Do they? I never heard  a non-LGBT person  complain about JK Rowling's transphobic tweets. Most of them are just neutral. 

Is their support sincere? 

They do not, but our society is extremely, extremely transphobic, so that’s clearly reflected in the people.

They don't. Most are not even aware of her remarks

The vast majority of people have no idea about it

Harry Potter is such a big franchise that most people don't even know trans issues exist.

3 minutes ago, Technicolor said:

They don't. Most are not even aware of her remarks

Pretty much. Talked to my sister who is a huge HP fan and is barely on social media - and she pretty much had no idea except she "heard" something about JK Rowling not liking pronouns or something.

 

And that's not that surprising. If you're not arms deep in social media you probably dont know the extent. US news barely touched on it unlike the UK where it seems to be a bigger deal. 

I haven’t heard anyone complain about it outside of Twitter tbh  

But what about those WHO DO KNOW.

I did hear some remakes from random people that’s she transphobic but nobody cares that much in sense that they would boycott her. I personally don’t think that she’s transphobic. 

2 minutes ago, Cheers said:

I haven’t heard anyone complain about it outside of Twitter tbh  

Really?? 
 

 

most straight people don’t care but some do.  My parents are honestly fuming about her.  

9 minutes ago, AintNoOtherMe said:

I did hear some remakes from random people that’s she transphobic but nobody cares that much in sense that they would boycott her. I personally don’t think that she’s transphobic. 

Same

13 minutes ago, AintNoOtherMe said:

I did hear some remakes from random people that’s she transphobic but nobody cares that much in sense that they would boycott her. I personally don’t think that she’s transphobic. 

 

3 minutes ago, RussianRoulette said:

Same

She does not believe trans women are women. And only supports transition (with more complex stages) for a minority percentage of trans people.

Genuine counter question: Do a majority of gay people? 

 

You forget that a lot of gays are secretly transphobic, if not outwardly.

3 minutes ago, RussianRoulette said:

Same.

47 minutes ago, Technicolor said:

They don't. Most are not even aware of her remarks

This is so true. I only know about it because I've read the threads about it here. I can't recall hearing anything about her views on trans outside of ATRL until the release of Hogwarts Legacy, and the gaming press started writing about it.

She doesn't seem to be against trans women but instead she's against the idea of trans women sharing the same things as other women. (Like sports) Which to be fair, it's a very complex subject that should be left to women to decide for themselves. But watch the gay men in ATRL decide for them what to wear and how to feel and then complain about patriarchal our society is and how trash hetero cis men are.

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No and neither do the majority of non straight people 

Nope. I honestly think it's not uncommon, even in very developed nations, to find people who don't know what "trans" is.

 

What you'll find is that older branches of "feminism" will continue to attempt a stranglehold over women's issues while sexism continues to rise amongst youth thanks to dangerous madmen influencers and the like. The end result will be younger girls being apathetic over feminist causes. 

 

Obviously trans people are affected by transphobia, but I think we'll find in 5, maybe 10 years, a lot of studies pointing out how detrimental these discussions were to young cis girls in particular. We're going to raise a generation of girls who don't know their worth and who are scared of being aligned with "feminists" because they can't get a handle on feminism for all. 

3 minutes ago, Black Umbrella said:

She doesn't seem to be against trans women

 

 

How can people still think this in 2023. If it was only about her thinking its not fair for trans women to compete against biological women then that would be one thing, as I and many other liberal people agree with that.

 

But she is obsessed with trans women and has made it clear she hates them. 

22 minutes ago, Machete said:

Genuine counter question: Do a majority of gay people? 

 

You forget that a lot of gays are secretly transphobic, if not outwardly.

Yeah there are many transphobic gays on here alone, exhibit A:

22 minutes ago, RussianRoulette said:

Same.

 

Majority of straight people do not believe she is transphobic.

Same as the majority of gay people.

1 hour ago, Technicolor said:

They don't. Most are not even aware of her remarks

This. You'd be surprised how many people don't give a **** unless it affects them personally. 

No.

 

I feel as if she was the wrong enemy to fight, honestly. Had she not been called out in the first place, her ego wouldn't be bruised enough to go as far as donate money to support transphobic political groups (or whoever she's been giving her money to).

Yes surprisingly, there’s a doctor I work for who was talking unfavorably about her because of it when it came up in convo during a case

i dont feel like people truly care about it, no. like its been stated before, a lot of people dont even know about it and probably more than half of the people that do know about it dont care

Just now, Hurem said:

No.

 

I feel as if she was the wrong enemy to fight, honestly. Had she not been called out in the first place, her ego wouldn't be bruised enough to go as far as donate money to support transphobic political groups (or whoever she's been giving her money to).

I can see this point of view because emotionally I can see how attacks drove her into a corner. She doubled down in the face of what were initially disproportionate attacks and threats years ago.

 

But in the end she has responsibility for her own actions and until she relents her TERF activism I don't think she deserves much sympathy. I guarantee you she has had many people try to reach out to her in good faith by now, and she's ignored them.