JK Rowling Share Anti-Trans Tweet, Fans Criticise Rowling After Her Tweet
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According to the media and resources, JK Rowling has indeed been into a fresh Twitter feud. After remarking on proposed legislation certainly by Police Scotland. That would enable male assailants to disguise themselves as women.
The writer has received backlash on Twitter. For remarks, she made on a Sunday Times news piece in which she used a George Orwell quote.
Police Scotland Proposes New Law
Police Scotland is certainly contemplating enabling male assailants. To identify as women in instances of sexual crimes and suspected attacks by mid-2022, as per The Scottish Sun.
Those who’ve been in conviction, as per the article, will allow to self-identify. Without the necessity for official sexual orientation certificates.
“The gender classification of persons who comes into touch. The authorities will be dependent on how they appear or how they self-declare. Which really is compatible with the ideals of the institution,” Detective Superintendent Fil Capaldi stated. Unless it is relevant to any inquiry with which they are associated, Police Scotland does not demand any documentation or certifications. As verification of birth sex or gender identification besides a person’s self-declaration”. Police Scotland acknowledged in response to a freedom of information act demand. Further, In summer 2021 that even a “male who self-identifies as a woman… would’ve been anticipated to be classified as female on public documentation.”
Jk Rowling Tweets Explained
JK Rowling however retweeted an article from The Sunday Times in response to Police Scotland’s proposed rule. Police Scotland has been chastised over the proposed law, according to the story.
“War is Peace,” the Harry Potter author remarked on Twitter after sharing the post. Slavery is the opposite of freedom. Ignorance is a powerful weapon. The person who rape you is a woman who is imprison”. Rowling’s comments sparked a firestorm of criticism on Twitter. With some condemning the author’s take on the subject.
Moreover, Rowling mentioned George Orwell in her Twitter post, who said in the first chapter of his book “1984”. “War is peace/freedom is slavery [and] ignorance is strength,” which Poetic Techniques define as “the actuality of embracing two mutually conflicting views as accurate at the same time.”
It is certainly not the first time Rowling has generated controversy over her views on transgender people.
Maya Forstater, who has battle to get “gender critical” ideas recognize under the Equality Act. Received backing from the Harry Potter writer in a 2019 Post on Twitter. According to prior accounts, Rowling reportedly wrote a lengthy essay regarding trans rights groups.
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