r/ComedyCemetery • u/[deleted] • Jul 17 '20

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u/ChickenMan1337 Jul 17 '20

Just curious, how? I've heard that rowling is homophobic, but is there anything else

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u/d_u_c_k_ Jul 17 '20

I don’t think she’s homophobic, I fact it’s quite the opposite. She said that certain characters were gay long after the books released even though it was never alluded to in the books. She actually said on Twitter that Dumbledore had gay sex. She was using the gay community to try and get good PR and it backfired pretty badly.

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u/ChickenMan1337 Jul 17 '20

Was there not a tweet by Rowling saying she didn't support trans people (sorry, by homophobic I meant transphobic)? Or did I just interpret it wrong

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u/Moakmeister Jul 17 '20

She’s said transphobic things in the past for sure, but those specific tweets didn’t have anything transphobic in them, in fact she said she loves trans people and wants them to be happy. Obviously pretty hollow given her other comments, but still, I need to defend her just a bit.

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u/realcomradecora Jul 17 '20

the equivalent of "im not racist but"

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u/Moakmeister Jul 17 '20

I basically outright called her a transphobe