JK Rowling Refuses To Apologize For ‘Transphobic’ Comments

I must admit, even though I don’t agree with her political stances, I find her moral stance on this issue to be admirable.

(Get ready for my rant at the bottom – now, let’s hop on the crazy train, whee!)

LGBTQ advocacy group @glaad says they reached out to @jk_rowling's PR team and offered to facilitate an off-the-record discussion between the best-selling author and members of the trans community. Rowling’s reps declined. More here: https://t.co/77D6sR8Ldm

— Adam B. Vary (@adambvary) December 19, 2019

The Daily Wire reported:

Last week, The Daily Wire reported that author J.K. Rowling was smeared as a “transphobe” and threatened with being “canceled” because she spoke out in support of researcher Maya Forstater, who was fired from her job with the Centre for Global Development for saying that while transgender individuals can change their outward appearance, male-to-female transgenders remain male and can never be, biologically, “women.”

It really is sad to see the climate of scientific truth take such a subjective stance.

If freedom of speech is truly ever ‘free’ so long as it never hurts anyone’s feelings, then the very definition of freedom becomes too fluid to ever have a civil discussion anyways.

The Daily Wire also reported:

GLAAD has been among Rowling’s most vocal critics, often saying on social media that Rowling is putting transgender individuals “at risk” because she refuses to believe men can be considered women for the purposes of things like privacy and sport. On Friday, the pro-LGBTQ rights group put out a statement blasting Rowling and challenging her to meet with transgender activists and cherry-picked scientists in order to expand her worldview.

If facts hurt your feelings, then you don’t feel confident in your belief system.

Just because someone doesn’t agree with the subjectivity of your biological self does not mean that they are denying you of your humanity. If you want the freedom to deny science for however it fits your personal narrative then you’re going to have to be okay with other people having the freedom to disagree with you.

The same goes for religious freedoms – you can’t force someone to believe the faith that you practice; you can only hope to share mutual respect within the framework of your differences.

I often think of religion like a penis – it’s great to have one and be proud of it, but once you start waving it in my face, all unprecedented and such, then we have a problem. (I would have used “transgenderism” instead of “religion” for this analogy, but apparently the transgender community doesn’t believe in sex, and genitalia doesn’t matter… whatever that means).

You don’t see me getting mad at atheists. Nor do you see atheists get mad when you tell them “bless you” after they sneeze. Deal with it.