{"id":1168946,"date":"2021-12-29T10:49:17","date_gmt":"2021-12-29T15:49:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1168946"},"modified":"2021-12-29T10:49:19","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T15:49:19","slug":"guardian-person-of-the-year-poll-deactivated-after-j-k-rowling-takes-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/guardian-person-of-the-year-poll-deactivated-after-j-k-rowling-takes-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"Guardian &#039;Person of the Year&#039; Poll Deactivated After J.K. Rowling Takes Lead"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fguardian-person-of-the-year-poll-deactivated-after-j-k-rowling-takes-lead%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1168946&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/jkrowlingGuardian1-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">An online poll conducted by the staunchly left <em>Guardian<\/em> newspaper seeking nominations for \u201cPerson of the Year\u201d has been turned off, sparking speculation it was shut down when author J.K. Rowling took the lead.<\/p>\n<p>The poll was launched on December 15 and posed a simple question: \u201cWho would be your 2021 person of the year, and why?\u201d It can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/media\/2021\/dec\/15\/tell-us-who-is-your-2021-person-of-the-year\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>As of Wednesday it was no longer live, launching conjecture from a number of sources that the fact author J.K. Rowling was such a dominating choice the outlet had no option left other than to stop accepting nominations.<\/p>\n<p>It still exists but comes with the caveat&nbsp;<i data-stringify-type=\"italic\">This form has been deactivated and is closed to any further submissions.<\/i><\/p>\n<p>Reactions online have been straight to the point.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JK Rowling was voted Guardian&#8217;s person of the year. Rather than acknowledge this, Guardian killed the competition. What utter cowardice, Guardian.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Magdalen Berns Dr. HollydreamerXX\ud83d\udd78\ufe0f (@cubedreamer) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/cubedreamer\/status\/1475872676077993985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">BREAKING: Guardian deactivated the poll on \u2018Person of the Year 2021\u2019 because JK Rowling was in the lead. <\/p>\n<p>Pathetic!<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Art TakingBack \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8 (@ArtValley818_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ArtValley818_\/status\/1475907620212936706?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It was you closing your poll for Person of the Year because all the votes were for <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jk_rowling?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jk_rowling<\/a>   <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/slIKq4pdFh\">https:\/\/t.co\/slIKq4pdFh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 \u2603\ufe0f\u2744\ufe0fJane Frost\u2744\ufe0f\u2603\ufe0f (@52degreesN) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/52degreesN\/status\/1475779966726029315?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Can I just say congratulations to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jk_rowling?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jk_rowling<\/a> on winning <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/guardian?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@guardian<\/a> Person of the Year Award 2021! <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IStandWithJKRowling?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IStandWithJKRowling<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gordon (@bluesbroken) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bluesbroken\/status\/1475754041489694720?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Funniest thing I saw on the Internet in 2021?<br \/>I&#8217;d say the Guardian deactivating their &#8220;Person of the Year&#8221; survey because JK Rowling was going to win. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BlLYexJ1q1\">https:\/\/t.co\/BlLYexJ1q1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Isaac de Tormes, VII Marqu\u00e9s de Vich\u00f3n (@Isaac_de_Tormes) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Isaac_de_Tormes\/status\/1475794788360331273?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Congratulations to <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jk_rowling?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@jk_rowling<\/a> for winning the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/guardian?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@guardian<\/a> Person of the Year Award 2021. And congratulations to The Guardian for being the spineless melts that they are for not publishing it! Shameful! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YuS0qNryKh\">https:\/\/t.co\/YuS0qNryKh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Belstaffie (@Belstaffie) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Belstaffie\/status\/1475804982981054471?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 28, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Harry Potter<\/em> author J.K. Rowling,&nbsp;once beloved by leftists for her&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailyrecord.co.uk\/news\/uk-world-news\/harry-potter-creator-jk-rowling-991175\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">huge donations<\/a>&nbsp;to the UK Labour Party and support of the European Union, is no longer tolerated, given her strong views on a range of things <em>Guardian<\/em> readers might assume to be theirs and their alone.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>As Breitbart News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/europe\/2020\/07\/06\/jk-rowling-warns-children-being-shunted-towards-hormones-and-surgery\/\">reported<\/a>, last year she was targeted by trans activists for warning children believed to be \u201ctrans\u201d should not necessarily be \u201cshunted towards hormones and surgery.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She was previously denounced as a \u201cTERF\u201d \u2014 \u201cTrans Exclusionary Radical Feminist\u201d \u2014 for defending a woman\u2019s right to decline to describe someone who is not biologically female as a woman.<\/p>\n<p>Daring to suggest biological sex differences retain a degree of significance regardless of \u201cgender identity\u201d has also drawn ire from the left.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B4\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">JK Rowling: Gay People Being \u2018Shunted Towards Hormones and Surgery\u2019 Is \u2018New Kind of Conversion Therapy\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/n2TfwQhCsr\">https:\/\/t.co\/n2TfwQhCsr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1280074869196152833?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 6, 2020<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>More recently she&nbsp;publicly scolded Scottish police for documenting male rapists as \u201cwomen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In a tweet she&nbsp;shared<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.md\/19TZZ\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">&nbsp;an article<\/a>&nbsp;from the<em>&nbsp;Times<\/em>&nbsp;highlighting the absurdity of the practice while reciting three slogans from George Orwell\u2019s&nbsp;<em>1984<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWar is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength. The Penised Individual Who Raped You Is a Woman,\u201d tweeted Rowling.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">War is Peace.<br \/>Freedom is Slavery.<br \/>Ignorance is Strength.<br \/>The Penised Individual Who Raped You Is a Woman.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SyxFnnboM1\">https:\/\/t.co\/SyxFnnboM1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jk_rowling\/status\/1470092815506063365?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Following her public stand on a host of issues and refusing to be silenced, Rowling faced severe social media backlash, prompting <em>Harry Potter<\/em> stars Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, Rupert Grint, and Eddie Redmayne to publicly declare their support for the trans movement.<\/p>\n<p>Actors Ralph Fiennes, who played Voldemort, and Robbie Coltrane, who played Hagrid, have both&nbsp;<a class=\"x5l\" href=\"https:\/\/www.radiotimes.com\/search\/news\/?q=rowling\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener external\">defended&nbsp;<\/a>Rowling and her right to hold a public opinion at variance of those on the left.<\/p>\n<h5><em><span>Follow Simon Kent on Twitter:<\/span> <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunSimonKent\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @SunSimonKent<\/a> <span>or e-mail to: skent@breitbart.com<\/span><br \/><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An online poll conducted by the staunchly left Guardian newspaper seeking nominations for \u201cPerson of the Year\u201d has been turned off, sparking speculation it was shut down when author J.K. &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":82,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1168946","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1168946","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/82"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1168946"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1168946\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1168946"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1168946"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1168946"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}