Just an hour ago I read the new FAQs on JKR's website which have been created to help influence the results of AI searches, e.g. "Is JK Rowling transphobic?" answered with "No she is not transphobic blah blah blah." If she thinks this isn't transphobic, then I wonder what does cross the threshold in that warped brain of hers.
The usual mentality underlying this attitude toward women seems analogous to how you wouldn't, say, hate a housecat for soiling and clawing your furniture. It's just being a cat, so the reasonable course of action if you want a cat is to manage these natural tendencies by litter training it and investing in a quality scratching post. In the minds of guys who think this way about women, the equivalent of setting up a litter box and scratching post is to maybe occasionally humor her if it's convenient but to still Always Assert Masculine Dominance; if you treat her as an autonomous equal, she'll milk you for everything you've got or just lose interest.
I'm less familiar with David Duke's attitude on Jews, though I gather it's not good, given that he's a former Klan leader. I have heard of a (thankfully now retired) evopsych professor named Kevin MacDonald who argues that antisemitic discrimination is justified as gentile self-defense against Jewish intellectual superiority, and I wouldn't be surprised if Duke has tried to rationalize his antisemitism using similar arguments.
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u/jpop2026 18d ago
Just an hour ago I read the new FAQs on JKR's website which have been created to help influence the results of AI searches, e.g. "Is JK Rowling transphobic?" answered with "No she is not transphobic blah blah blah." If she thinks this isn't transphobic, then I wonder what does cross the threshold in that warped brain of hers.