{"id":596972,"date":"2021-07-19T13:36:05","date_gmt":"2021-07-19T17:36:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=596972"},"modified":"2021-07-19T13:36:08","modified_gmt":"2021-07-19T17:36:08","slug":"jk-rowling-blasts-trans-activists-after-death-threat-this-movement-poses-no-risk-to-women-whatsoever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/jk-rowling-blasts-trans-activists-after-death-threat-this-movement-poses-no-risk-to-women-whatsoever\/","title":{"rendered":"JK Rowling Blasts Trans Activists After Death Threat: \u2018This Movement Poses No Risk To Women Whatsoever\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\">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%2Fjk-rowling-blasts-trans-activists-after-death-threat-this-movement-poses-no-risk-to-women-whatsoever%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=596972&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\/07\/GettyImages-1193409431.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>On Sunday, famed \u201cHarry Potter\u201d author JK Rowling, who has endured vitriol and abuse from transgender activists, fired back at someone who sent her a death threat over Twitter, wishing her to receive a pipe bomb in her mailbox. Rowling blasted, \u201cTo be fair, when you can\u2019t get a woman sacked, arrested or dropped by her publisher, and cancelling her only made her book sales go up, there\u2019s really only one place to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The exchange had been triggered when Rowling replied to a critic who quoted her saying, \u201cI\u2019ve ignored porn tweeted at children.\u201d Rowling fired back, \u201cJuan, I\u2019ll give you a moment to think hard about leaving that up. I reported every bit of porn so-called trans allies tweeted into Twitter threads where children were sending me artwork for the Ickabog. I didn\u2019t respond or retweet it because I didn\u2019t want more kids to see it.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.566666666667\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Juan, I\u2019ll give you a moment to think hard about leaving that up. I reported every bit of porn so-called trans allies tweeted into Twitter threads where children were sending me artwork for the Ickabog. I didn\u2019t respond or retweet it because I didn\u2019t want more kids to see it. 1\/3<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jk_rowling\/status\/1416680018416181248?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>She continued, \u201cI\u2019m not sure how these tactics \u2013 using porn as a weapon against women you dislike, not caring that children get caught in the crossfire and then misrepresenting what really happened \u2013 are supposed to help trans people. Nor do I see how what you\u2019ve done here helps correct the impression that the end game for you &amp; your ilk is to intimidate women out of speaking up for our own rights, no matter how low you have to go to do it.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.447876447876\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Nor do I see how what you\u2019ve done here helps correct the impression that the end game for you &amp; your ilk is to intimidate women out of speaking up for our own rights, no matter how low you have to go to do it. 3\/3<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jk_rowling\/status\/1416683882519400449?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>An admirer encouraged Rowling, writing, \u201cPlease keep fighting Jo. It must be so hard sometimes with the abuse you face but you are a voice for so many of us who feel the same and don\u2019t have a voice. We have your back.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rowland responded, \u201cAnd together, we will win.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.6071428571429\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">And together, we will win \ud83d\udc9c \ud83e\udd0d \ud83d\udc9a<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jk_rowling\/status\/1416731725082865673?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 18, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>That prompted someone to tweet at Rowling, \u201cI wish you a very nice pipebomb in your mailbox.\u201d Rowling replied, \u201cTo be fair, when you can\u2019t get a woman sacked, arrested or dropped by her publisher, and cancelling her only made her book sales go up, there\u2019s really only one place to go.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"11.789473684211\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">To be fair, when you can\u2019t get a woman sacked, arrested or dropped by her publisher, and cancelling her only made her book sales go up, there\u2019s really only one place to go. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/MsNWXhWlyc\">pic.twitter.com\/MsNWXhWlyc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jk_rowling\/status\/1417031300498829315?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Someone asked, \u201cIs this still because of her comments about the safety of women in toilets\/changing rooms if men can use them by simply saying they identify as a woman?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYes, but now hundreds of trans activists have threatened to beat, rape, assassinate and bomb me I\u2019ve realised that this movement poses no risk to women whatsoever,\u201d Rowling answered.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"10.016949152542\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Yes, but now hundreds of trans activists have threatened to beat, rape, assassinate and bomb me I\u2019ve realised that this movement poses no risk to women whatsoever. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/qb1RrCFqy0\">pic.twitter.com\/qb1RrCFqy0<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jk_rowling\/status\/1417067152956399619?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 19, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The Daily Wire <a href=\"https:\/\/editorial.com\/news\/jk-rowling-fires-back-at-critics-who-called-her-transphobic-shames-detractors-for-failing-to-protect-womens-rights\/\">reported<\/a> in June 2020 that a member of the United Kingdom\u2019s Labour Party, responding to an essay by Rowling in which she stated she was \u201ca domestic abuse and sexual assault survivor\u201d and defended women\u2019s rights because women-only spaces and women\u2019s safety were under attack by gender-advocates, &nbsp;accused Rowling of weaponizing her history of sexual assault and domestic violence. Rowling had written:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"10\">\n<p><em>When you throw open the doors of bathrooms and changing rooms to any man who believes or feels he\u2019s a woman \u2013 and, as I\u2019ve said, gender confirmation certificates may now be granted without any need for surgery or hormones \u2013 then you open the door to any and all men who wish to come inside. That is a simple truth.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In <a href=\"https:\/\/dailywire.com\/news\/jk-rowling-on-discussing-trans-issues-many-are-afraid-to-speak-up\/\">December 2020<\/a>, following a British High Court ruling that it would be difficult for children under the age of 16 believing they are transgender to give informed consent to undergo treatment with puberty-blocking drugs, Rowling&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinknews.co.uk\/2020\/12\/09\/jk-rowling-trans-transgender-good-housekeeping-interview-gender-ideology\/\">stated<\/a> in an interview with Good Housekeeping magazine that when it came to discussing transgender issues, \u201cMany are afraid to speak up because they fear for their jobs and even for their personal safety. This climate of fear serves nobody well, least of all trans people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rowling, who had been reviled by many members of the transgender community for her stance on transgenderism, stated: \u201cMany women are concerned about the challenges to their fundamental rights posed by certain aspects of gender identity ideology. I\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><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>.&nbsp;<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Sunday, famed \u201cHarry Potter\u201d author JK Rowling, who has endured vitriol and abuse from transgender activists, fired back at someone who sent her a death threat over Twitter, wishing &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-596972","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\/596972","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\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=596972"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/596972\/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=596972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=596972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=596972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}