Human rights activist Ayaan Hirsi Ali stands with JK Rowling

submitted by Capitan from self.GenderCritical

https://mobile.twitter.com/Ayaan/status/1280716418460209152

She’s getting the usual comments from TRA, but I’m seeing a LOT of supportive comments as well.

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[–]jkfinn 48 insightful - 2 fun48 insightful - 1 fun49 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

I praise J.K. Rowling for standing her ground. She is a hero of our times. She is not transphobic and neither am I. This fight to preserve the free exchange of ideas is worth having; to protect the hard-won rights of women but also to uphold the principles of our free society.

I’m not always on board with Ali, but I am here, and do like her simple and direct statement... aw well as this response from Helen Joyce: “This piece is wonderful. As one of the other women who dares say similar things under my own name in public, I am truly grateful.”

[–]GenCritAllDay 46 insightful - 1 fun46 insightful - 0 fun47 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

I'm LOVING all the positive comments!

I love how one of the first comments said "How dare you talk about what transphobia is when you're not trans you entitled cis person?" And the first reply is "Like the way entitled transwomen try to speak over women about their own experiences?"

They are so blind to their own transgressions. They're so "oppressed" that they can't see how entitled they actually are.

[–]GConly 15 insightful - 9 fun15 insightful - 8 fun16 insightful - 9 fun -  (0 children)

transgressions

That should be the title of a book documenting transwomen's sex offending.

[–]materialrealityplz 13 insightful - 2 fun13 insightful - 1 fun14 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

It's amazing how they made up this category of 'cis' and then said cis are entitled people. It's insane. You can be 'entitled' on basically an infinite number of axes then. Don't have a chronic illness? Have both hands, both legs? Can see all colours? etc, etc, etc.

[–]Bogos 42 insightful - 4 fun42 insightful - 3 fun43 insightful - 4 fun -  (1 child)

It’s “transphobic” to say that women are biologically different from trans women and that we might have different interests.

[–]slushpilot 16 insightful - 1 fun16 insightful - 0 fun17 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Therefore, that word has lost all meaning.

[–]Nona_Biba 23 insightful - 1 fun23 insightful - 0 fun24 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

I was hoping she would say something. I love her books.

[–]vitunrotta 15 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 0 fun16 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

YES! I have been waiting for one of my old-timey heroes to step up. While I don't agree with everything she says (who would agree 100% with ANYONE, anyway?) she has been a big inspiration and I am so glad she has spoken out.

[–]Otak 14 insightful - 2 fun14 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Also a full article by Ayaan Hirsi Ali in the Washington Examiner:
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/j-k-rowlings-lonely-fight-for-womens-rights

[–]GConly 11 insightful - 1 fun11 insightful - 0 fun12 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

There were a lot of likes.

[–]LasagnaRossa 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The user who replied with "JK Rowling sounds reasonable to you because you've never read the counter-arguments to her view" made an article where she didn't get at all the GC point of view. It's a bunch of nonsense just as you imagine.

[–]venecia 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's so heartening to see all the positive comments, and the amounts of hearts those brave enough to speak out have gotten. Maybe more of us will get brave enough.