{"id":1400945,"date":"2022-03-25T17:14:36","date_gmt":"2022-03-25T21:14:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1400945"},"modified":"2022-03-25T17:14:43","modified_gmt":"2022-03-25T21:14:43","slug":"putin-says-the-west-is-canceling-russia-just-like-j-k-rowling-and-she-has-thoughts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/putin-says-the-west-is-canceling-russia-just-like-j-k-rowling-and-she-has-thoughts\/","title":{"rendered":"Putin Says The West Is \u2018Canceling\u2019 Russia Just Like J.K. Rowling \u2014 And She Has Thoughts"},"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\">32<\/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%2Fputin-says-the-west-is-canceling-russia-just-like-j-k-rowling-and-she-has-thoughts%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=1400945&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:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2022\/03\/GettyImages-1193618855.jpg?w=1200&#038;h=800&#038;ixlib=react-9.3.0\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Russian President Vladimir Putin complained in recent televised remarks that the West was attempting to \u201ccancel\u201d Russia \u2014 and he compared that to the backlash leveled against \u201cHarry Potter\u201d author J.K. Rowling over her defense of biological women.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey canceled Joanne Rowling recently, the children\u2019s author. Her books are published all over the world, just because she didn\u2019t satisfy the demands of gender rights,\u201d Putin said.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Putin cites author JK Rowling as evidence the West engages in \u201ccancel culture\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xv2EQz1baE\">pic.twitter.com\/xv2EQz1baE<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Phil_Lewis_\/status\/1507336368518844431?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The famed children\u2019s author has faced <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/the-penised-individual-who-raped-you-is-a-woman-j-k-rowling-slams-scotland-police-for-move-to-record-male-rapists-as-women-based-on-self-identity\/\">harsh criticism<\/a> from transgender activists for her <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/j-k-rowling-slams-new-transgender-bill-she-says-will-hurt-the-most-vulnerable-women\/\">staunch defense<\/a> of biological women and her refusal to back down from claims that policies aimed at validating those who are transgender often have the unfortunate consequence of erasing or even harming women.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">The law <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">@NicolaSturgeon<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u2018s trying to pass in Scotland will harm the most vulnerable women in society: those seeking help after male violence\/rape and incarcerated women. Statistics show that imprisoned women are already far more likely to have been previously abused,\u201d Rowling <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jk_rowling\/status\/1500873562894258183\">tweeted<\/a> regarding a \u201cSelf ID\u201d law that would allow people to self-identify their gender.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Multiple women\u2019s groups have presented well-sourced evidence to <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">@NicolaSturgeon<\/span><span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u2019s government about the likely negative consequences of this legislation for women and girls, especially the most vulnerable. All has been ignored. If the legislation is passed and those consequences ensue as a result, the <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">@SNP\u00a0<\/span><span>govt can\u2019t pretend it wasn\u2019t warned,\u201d she added.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>In response to Rowling\u2019s comments, she has often been labeled a TERF (Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminist) and <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/jk-rowling-blasts-trans-activists-after-death-threat-this-movement-poses-no-risk-to-women-whatsoever\/\">attempts have been made<\/a> to \u201ccancel\u201d her.<\/p>\n<p>As Vice <a href=\"https:\/\/www.vice.com\/en\/article\/xgdpgn\/vladimir-putin-russia-is-being-canceled-just-like-jk-rowling\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Putin compared the criticism Rowling has received for her transphobic politics to a great variety of perceived indignities to the Russian people: the apparent removal of Russian writers and composers from undefined places in the West, Nazi book burnings, and even America dropping the nuclear bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe remember that footage when they were burning books,\u201d Putin said. \u201cIt\u2019s impossible to imagine such a thing in our country. We\u2019re insured against these things thanks to our culture.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rowling jumped into the fray then, tweeting, \u201c<span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">Critiques of Western cancel culture are possibly not best made by those currently slaughtering civilians for the crime of resistance, or who jail and poison their critics. <\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\">#IStandWithUkraine.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Critiques of Western cancel culture are possibly not best made by those currently slaughtering civilians for the crime of resistance, or who jail and poison their critics. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/IStandWithUkraine?src=hash&#038;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#IStandWithUkraine<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/aNItgc5aiW\">https:\/\/t.co\/aNItgc5aiW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jk_rowling\/status\/1507364792834666511?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 25, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In addition to referencing Russia\u2019s ongoing invasion of Ukraine, Rowling mentioned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Navalny, who survived being poisoned with a nerve agent \u2014 which he blames on the Kremlin \u2014 was sentenced to two-and-a-half years in a penal colony for an alleged parole violation. He has since been sentenced to an additional nine years after being convicted for fraud and contempt of court.<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-putin-europe-moscow-dbc03c1ada0f2c93e3cadc2657447c48\">reported<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-71 Component-p-0-2-62\"><em>A Russian court on Tuesday convicted top opposition leader Alexei Navalny of fraud and contempt of court, sentencing him to nine more years in prison in a move that was seen as an attempt to keep President Vladimir Putin\u2019s biggest foe behind bars for as long as possible.<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-71 Component-p-0-2-62\"><em>The new sentence follows a year-long crackdown by Putin on Navalny\u2019s supporters, other opposition activists and independent journalists in which authorities appear eager to stifle all dissent.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In addition to imprisoning Navalny, Russian officials have labeled his supporters extremists, forcing many of them to flee the country to avoid being slapped with criminal charges as well.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest growing conservative media companies for breaking news, investigative reporting, sports, podcasts, in-depth analysis, books, and entertainment for a reason: because we believe in what we do. We believe in our country, in the value of truth and the freedom to speak it, and in the right to challenge tyranny wherever we see it. 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