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(07-21-2021, 12:45 PM)Wes Mantooth Wrote: Tell that to those on the left that are sending JK Rowling death threats for statements like these:

“If sex isn’t real, there’s no same-sex attraction. If sex isn’t real, the lived reality of women globally is erased. I know and love trans people, but erasing the concept of sex removes the ability of many to meaningfully discuss their lives. It isn’t hate to speak the truth,” she tweeted. “The idea that women like me, who’ve been empathetic to trans people for decades, feeling kinship because they’re vulnerable in the same way as women—i.e., to male violence—‘hate’ trans people because they think sex is real and has lived consequences—is a nonsense.”

She continued, “I respect every trans person’s right to live any way that feels authentic and comfortable to them. I’d march with you if you were discriminated against on the basis of being trans. At the same time, my life has been shaped by being female. I do not believe it’s hateful to say so.”

Or this: https://www.jkrowling.com/opinions/j-k-rowling-writes-about-her-reasons-for-speaking-out-on-sex-and-gender-issues/

I'm not sure she could be more clear.  She says that she supports trans people but there is a difference between the lived experiences of a biological woman and a trans woman.  One could come up with any number of things to describe this scientifically.  Yet it doesn't matter to these people.

There's been a ton of different articles written attacking this woman, 100x the amount of tweets doing the same, people getting rid of and even burning her books, the actors in her films denouncing her, and even Stephen King weighing in against her. 

And this didn't happened to some woman on the right, whose known to be controversial on LGBTQ issues.  This is a woman who's been one of their biggest and most vocal supporters these last 2 decades.  The entire Harry Potter series is filled with inlcusionary messages.  The left is eating itself here, all because she dared to differentiate between sex and gender.

OK. First, I want to mention that Rowling first supported Maya Forstater in her right to refer to transgender women as men. Who tried to argue that misgendering in that way should count as protected speech, which, well, is imho a questionable take, and a questionable hill to die on for Rowling. Rowling also claimed that transgenders using women's toilets opens the door to all men doing so. She also later wrote a book where a crossdresser is a murderer. There's a bit more to the Rowling story than just these tweets.

That being said, I have to agree with your overall point. Extreme wokeness is an infection that spreads through the media and celebrity world and reaches ridiculous proportions. And after reading up on the whole Rowling controversy (thanks for that...), I see no reason to be so extremely appalled by her or burn her books and whatnot. Death threats, there of course is zero justification for that in any case. (But these usually are only certain individuals, and as often stated, there are idiots throughout the whole political spectrum.)

Your overall everyday leftist, however, usually is not really a part of this culture of extreme wokeness. Being left does not mean burning Rowling books. Well, maybe it's geting out of hand a bit. As stated, I can see your point here. But even if, reaching the conclusion that the left no longer knows what the male and female sex is supposed to be is quite a stretch.