{"id":1899141,"date":"2023-03-16T10:43:15","date_gmt":"2023-03-16T14:43:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jk-rowling-defends-comments-cancel-culture-is-the-language-of-a-dictator\/"},"modified":"2023-03-16T10:47:49","modified_gmt":"2023-03-16T14:47:49","slug":"jk-rowling-defends-comments-cancel-culture-is-the-language-of-a-dictator","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jk-rowling-defends-comments-cancel-culture-is-the-language-of-a-dictator\/","title":{"rendered":"JK Rowling defends comments: Cancel culture is \u2018the language of a dictator\u2019"},"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%2Fjk-rowling-defends-comments-cancel-culture-is-the-language-of-a-dictator%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=1899141&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-->\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-7 col-lg-8 col-xl-9 float-left body colgap-l-50\" itemprop=\"mainEntityOfPage\">\n<div class=\"ArticlePage-articleBodyWrapper\">\n<div class=\"ArticlePage-articleBody\" itemprop=\"articleBody\">\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody\">\n<div class=\"RichTextArticleBody-body\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div id=\"Brid_78909052\" class=\"brid\" style=\"width:16; height:9;\" itemprop=\"video\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/VideoObject\">                <meta itemprop=\"name\" content=\"Biden's gay marriage 'epiphany' story contradicted by the historical record\">               <meta itemprop=\"description\" content=\"President Joe Biden raised eyebrows this week when he claimed in an interview that his \"epiphany\" on same-sex marriage came when he was a senior in high school. 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Rowling, author of the Harry Potter series, has reacted to threats that she received since she made comments in defense biological sex being used as the standard for defining a man and woman. <\/p>\n<p>Her latest episode of <i>J.K. Rowling&#8217;s Witch Trials<\/i> Podcast, Rowling responds to people trying to cancel her after a series of tweets in which she suggested that it was like tossing an egg. &#8220;hand grenade&#8221; Put it on the Internet. <\/p>\n<p><b>SEE IT: HARRY POTTER AUTHOR JK ROWLING SCHOOLS PRO-TRANSGENDER PEOPLE ON \u2018REAL MISOGYNY&#8217; <\/b> <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<figure class=\"Figure mb-1 mb-sm-3 mb-md-1 article-lead-photo data_invisible\" data-align=\"right\" data-image-size=\"fixed\" itemscope itemtype=\"http:\/\/schema.org\/ImageObject\">\n<div class=\"Figure-container\"> <picture><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"767\" height=\"445\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\"><source media=\"(max-width: 768px)\" width=\"767\" height=\"445\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_md\"><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"645\" height=\"375\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\"><source media=\"(max-width: 1440px)\" width=\"645\" height=\"375\" data-image-size=\"1060x600_xl\"><source type=\"image\/webp\" width=\"1060\" height=\"616\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\"><source width=\"1060\" height=\"616\" data-image-size=\"1060x600\"><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture><figcaption class=\"Figure-caption\" itemprop=\"caption\"> J.K. Rowling (author and founder of Lumos Foundation) attends the HBO Documentary Films premier <i>Finding your Way Home<\/i> On Wednesday, December 11, 2019, at 30 Hudson Yards in New York.                <\/figcaption><div class=\"Figure-credit\" itemprop=\"author\">                 Evan Agostini\/Evan Agostini\/Invision\/AP                <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Rowling explained how she became upset after reading an article from 2020 that used the gender inclusive language &#8220;people who menstruate.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I&#8217;m coming to that article on the background of what I see as huge injustice and people trying to shut women down,&#8221; Rowling stated. &#8220;So I was angry, and I was flippant.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Rowling claimed that Rowling made the comment because she was on Twitter. &#8220;&#8216;People who menstruate.&#8217; I&#8217;m sure there used to be a word for those people. Someone help me out. Wumben? Wimpund? Woomud?&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Did I mean to drop a hand grenade in? No. I was just keeping a rein on my own fury,&#8221; Rowling commented on Rowling&#8217;s first tweet. &#8220;So off it went.&#8221; <\/p>\n<p>Despite backlash, the famous author has not changed her mind. In January, she told critics that any attempt by a biological male to define what a women is was rejected. &#8220;real misogyny&#8221; Men tell women how to act, think and feel. <\/p>\n<div class=\"Enhancement\">\n<div class=\"Enhancement-item\">\n<div class=\"TweetEmbed\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Men defining what a woman is, what women should and shouldn&#8217;t fear, what women should and shouldn&#8217;t say, what rights women should be fine with giving up and, of course, what constitutes \u2018real&#8217; misogyny: get a bloody mirror. This is real misogyny looking back at you.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) January 25, 2023               <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>                <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>               <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Rowling expressed gratitude for the support she received and acknowledged that she was also able to stand by her position. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I have to tell you, a ton of Potter fans were still with me. And in fact, a ton of Potter fans were grateful that I&#8217;d said what I said,&#8221; Rowling was also added. <\/p>\n<p>Rowling pointed out that Rowling has been criticized by people who said she was a sham and would not be held responsible. &#8220;accountable&#8221; You are missing the point. <\/p>\n<p><b>CLICK HERE FOR MORE INFORMATION FROM THE WASHINGTON XAMINER<\/b> <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Look, I&#8217;ve heard this all the time. \u2018We&#8217;re holding you accountable. We&#8217;re holding you accountable,'&#8221; Rowling stated. &#8220;Well, I would say this: I&#8217;m a great believer in looking at not what people say but what they do. How are you behaving?&#8221; <\/p>\n<div id=\"dsk-banner-ad-g\"><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;If you are threatening, if you are threatening to remove livelihoods, if you are saying, \u2018This person is canceled.&#8217; That is the language of a dictator,&#8221; She continued. &#8220;I mean, I&#8217;ve literally lost count of the number of times I&#8217;ve seen the hashtag #RIPJKRowling floating around. I don&#8217;t call that being held accountable.&#8221; <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>&#8220;Read More from&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/jk-rowling-anti-transgender-comments-cancel-culture-dictator\">JK Rowling defends comments: Cancel culture is \u2018the language of a dictator&#8217;<\/a>&#8221;<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><span style=\"font-size:11px\"><em>&#8220;The views and opinions expressed here are solely those of the author of the article and not necessarily shared or endorsed by Conservative News Daily&#8221;<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harry Potter series author J.K. Rowling has clapped back at threats she\u2019s faced since making comments in defense of using biological sex as the standard for how a man or woman is defined. During her latest episode of The Witch Trials of J.K. 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