[ SECRET POST #6139 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #6139 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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[Welcome Home]



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05. [SPOILERS for Our Flag Means Death]




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06. [WARNING for discussion of transphobia, etc]




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[Translation: "I wish there were more Welsh language TV shows and films"]

























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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

There is absolutely some hyperbole when people discuss what she's said or written (and likely a fair amount of misinformation, I'm not really sure anyone can get away from that in this day and age). However, she is a very rich woman with a wide platform and is actively contributing towards the bigoted rhetoric against trans people. I mean, she said she'd take prison time over compelled speech and forced denial of reality (in reference to a possibility of making gender identity attacks criminal offenses). https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1714378231753617583

[(Anonymous)]

I'm struggling to see how that's the incorrect position to take.

Putting aside the fact that people can and do lie about their identities, and can adopt them for any number of reasons apart from literally being that identity, it's simply not possible to legislate away the dislike or hatred of other people, and attempts to do so invariably wind up infringing upon other sets of rights. It's also the case that, the more people are prevented from speaking about or saying certain things, the more a not-insignificant portion of them become convinced that something nefarious is being obscured, and adopt a paranoid style toward those behind the restrictions. This is the real power of free speech: while it's uncomfortable, it softens backlashes, because everything is out there in the open, for everyone to see. It limits space for the development of paranoia, which is very, very dangerous when it takes hold of a group.