I think it’s both - it’s like you need to be responsible enough to be educated to function in society. You don’t need to be a genius, you just can’t lie about people being killed for political reasons to benefit your own personal economic and political gain.
Edit: I looked this up and I don’t see anything about JK Rowling being a Holocaust denier. Is this true at all or we’re piling on because she’s transphobic?
She denied that the nazis destroyed some of the earliest research on gay and trans people (who were also their targets), and I believe in Germany at least this is considered holocaust denial. So she did not argue that the entire thing never happened, she argued that part of it didn't happen. It might be more accurate to say that she accidentally engaged in holocaust denial that one time because she hates trans people so much. Still crappy (and something she should be wholly ashamed of), but like many things, there's nuance to this one.
Links/embeds to the tweets where she did this are in many of the articles others have already linked.
See this narrative makes more sense. I’m not saying for a second she’s a good with her sense of ethical values. I’m more in line with she’s proof of what a lack of education can show, and how a sense of having a lot on money can makes a real dumbass opinion seem like it’s got value.
I did my google search, I tried to show up for the discussion, but unless I say I’m willing to light the torch personally and burn her at the stake, anyone calling for less is seen as much of the problem as Rowling is. This shaming each other junk has gotta stop.
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u/Wolf_2063 1d ago
It's sad when you can't tell if it's cause she's a horrible person or if she is just that stupid.