ?

[@rfurthegamer3412]

@@hayleylongster4698this is late, but there is a big difference, like there are trans tomboys, and like… it’s kinda up to the person

[@lo-fidevil2950]

There is no “debate.” There’s Rowling calmly and dryly pointing to facts on one side and a foaming, howling mob of misogynists screaming death & rape threats, and from time to time beating and killing people on the other. Maybe I just don’t understand British humor. Was this satirical, somehow?

[@rfurthegamer3412]

You see here, you are in a thought bubble, this guy is in a centrist bubble(though slightly right leaning) bubble and I wish I could go back to my bubble cause this isn’t good for my mental health. Also that is genuinely disgusting (to me) That you would say that, like I’m sure some trans people have killed, and a tiny minority of those have been in retaliation to transphobia. But it is nothing compared to the hate crimes committed on the other side

[@ashcarrier6606]

When did her views become illegitimate? And since when is such a fraction of the population the arbiter of what is and is not legitimate? I do not recall assigning that task.

[@guillermoelnino]

Since we demonized classic bullying and favored government sanctioned bullying.

[@hayleylongster4698]

​@@guillermoelnino Since bullying 'for tthe greater good' became a form of social capital

[@NoMadKid]

The reason behind the huge fight against JK’s argument is because of big pharmaceutical corporations, hormone replacement and surgeries are really profitable. Speaking the truth harms their money.

[@ESEJESEJ]

Exactly. It's the same when it comes to the pHARMaceutical jib jabs that half the world has taken.

[@seaninflorida9741]

I don't really care about the game, and count friends on both sides of the "people who menstruate" issue. However. I watched this because I really enjoy your videos; your analysis is excellent. I was not disappointed, and I learned new things about Rowling's views that are not communicated by the mainstream media. Thank you.

[@Imsuper656]

Only women menstruate.

[@scottdoesntmatter4409]

The alphabet boycott of this video game failed miserably. The game was hugely popular.

[@Avarn388]

Man this entire video does a great job explaining why Rowling was hated. It was hard for me to get a grasp given the partisan nature of some folks but props to that. Really the idea you’re a bad person for supporting HL is absolutely stupid. No you aren’t. For example, I love Enders game by Orson Scott Card. He’s one of my favorite authors and his book on writing characters is amazing. I don’t agree with his personal politics one bit. But that doesn’t matter because I can let bygones be bygones. It’s one thing to define your values and stand by but true diversity exists in freedom of thought. Even if those thoughts you may not agree with. Obviously something like hate speech is a much more in depth topic but in general I am of the belief that if you want to boycott the game do so. Do NOT infringe on others right to play it. Because how some of these activists have been acting it’s only going to increase the phobia around Trans people. And that’s a shame.

[@Barni2212]

People who say that you are bad if you play HL are the same people who thinks that if you drink Vodka or read Russian literature you are a Putin allay who is against humanity and a literal N@zi.

[@johnstrawb3521]

@Neil Political left-winger here. Well said. I'm disgusted by what the woke movement, the LGBTQIA movement, and feminism have become. Fwiw most socialists see those movements as distractions encouraged by the corporate state, movements that are generally right wing except on the social policies that concern them, which is one reason why feminism so easily, so readily allied with the Democratic party during the 1980s and 1990s.

[@pinchekittybiker]

People seem to forget about Card's political views, when reading his books. Although, I always found it interesting that he sometimes characters who either knew - or didn't know they were gay - within his works.

[@jmace2424]

It’s sooooooo funny to me that a fantasy author had to be the one to educate people living in a fantasy world about Biology. 🤣

[@rfurthegamer3412]

She said nothing about biology, yes I understand it’s a joke, but… but nothing it just doesn’t make sense in context.

[@callumager537]

The activists who bring up studies from far back as 2016 miss a crucial point. We don’t have any long term studies on the number of transgender individuals, particularly young women today. Especially given we’re in a completely different digital landscape where social contagion is rife. Given the large numbers of those identifying as neither male or female, I’m entirely convinced a large percentage of these cases are entirely the consequence of trends. Especially given the fact we have people on sites like Tik Tok pretending to have mental disorders.

[@hayleylongster4698]

I'd be interested to see someone compare 'social fads' over decades and number crunch right down. So compare cases of anorexia/cutting in the 90s to cases of 'trans' today. I suspect there would be way more 'trans' because it's comparatively easy to partake with one's peers. Simply say you're trans. You don't have to starve yourself, or cut yourself, to be socially celebrated.

[@rfurthegamer3412]

@@hayleylongster4698and I’d compare it to the history of left handedness becoming accepted.

[@michaellee8815]

No, it has not divided the “gaming” community… it’s divided gamers and people who would never actually support a product but want to scream that they’re not going to

[@billmelater6470]

"Are J.K Rowling's views legitimate?" Yes. biological reality is always legitimate.

[@hayleylongster4698]

I know right. It's like asking if people who 'believe' in gravity's views are legitimate!

[@davidcottrell1308]

@@hayleylongster4698 kinda YUP.

[@nathat4250]

''Her views'' are that women shouldn't be fired for saying they are female, WOW SO CONTROVERSIAL

[@hadzhere]

i wasn't going to buy it, but i ended up doing so mainly because of the free publicity of this boycott. i'm glad i did, it's a very well done game!

[@darktenor4967]

Extremely rigorous summation of the debate. I admit I had a lot more sympathy for people with gender dysphoria when "transgender", actually meant a man who felt on a fundamental level that he should have a female body or visa versa, rather than "trans", being this strange identity in and of itself, still more when trans people started dismissing everyone else with the frankly insulting term: "cis"." With Rowling I'm honestly not sure where I stand, since I'd have had much more sympathy for her position set out in said essay if part of her conclusion didn't boil down to: "well can't we all just agree to hate men?" A very odd position for the creator of the definitely heroic and definitely male Harry Potter. Then there's the problem of transgender and disability, since, as I argued in my PhD thesis, in disability there is a fundamental difference between the biological inhibitions imposed upon someone via being disabled, and the social categorisation, portrayal and stigmatisation of people with disabilities, , and it's a fundamental category mistake to assume the two are identical, indeed part of me, having been born with a disability that won't change which I've just had to live with, (being registered blind), wants to say: "Hay! I had to stick with the hand genetics gave me, why can't you!" Albeit if Jordi laforge style visors or eye implants were ever on offer, you can bet I'd take them, (though not all blind people would). and all of this is quite aside from the fact that frankly, I'm just a massive harry potter fan, and sure as heck would play Hogwarts legacy to death if it was accessible. Indeed, not just with JK Rowling, but with pretty much every past none modern woke author whoever lived, somebody is going to want their work banned, because they don't agree with the author's views, or because the author failed to include "people like them", or just because they happen to be a heterosexual Caucasian male. The fact that Harlan Ellison, grabbed Connie Willis by the boob during a public meeting of the SF and fantasy writers of America when she was accepting an award, doesn't make me like his fiction any less, even if it makes me think less of him as a person. Indeed, I wonder if here the old Christian principle of: "hate the sin, but love (or at least tolerate), the sinner", might be advisable, Then again, for the wokesters, and in fairness also for the real ultra right wing nutjobs; as opposed to most moderate liberal to moderate conservative people, the concept of "tolerance", doesn't seem to be in fashion anymore.

[@iyziejane]

From the perspective of an old fashioned trans person, I noticed around 2013 that my group was being used as a political props to troll the right, and to distract both sides from groups like bankers that hold power and make the world miserable. I knew that being used as a prop this way would cause regression and less acceptance, which of course in 2023 it has. I put all of the blame on the media for amplifying these stories, as well as the most mentally unstable spokespeople. It's all done to distract from their cousins committing massive frauds in medicine, banking, law, etc.

[@indestructiblemadness8531]

I really wonder how the debate would change, if there was a simple magic pill, that could change your sex or sexual orientation.

[@hayleylongster4698]

Define tolerance. When one 'side' is consistently forced to tolerate the other- in the sense that their personal safety and space is consistently infringed upon by the other- that's not tolerance. It's imposition. (Transactivists would dispute which side they were on, obviously)

[@darktenor4967]

@@hayleylongster4698 , EXACTLY MY POINT. It is not enough to live and let live, or find reasonable compromises with these people. Either you accept every bit of their demands and ideology, or you're labelled a bigot and a istaphobe. I don't doubt there are some right wingers who think the very concept of transgender, or homosexuality are evil and are just as inflexible; albeit in the pop culture spacee and in Britain we don't hear as much of those. To take a simple example, it's not enough to live and let live, or acknowledge that a trans gender person be considered their given gender post surgery, now we have to have trans characters, trans representation in everything, even to small children, constant hammering on pronowns and frankly overly cliched exaggerations of female behaviour, and anyone who is not trans is labelled with the frankly insulting epithet: "cis", an imposition upon their! identity. As I said, I don't doubt there are some equally people on the other side, but for most people in the middle, this need to not just tolerate, but actively embrace, with no middle ground, no ability to voice safety concerns as you mention, is just ridiculous!

[@hayleylongster4698]

@@darktenor4967 Agreed. I am now hardline no compromise. And I actually have a trans friend (who is basically a bloke in his 50s who realised he was gay way too late and I openly tell him this and he just shrugs and smiles lol) who largely agrees with me. Honestly? I think any person who GENUINELY thinks they have some kind of body dysmorphia (I don't think gender dysphoria really exists btw, it's a manifestation of or expression of the broader mental health issue of feeling uncomfortable in one's own body.... hence the huge number of teenagers now captured by the ideological aspects of it) will actually sympathise with those they purport to want to be, or 'really are'. No man who genuinely thinks he's actually a woman would want to wave his penis in front of women.

[@ayiza8511]

i don't get the hate? she does not hate transgender persons, and reducing women to people that menstruate and people whit vulvas is highly offensive to me. No one has the right to erase my gender. And frankly I think transgender individuals that have no intention to transition should be respected. I as a woman would not in any way be comfortable having say a transgender individual identifying woman but being biologically male in the changing room whit me. And honestly respect and protection should go both way

[@rfurthegamer3412]

Most of the hate is from her more recent… deep ending.

[@michaelschmidt1101]

Rowling is a feminist and that is her point. She is not anti-trans. The attacks on her, twisting her words or those of anyone who brings to light "Relativisms" shortcomings e.g., a man can say he is a woman and therefore can then move into women's spaces without challenge; thereby both compromising and reducing women's rights. The real question is "why can't trans people" admit that they are "relatively" women? Well, that would be like giving away the philosophical game and the ideological motive - the forcible replacement of the Enlightenment values with Relativism.

[@hayleylongster4698]

Indeed. Although I don't even think (most of the time) she is even speaking as a feminist. Rather just a normal person. Often she will go down that rabbit hole ofc, being a victim of domestic abuse, that is where her primary 'defence' of women stems from. But honestly most of her most 'offensive' (read: true) tweets involve her noting with wry humour the wringing out of language in service to this new religion. The 'wxmen' tweet for example where she laughs at the whole 'people with cervixes' crap.

[@bxp_bass]

Omg, this is GOLD! This channel is one of the best youtube discoveries that I experienced since healthygamer!

[@Michael_Bancroft]

The reality of it is, Rowling is dead right on this topic, and most people in the world agree with her. The media and activists on Twitter are a loud minority.

[@mmluon]

Her stance is pretty clear and reasonable. She doesn't condemn or wish them ill , but also can't deny the biological and psychological differences between the two sexes. Not much room for confusion unless you want to stir up crap.

[@ronanfel8191]

An excellent breakdown, as always.

[@fortunateson101]

One of the many times I wish I could 'like' your video more than once.

[@genghisgahan9623]

What happened to the cool new intro music?!? ☹️

[@jacobwright5542]

Politics are like an American highway: First, you merge into the right lane and get up to speed, but you can stay there forever because you will block others trying to exit and merge at subsequent onramps, so you move to the middle lane where it is appropriate to cruise for the rest of your journey; if at some point you decide you want to progress faster, you hop into the left lane and accelerate, not too fast, mind you, because the safety of others and yourself is always top priority. Then, once you've made the required progress, you get nack into the middle lane so as not to block the progress of the rest of traffic, and when your journey is over you get back into the right lane for your exit.

[@MelusineWinter]

That's not an American Highway, haha. American highways are chaos and aggression and everyone doing whatever they want without giving a flying fart about the wellbeing of others. What you describe is a German Autobahn :)

[@miaferrari958]

I'm waiting for the day when people realize that the whole trans debate has gone far beyond the individual and is becoming a systemic problem. Do I mind an actual trans woman using the restrooms assigned to me, a "cis" woman? No. And I know trans women are safer there, so I in fact support it. Do I mind the fact that the topic has become so politically sensitive that literally any man can legally change his gender to female and therefore be legally allowed to get into women's bathrooms (or sports, or even jail)? Yes. Because institutions are starting to see gender as such an abstract concept that apparently now you don't need any kind of psychological assessment in order to be considered a different gender. And *that* is not ok. I don't mind trans women in "my" spaces. I mind that any man can lie about it because questioning anyone's claim about their gender makes you a transphobic piece of sh*t. Whether people under 18 should be allowed to transition is not remotely as important as how much transsexualism can and is being misdiagnosed, and how much parents can influence the most impressionable minds into life-altering surgeries and medication, which again, we can't question because that makes us "bad people". The legal and social system that is currently in place regarding transsexualism would be laughable if it wasn't so potentially harmful, and it's already being misused and exploited. Buck Angel said it best in an interview, in case you're interested in a transsexual man's opinion on the subject.

[@rfurthegamer3412]

I’m sorry, but do you think that creeps transitioning is a big problem? And like, if they’re willing to change their gender, well… they’ll be willing to do less.

[@EveryoneWhoUsesThisTV]

@rfurthegamer3412 Creeps are willing to sneak into women's changing rooms to install cameras, despite the risk. Much easier to put on a dress and just walk in, you don't need to 'change gender' you just need to say you're a woman for as long as it gives you an advantage. Many people are cut-throat competitive and always looking for an edge, if they can make buck or gain resources by declaring themselves a woman for a few minutes or months, they obviously will! Progressives are full of well-meaning policies that can obviously be exploited by the enterprising bastard, a little bit of bastard-proofing would go a long way to win over hearts and minds on these kinds of issues.... :)

[@pigeonsil240sx]

anyone who stands for their beleifs even as the establishment forces you to bend the knee is extremely strong. those who hate her for not bending the knee to the cult are vile people and all who bent the knee while not agreeing with it are weak cowards

[@hayleylongster4698]

Agreed. I keep saying it but more discussion and wordplay is not the answer here. Action based upon objective reality is. Well, as far as legal recourse can constitute 'action' I suppose 😊

[@dewulfe9913]

Excellent breakdown, love the effort to go further into the details and indeed provide those on screen for the audience's better understanding of the situation. It's kind of old news but would be interested in seeing what you would do in this style on Gina Carano, if you had an inclination to cover that.

[@edpistemic]

If you are not capable of listening to someone else's argument when it's put in a civil way then no one should have to listen to you.

[@psychopompous3207]

This question doesn't even need to be asked.

[@guillermoelnino]

men can not become women

[@hatuletoh]

It is unfortunate whenever one group who has long been denied recognition and rights demands the dimunition of the rights and recognition of another such group. And it's equally unfortunate when people who have historically defended their positions through research and science are so willing to throw out those foundational pillars, whose power is based in their neutrality (when correctly handled), when they no longer entirely support particular positions.

[@ikkespillendekarakter3924]

She's a hero.... Crazy ppl should be ignored.

[@GreenKnight2001]

Rowling isn't controversial in the real world. Only in the Twitter-centric echo chamber.

[@NormieNerddom]

The only thing she did wrong was refusing to toe the party line when it became unreasonable. And that's something the cult cannot abide.

[@dr.wongburger2947]

I'm quite an admirer of JK, she's strong, brave, and intelligent, rather attractive for an older lady too. She's a self-made success and should seen as a rolemodel, yet the society that apparently champions strong women only wants to shun her.

[@Kevin_Street]

Thank you for a very interesting and well researched video. I've no stake in this debate, but the level of anger that's often expressed at JK Rowling is disturbing, particularly considering how popular and well loved her books have been for a whole generation. The thought that someone so liked could now be thought of as evil after a few Tweets (or really a series of Tweets) is a warning to all of us on the limits of free speech.

[@ryanbollinger1759]

So you consider speaking hateful and oppressive remarks as “free speech”? Hate speech and free speech aren’t the same thing. It’s the same with race. If you’re gonna go out and say “X race of people are terrible and shouldn’t be allowed in X place because they’re horrible and not people” That’s not free speech my guy.

[@TheLincolnrailsplitt]

Weak sauce, Chamberlain. Rowlings views are "legitimate"? I stand with Rowling on this matter. The trans activitists' attacks against her are odious.

[@hayleylongster4698]

I fear C is one of the famous fence sitters of twitter. All views are 'legitimate' but none are correct. All are worthy of an ear, but none of licence. That way you see, he can be 'nuanced' without ever being wrong. Or brave.

[@TwistedSecrets777]

Their is no way in hell ever in the history of Gaming that this boycott will work and its already to late for them now want to know why YOU CANNOT FIGHT HATE WITH HATE. These people have spent so much time attacking people online that wanted to stream this game and even Verbally assaulted them. This game is 100 years pre harry potter and atm Dumbledore is 9 years old they can take this game in sooo many directions directions haters can kiss my ass I am going to play the game because I love Open world games not because of boo hoo Social Media o.o

[@jwb_666]

We love free speech and diverse opinions as long as you say what we deem acceptable and share our opinion. I hate modernity

[@Lunk42]

Short answer: Yes Long answer: Yes

[@censortube3778]

To all the commentors who are supporting Rowling but claiming she's not 'transphobic', I would ask that you stop accepting the narrative that one must not be that thing. If you don't agree with men going into female bathrooms and into female sports, then they will call you 'phobic' and you should embrace it as a badge of honour

[@thevarietychannelofyoutube4769]

We'd love it if you guys stopped gaslighting about not being transphobic

[@nicholasmartin534]

@@thevarietychannelofyoutube4769 I don't believe he was saying anything about not being transphobic. He's saying to wear it as a badge of honor, and to not be concerned about being called that. Do you believe that biological men should be allowed to go into women's bathrooms and compete in female sports?

[@thevarietychannelofyoutube4769]

@@nicholasmartin534 Yeah, I'm actually agreeing with him that people who hold these views should be honest about it rather then lying in an attempt to trick people on the fence. Also, to answer your question. I don't know enough about the sports thing to give a good response but I think trans women should be allowed to play womens sports as long as they are at a point in their transition when they do not have a biological advantage(I genuinely have no idea which side is right and need to research this) and I think trans people should be able to use women's bathrooms because 1. the idea that people who would go into a women's bathroom to do something illegal are waiting for someone to give them permission to do so is absurd. 2. I am not convinced of the idea that most trans women just look like men and don't actually look like women. Addressing the two arguments against this that I've heard people use

[@rfurthegamer3412]

Thought this was like, good but no it’s worse. Good bait and switch

[@nicholasmartin534]

@@rfurthegamer3412 How so? What do you mean?

[@CEWIII9873]

Echo I say this with all respect: No sh it. Anyone who has followed this issue is aware of this already.

[@spodergibbs5088]

And? He’s commentating on it.

[@CEWIII9873]

@@spodergibbs5088 "and?" You are "commentating on it."

[@spodergibbs5088]

@@CEWIII9873 Why did you write “anyone who has followed this issue is aware of this already” ?

[@CEWIII9873]

@@spodergibbs5088 I guess I will have to remember the next time I am crawling off your m om.

[@Vldrd]

@@CEWIII9873ro I say this with all respect No shit 💀

[@squatchfromearth4076]

I bought it because fuck em all, I don't even like Harry Potter that much

[@mostevil1082]

The argument that because JKRs points aren't always given in the most diplomatic fashion diminishes her position in any way should only be countenanced if the trans activists were flawless diplomatic and balanced. I'm yet to see them be reasonable measured or kind. From my observataions it seems to be largely a group of agressive narcissists demanding we all take an active part in their fetish while they mob and attack any women who aren't scared of them. Anyone who seeks to change the rules by changing the meaning of language is acting dishonestly and shouldn't be taken at face value.

[@nathat4250]

Is the view that women are a feeling in men's heads rather than full human beings legitimate?

[@hayleylongster4698]

Well said.

[@hayleylongster4698]

I mean, maybe it is. But only in the abstract sense. Not in the sense that it could get me raped in prison.

[@rfurthegamer3412]

No. No one thinks that. God this is stupid like, godamn how much of a straw man can you get. Trans men exist btw

[@someoneelse1904]

Brilliant video Xr. Chamberlain

[@Imsuper656]

The game is well on it's way to be the biggest selling game of all time!

[@notthegreatestdetective]

this is one of those things where, for me at least, its scary to say anything, especially things everyone else isn't saying, or in exactly the right way they want to hear it. i'm no wordsmith, i wouldn't dare say anything, knowing full well i could never express myself properly, but i will say, there's a term called cognitive dissonance, and i think it really comes into play with issues like these

[@Karras353]

I think possibly that in receiving such negativity for fairly moderate stances on the subject of gender, Rowling has been pushed further towards the more bigoted end of the spectrum. I think there is a case to be made that her views have skewed more towards the extreme over time but maybe this was not inevitable if we could just have an open conversation in the first place, instead of treating everyone who does not immediately agree with us as the enemy. Regarding Hogwarts Legacy though, it does not take all that many trans people wanting to play the game to undermine their point.

[@hamishblennerhassett370]

How patronising. Yes, you can "acknowledge her", he grants. How magnanamous you are.

[@hayleylongster4698]

Indeed. (Unsubbed? Prob not, I still like this guy) Some issues are so uncomplicated as to not even BE issues for the vast majority of people until a tiny minority make them so by whining incessantly about every goddamn thing until we all acquiesce to their narcissistic desire to Be Acknowledged in all aspects of life. We don't need 'nuance' here. We need cold hard reality like a brick to the face.

[@TheAlphaLegionnaire]

Everyone has opinions and it’s impossible to align with everyone else’s. As well, you grow over the course of your life. My advise is stay off Twitter. Yesterday’s mistake isn’t so easily forgotten by an angry mob.

[@hayleylongster4698]

The thing to do is get banned and then your evil tweets can't ever be found again by your average internet normie 😂

[@timog7358]

jk has a nuanced view and we can’t have that in today’s world

[@scionofdorn9101]

Gender dysphoria is prevalent among the transsexual community, and it is listed in the DSM-5 (and by the American Psychiatric Association and National Library of Medicine, among others) as a psychiatric condition. To pretend and/or protest otherwise is to lie. Biological sex is also a scientific, medical fact. To pretend or protest otherwise is to lie. To excoriate Rowling for speaking medical facts is to be a liar, hypocrite, and witch-hunter in the worst context of the phrase. When your ideology and preferred identity takes precedence over medical science, you are in the wrong, period. Humans whom produce sperm gametes (or have the organs to do so; testicles) are men. People whom produce egg gametes (or have the organs to do so; ovaries) are women; also known as male and female. It really is that simple. Even if said individuals have an illness or birth defect that renders said organs ineffectual (sterility for instance), they are still dominantly one of two sexes, even among intersex people; from Encyclopedia Britannica: hermaphroditism, the condition of having both male and female reproductive organs. Hermaphroditic plants-most flowering plants, or angiosperms-are called monoecious, or bisexual. Hermaphroditic animals-mostly invertebrates such as worms, bryozoans (moss animals), trematodes (flukes), snails, slugs, and barnacles-are usually parasitic, slow-moving, or permanently attached to another animal or plant. In humans, conditions that involve discrepancies between external genitalia and internal reproductive organs are described by the term intersex. Intersex conditions are sometimes also referred to as disorders of sexual development (DSDs). Such conditions are extremely rare in humans. In ovotesticular disorder (sometimes also called true hermaphroditism), an individual has both ovarian and testicular tissue. The ovarian and testicular tissue may be separate, or the two may be combined in what is called an ovotestis. Affected individuals have sex chromosomes showing male-female mosaicism (where one individual possesses both the male XY and female XX chromosome pairs). Most often, but not always, the chromosome complement is 46,XX, and in every such individual there also exists evidence of Y chromosomal material on one of the autosomes (any of the 22 pairs of chromosomes other than the sex chromosomes). Individuals with a 46,XX chromosome complement usually have ambiguous external genitalia with a sizable phallus and are therefore often reared as males. However, they develop breasts during puberty and menstruate and in only rare cases actually produce sperm. In 46,XX intersex (female pseudohermaphroditism), individuals have male external genitalia but the chromosomal constitution and reproductive organs of a female. In 46,XY (male pseudohermaphroditism), individuals have ambiguous or female external genitalia but the chromosomal constitution and reproductive organs of a male, though the testes may be malformed or absent. Nowhere is it mentioned that just because you feel like you SHOULD be a male or a female does it biologically mean you are one. That does not mean you should be treated as anything less than human.

[@NarcissistAU]

Exceptional work. Our predisposition toward binary thinking is, in my opinion, the single greatest threat we face, followed closely by our apparent inability to communicate effectively. Sadly we appear to be slipping backwards, away from any hope of conquering such.

[@hayleylongster4698]

The trouble of course being that nature is binary. The natural world IS binary.

[@NarcissistAU]

In what sense? Do you mean gender or life and death or something else? Sorry, nature is broad and I'm a bit lost. :$

[@hayleylongster4698]

@@NarcissistAU In the sense that there basically two sexes in the whole animal and plant kingdom. A male and a female, in whatever form. An organism that self replicates and is therefore sexless is not the norm.

[@NarcissistAU]

@@hayleylongster4698 Ah, that's sort of my point, I'm not talking about gender (where if you're talking exclusively about mammals then you're largely spot on), I'm saying there are more than two intellectual positions or beliefs on this or any issue. Philosophy, politics, or any other construct should not be constrained by an artificial adherence to 'you're either with me or against me' mindset, it's not a football match with two sides, there's usually a spectrum. In this instance of the trans debate, I for instance believe in supreme bodily autonomy for adults, you want to modify yourself or put whatever drugs or foods into yourself, or call yourself whatever, I think you should be able to. Go to town, it's your body, I don't have any right to tell you what to do with it insofar as you're not using it to harm someone else. That said, I don't believe a child should be granted the same autonomy when it comes to physiological modification. To me the risks do not outweigh the benefits for my kids, but once they come of age it's their call. In the meantime, if it comes to it, then as far as I'm concerned they can call themselves whatever and wear whatever and behave whatever, so long as they're happy and not hurting anyone else I consider that a win. Now, according to the screamers on both sides, I am both pro- and anti- trans. This is idiotic to me. It's not as simple as one or the other, and anyone who claims it is is selling something or otherwise profiting from division and discord. The whole left Vs right concept has been bastardised to the point it's nothing but a con at this point, a diversion from addressing the root causes, designed to keep us split in two teams that constantly fight over quibbling differences with no opportunity to actually recognise nuance and work toward consensus. I'm just sick of it, we're getting nowhere in any of these issues, let alone the big stuff. Today they come for me, tomorrow they come for you, and around and around it goes. This is what I mean when I curse binary thinking, I'm not talking about gender or sex. But hey, it's just my opinion. EDIT - Punctuation.

[@Vesnicie]

I don't trust anyone who makes no appeal to my intellect, my interests or my ethics.

[@hayleylongster4698]

What about those who aren't trying to appeal to you at ALL, but simply to state REALITY? . Why should anyone with sense have to 'appeal' to YOUR judgement before saying something??

[@Vesnicie]

@@hayleylongster4698 Because the balance of individual judgment and reality is always just that: a balance. Certain facts have been so well proven that they can and should be stated as reality. Such statements are still, however, appeals to intellect. If truth is disseminated only by fiat, it becomes brittle and actually more prone to abuse because it inspires resentment without comprehension. The crazy converse of all this is what we're all being treated to these days with demonstrable stupidity getting paraded as the new "truth". This is also done by fiat. The purveyors of the new way don't respect any of us as thinking, feeling, perceiving individuals. Political opposites crease to have any meaning because they share a remarkably similar fixation with the exercise of authoritarian power. What they claim to believe is less important than the will to make you believe it, than the prevailing assumption that you are not fundamentally an individual invested with personal dignity and civil liberties and therefore worthy of being appealed to on some level.

[@hayleylongster4698]

@@Vesnicie Ok, I feel you. But it's really not as complicated as all that. What we're dealing with here is narcissism and you can't appeal to that, and it will never try to appeal to you.

[@rfurthegamer3412]

I can’t tell who you’re talking about.

[@manoz6194]

There are greater issues than trans issues that affect everyone.

[@MultiCommissar]

The game is woke, Rowling has been and remains woke, so it comes to no surprise that the grown children who base their entire personality on the aesthetic of her mediocre children's books, become completely rabid when their now previous patron saint doesn't perpetually radicalize like they do.

[@NebLleb]

OI! Piss off you obsessive anti-SJW!

[@mikespearwood3914]

@@NebLleb Hit a nerve?

[@johnord684]

You ok hon,skin to thin?

[@hayleylongster4698]

You are correct. I was and have never been a Rowling fan. Her work is derivative, though well written. But in her I see The Old World trying to defend itself against The New World- and on that point I stand completely with her.

[@TheLincolnrailsplitt]

This is an excellent response.

[@thomasdoubting]

I don't know the ins and outs of this debate, so I thought of an analogy: If the game was based on the Narnia books by http: C. S. Lewis, an outspoken christian. Would be able to play and enjoy the game knowing that *_Lewis_* WANTED ME TO BURN IN HELL!?⁉️ No, no I would not. Her is _my_ Line in the sand: "Be good to one another or fock off." The Gospel according to Thomas Doubting 1:1

[@MaxP_88]

Rowling literally supports trans people LMAO stop saying things she never said

[@TheGrimReapTM]

finally a good video about this

[@reidsimpson4213]

Are any views "legitimate?" Under what arbitrary moral guidelines?

[@hajimehinata8967]

what’s conflicting me is she is legitimate even if she wasn’t nice, but why are you trying to defend her when you don’t believe the patriarchy/misogyny exists?

[@mariner7634]

I respect peoples rights to opinions, and believe we should tolerate other's rights to express these opinions when they differ from our own. To me, it's not a question of who is right, who is wrong, what is moraly good and what is moraly wrong. It's an issue of free expression and constructive communication in the public sphere. If a portion of society wants to deconstruct gender norms, it's alright. I'm very opposed to the concept. Yet, my opposition isn't an attack, and isn't intolerant because of it. Any opinion that claim an undisputable moral high ground and shamelessly attacks dissidence is a cancer to our democracy and freedom.

[@Bonygasse]

thank you for this! Thank you!

[@kingjay6009]

Hogwarts legacy is one of the beat games I've played in years!... oh it feels good to be free from idiotic rhetoric 😊

[@Nightbreed24]

She was insufferable during the migrant crisis, this is the only thing I agree with her on.

[@MichaelHolloway]

'I disagree with you; so away with you!' smart fascism

[@that1chickinFL]

Agree with her? Well... Men can't be women and vice versa. So there's that.

[@clonecommando-cn6bo]

She shouldn’t have stepped in the radioactive waste dump that is the woke

[@1vaneligbruker]

8:50 if she had read the article she would have know that the article wasn't exclusive about people that define them self as women

[@Ride-Tahoe]

spot on

[@paulnorton4131]

I don't have a problem with her.

[@fruitbat4429]

Very nuanced and fair commentary.

[@pigeonsil240sx]

forcing others to go along with your beleifs seems pretty evil

[@thevarietychannelofyoutube4769]

Because of course, a conservative would see someone as a victim for being called a transphobe and getting criticism but see someone as a snowflake for being offended by someone fighting against their rights. You people are sick

[@rfurthegamer3412]

Wow, it can’t be. A same person!

[@rfurthegamer3412]

Sane*

[@iyziejane]

The problem with "facts don't care about your feelings", is that many groups have their feelings protected from the facts. Don't talk about 2% of the population that is overrepresented in media, finance, law, and politics. Don't tell truths about women or other races either. All those things will get you banned right off YT. So the idea that trans people are untoucheable is ironic: we are one of the most popular groups to criticize and mock, and we always have been, and it's very much allowed in this high-censorship time period. Jews, women, blacks, all these groups are more untoucheable and negative comments will be banned, but negative comments about trans people are left up for discussion. I'd be happy to move to a more truth focused world but all I see are hypocrites throwing stones from glass houses.

[@tylerthomas9113]

I'll teach you to take dr. Choppin Wang seriously

[@juliang.grottes2775]

Bruh i love janacek 🔥🔥🔥

[@VicariousReality7]

Ahhh democracy, the best tool dictators ever invented.

[@nathanporrata9274]

The trans exclusive part is legitimate. The radical feminist part is not

[@rfurthegamer3412]

In what way? She’s not a feminist? And if so, what way again? You don’t think feminism exists? You think she doesn’t count?

[@nathanporrata9274]

@@rfurthegamer3412 her radical feminist views are shit. Her trans exclusionary ones are on point

[@613-shadow9]

i got an ad for a trans picture book before this. nice.

[@rfurthegamer3412]

Good for you, I’ve heard horror stories stories of transphobic ads being shown to people.

[@gabo6621]

Amazing video!

[@laraprisma6381]

I don't like her as she is quite open about her dislike of trans people in a derogatory way, and doesn't seem to be apologetic about her bigoted actions. You don't have to agree with most things relaxed about the trans community, but disrespecting their identity is not the answer even if you don't understand. I do not agree with the constant harassment of people who play this game, trans allies and people in the trans and lgbt community have been unfairly attacked because of this hatred! I wouldn't support the game, but I also wouldn't attack gamers when they just want to play a game based on an IP they like! I was never a big fan of Harry Potter, and I didn't need to know about her transphobia to not care. she's not a respectful and understanding person, but compared to worse people in the world, she's just pathetic.

[@hayleylongster4698]

People have every right to 'disrespect' another's 'identity'. In the old days, this was simply called Not Liking Someone. It was often uncomfortable and sometimes turned nasty. But it was never illegal.

[@hayleylongster4698]

Also what 'bigoted actions' has she committed? I don't see her travelling to a TRA's house, whose details she got from doxxing them, before posting a handwritten (in blood ;p) rape threat through their letterbox. I don't see her battering grandmas at protests.

[@TheLincolnrailsplitt]

Triggered. She has every right to defend biological women's rights and dignity.

[@ralfl.k.5636]

We have women, men and 3rd Gender, like 2 Zwo Spirit established in 2SLGBTQIA+

[@guillermoelnino]

mental illness is not a gender. there are only 2. get over it.

[@rfurthegamer3412]

Zoe spirit? And there’s no 2s

[@ralfl.k.5636]

@@rfurthegamer3412 Canadia: The acronym “2SLGBTQ” stands for Two-Spirit, lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer (or questioning). Special rules ...

[@johnstrawb3521]

Can I say, without prejudice, that Rowling is a simply awful writer? And the Potter movies may actually be worse.

[@spodergibbs5088]

Explain

[@guillermoelnino]

Gee I wonder when you started having this opinion. Was it recently? LOL

[@spodergibbs5088]

@@guillermoelnino explain

[@hayleylongster4698]

I think she's a decent writer. But her subject matter is extremely derivative- she rips off all the other classic fantasy writers with impunity and the main premise for Harry Potter was actually a direct lift of The Worst Witch (a v popular book series from the 80s/90s about a school for witches). However, this debate isn't about whether her cultural status is merited.

[@hayleylongster4698]

And yes, the films are terrible, unwatchable dreck.

[@nevetstrevel4711]

You left a lot out. Like a lot

[@rfurthegamer3412]

Mainly the actual reason why she’s transphobic, and that the hate mob… is just like 50 arseholes who think bullying is ok..