Can Someone Help Me Here?

[ToraToraTora]

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53002557
I've read this over and over and I still can't figure out what JKR has done "wrong".

[SparklyKid]

Done nothing wrong. Women menstruate, men do not, simples.

[Ken4155]

This has been going on for a good few days, TTT. Apparently JKR spoke of 'those who menstruate' which was seen by some as a slur on Transpeople? Can't really say I understand, or care, for that matter.

[retrocop]

She just says Men cannot be naturally female or share all the same physical functions.

[SparklyKid]

Transpeople, what a ridiculous word.

[ToraToraTora]

ah, I see, she's being attacked for being correct. Well I must say I'm encouraged by her view on this. As a Noo Layba luvvie I'd assumed she was a card carrying member of TROB. Well done Jo. No doubt you'll never get a statue but look on the bright side, they can't pull it down can they!

[Ken4155]

I think the original debate that sparked comments was on the sharing of space - toilets, changing rooms, etc.

[Mamyalynne]

I don't see what she has said as wrong, it is based on her life experiences - I may nor agree with all she says but that's totally different and I wouldn't lambast her for her views.

None of us would get 100% backing in the wider public eye for our views and that is as it should be, a personal choice.

[Gherkins]

I think the Harry Potter actors should be ashamed of themselves. To publicly speak against an author who made them who they are today... Where would they be without Rowling?

They have twisted her words to imply she is saying something that she is not whilst she is opening up about her past, publicly.

How would those who don't menstruate ever comprehend the situation, mentally and physically, of those who do.

People always like to make something out of nothing. They want people to think that they themselves are perfect because they are calling someone out who may not be.

Back in my day they were known as busybodies.

[Spicerack]

She's being hoist by her own petard.

[Ken4155]

Gherkins; she has only just made her own experiences public. She made the menstruation comments much earlier.

[andy-hughes]

What got my gears grinding was Daniel Radcliffe chiming in and saying that he didn't agree with Ms. Rowling, and he hoped her views didn't sour their enjoyment of her Harry Potter novels.

Note to Mr Radcliffe - you are an actor who simply played the character she invented, and if you hadn't done it, someone else would have!

Try and remember who the talent is, before offering your opinions as though you are somehow connected - you're not.

[andy-hughes]

Spicerack - // She's being hoist by her own petard. //

Being trolled for expressing a personal view does not equate to being hoist by her own petard, are you sure you know what the phrase means?

The fact that you use it incorrectly suggests that you do not.

[royfromaus]

Ken, JKR has been having this battle for a long time now.

[royfromaus]

I'm sure Spicerack knows what it means.

A little know fact...someone is not wrong because you tell them they are, andy.

[Spicerack]

She's always been achingly 'right on', trying and succeeding in getting other people deplatformed and silenced.
All jolly good fun.
Now it's turned around to bite her on the bum and she's none too happy about it.
While it's true I'm no literary genius like yourself, andy, I think I know when someone has been hoisted by their own petard.

[douglas9401]

What does Will Riker's commanding officer have to do with anything?

[andy-hughes]

roy - // I'm sure Spicerack knows what it means. //

Based on his improper use of the term, I'm not so sure, but never mind.

// A little know fact...someone is not wrong because you tell them they are, andy. //

I would never suggest that they are - but don't let that stop you following me round the site looking for a fight - again.

[mushroom25]

Jean-Luc Petard you mean?

[ToraToraTora]

here's a petard if it helps
https://polination.files.wordpress.com/2018/05/petard.jpg?w=300&h=331

[douglas9401]

You'll have to excuse me, mushroom, one of the smaller boys thinks he's being bullied, I'd better sort it out.