Author JK Rowling has publicly criticized HBO host John Oliver, arguing that transgender people participating in women's sports are not a threat to women and that Democrats should continue to advocate for them.
After President-elect Donald Trump secured a landslide in the electoral college plus the popular vote and a stunning victory over Vice President Kamala Harris, Democrats are weighing the party's future in relation to transgender issues. Hosting tough debates about. , specifically transgender people who operate in women's spaces such as bathrooms, locker rooms, and athletics. Democratic senators like Bill Maher and Ben Dreyfuss have called on the party to move away from transgender advocacy, while others like John Oliver have argued it should move further to the left.
“The Harris campaign has failed to develop a response, especially when it could so easily have been done,” Oliver said in a recent segment on the show. “There are very few transgender girls competing in high school anywhere, and even if there were more, transgender kids are just as different in athletic ability as other kids and pose a threat to safety and equity.” There is no evidence.”
Author JK Rowling ( harry potter series) publicly called the comedian's claims “bullshit” and cited a wealth of anecdotes to support her claims. She also clarified that her criticism of John Oliver was not personal.
“There's nothing to feel good about, because John Oliver has generously given his time to my charity, Lumos, and when I met him, I thought of him. I loved it. But God knows. If you want an example of motivated reasoning and confirmation bias, this video is for you. “Arguably intelligent people spew absolute bullshit to support things they wish were true but aren't,” she said in a post to X.
“According to the United Nations, female athletes have lost nearly 900 medals in women’s sports against transgender men. Women have been kicked off teams to make way for men. “I was seriously injured playing against a man of my gender,” he added.
JK Rowling cited the case of Peyton McNabb, who suffered severe head injuries after a transgender athlete hit her in the face with a volleyball during a high school game.
“Time and time again, I have encountered men who argue using the exact same points Oliver is making here. Men who “believe in science” keep a straight face and say, “The fact is, “We don't yet have enough data to determine whether men and boys are stronger and faster than women and girls.” The “please be kind” staff have no idea what the problem is. “It only affects a small number of women, so why bother?” Rowling argued.
“To prove their progressive credentials and (by coincidence, I believe) to compensate for the influence of cultural elites in the media, academia, and publishing. “It shows you're ready to kick people to the curb if you don't speak up.” An approved mantra – People who have a lot to lose are now ready to make fools of themselves,” she says. continued. “They shamelessly stare into the camera, claim that the audience's eyeballs are incapable of seeing everyday life as it really is, and are brainwashed into believing that girls are being deprived of opportunities and in physical danger.” Great people who aren't will argue that there's something wrong with them.”
Rowling concluded her post by calling on people like John Oliver to at least be intellectually honest by acknowledging that transgender inclusion efforts hurt women.
“We want to tell the world that we are happy to see women suffer injuries, humiliation, and lose sporting opportunities in order to reinforce the elitist postmodern ideology held by a small percentage of the world's population. Then it makes sense. Your opinion is allowed,” she concluded. “But if you continue to say that girls don't deserve fair sport, then your 'edgy' closure is the all-too-real and common sexual predation of young women.” Maybe you should reconsider using it as the punchline of a joke.
Sarah Higdon, who identifies as transgender, Thanks to JK Rowling for her insight.
“I am a transgender former athlete who served in the military for 7 and a half years and achieved great results. I've been doing it for a year and a half and I can prove that I still have an advantage when competing against women in the sport.I proved it by breaking the women's squat record until I was sidelined by an old injury. I was trying to prove something. But I'm still in the 80th percentile on a spin bike, even though I've never ridden a spin bike before 2020,” Higdon said.
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