{"id":254697,"date":"2021-03-19T09:00:38","date_gmt":"2021-03-19T13:00:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=254697"},"modified":"2021-03-19T09:00:41","modified_gmt":"2021-03-19T13:00:41","slug":"harry-potter-actor-defends-j-k-rowling-knocks-cancel-culture-level-of-hatred-is-disturbing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/harry-potter-actor-defends-j-k-rowling-knocks-cancel-culture-level-of-hatred-is-disturbing\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Harry Potter\u2019 Actor Defends J.K. Rowling, Knocks Cancel Culture: \u2018Level Of Hatred\u2019 Is \u2018Disturbing\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\">28<\/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%2Fharry-potter-actor-defends-j-k-rowling-knocks-cancel-culture-level-of-hatred-is-disturbing%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=254697&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\/03\/fb_image-2033.jpeg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Actor Ralph Fiennes, who played the villain Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter movie series, defended author J.K. Rowling against accusations of transphobia and slammed cancel culture in the arts on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Fiennes stood up for Rowling, the creator of Harry Potter, in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/theatre\/what-to-see\/ralph-fiennes-back-theatre-will-emotional\/\">The Telegraph<\/a> while ripping into the \u201cdisturbing\u201d level of hate some have against others with different views and opinions. Rowling is a common target of progressive ire for her insistence that a person\u2019s sex is determined by biology.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI can\u2019t understand the vitriol directed at her,\u201d Fiennes said. \u201cI can understand the heat of an argument, but I find this age of accusation and the need to condemn irrational. I find the level of hatred that people express about views that differ from theirs, and the violence of language towards others, disturbing.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Fiennes has made a successful career in film and on a theater stage. He went on to describe the \u201ctroubling\u201d trend of canceling classical plays because they do not cover certain topics, or cover them in a way offensive to some people today.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI get worried if it\u2019s decided that certain classical plays are irrelevant,\u201d Fiennes said. \u201cI think often there\u2019s a superficial reading \u2013 Restoration drama is \u2018colonialist, hierarchical, quasi racist\u2019. But they\u2019re just plays. You can turn them on their head. The danger is of labelling stuff. These texts are there \u2013 so pull the humanity out of them, pull out the stuff that\u2019s relevant. If you\u2019re going \u2018it doesn\u2019t tick these boxes\u2019, you\u2019re lowering the portcullis of judgement before you\u2019ve even got into the room with it. I think that\u2019s troubling.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rowling has been \u201ccanceled\u201d a number of times by activists critical of her stance on transgenderism. She has refused to back down from her views, however, and has explained herself at length on several occasions. In December, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/jk-rowling-on-discussing-trans-issues-many-are-afraid-to-speak-up\">Rowling<\/a> explained herself again in an interview with Good Housekeeping magazine.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany women are concerned about the challenges to their fundamental rights posed by certain aspects of gender identity ideology,\u201d the author said. \u201cI\u2019ve had a huge postbag since speaking up on this issue and more than 90 per cent of the letters and emails have been supportive. My correspondents have included medical staff, social workers, prison workers, workers in women\u2019s refuges and members of the LGBT community, including trans people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany are afraid to speak up because they fear for their jobs and even for their personal safety,\u201d she continued. \u201cThis climate of fear serves nobody well, least of all trans people. I believe everybody should be free to live a life that is authentic to them, and that they should be safe to do so. I also believe that we need a more nuanced conversation around women\u2019s rights and around the huge increase in numbers of girls and young women who are seeking to transition. Some of the most heartbreaking letters I\u2019ve received have been from young women who regret the irreversible surgeries they\u2019ve undertaken. These stories need to be told.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>Related: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/gender-fluid-comedian-eddie-izzard-defends-j-k-rowling-i-dont-think-shes-transphobic\">\u2018Gender Fluid\u2019 Comedian Eddie Izzard Defends J.K. Rowling: \u2018I Don\u2019t Think\u2019 She\u2019s Transphobic<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em>member<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor Ralph Fiennes, who played the villain Lord Voldemort in the Harry Potter movie series, defended author J.K. 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