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[navarro]

Contrapoints takes a deep dive into J.K. Rowling's anti-trans bigotry

Except in both the Contrapoints video and in the Jessie Gender video, they condemn people who attacked Rowlings. They do not condone it remotely. They are not excusing people who attacked Rowlings on twitter, even while they gave a reason why that happened (because an extremely powerful culture figure is using her platform to punch down). they also note that Rowlings is NOT the victim of oppression because of that. None of which they or anyone here has argued. Do you think that the people h…

there are others i could have quoted from this thread but this is a good “greatest hits” piece regarding the intersection of unexamined privilege and punching down.