My therapist (who knows my gender and is not an asshole!) Recently recommended me a JK Rowling book, and was VERY surprised when I said that I wasn’t comfortable giving money to someone who wanted me gone.
We had a conversation where I explained that Rowling was very vocal against the trans community and used a lot of her wealth to bail out transphobes and fund anti-trans agendas, and they just said, “I hadn’t heard about that- I just thought she was passionate about the female experience.”
That’s what they do, though. They say things that sound fine and normal and maybe even good on the surface to an uneducated third party and it kinda holds up until you start asking questions.
“Protect women and children!” Is a rly that any decent person can get behind. What nobody seems to do on their own is ask, “protect women and children from who?” And, “from what?”, and, “Is that fear realistic?” And, “has that actually happened to any degree worth considering as a systemic issue?”
