It was no April Fool’s joke.

Harry Potter author-turned culture warrior J.K. Rowling kicked off the month with an 11-tweet social media thread in which she argued 10 transgender women were men — and dared Scottish police to arrest her.

Rowling’s intervention came as a controversial new Scottish government law, aimed at protecting minority groups from hate crimes, took effect. And it landed amid a fierce debate over both the legal status of transgender people in Scotland and over what actually constitutes a hate crime.

Already the law has generated far more international buzz than is normal for legislation passed by a small nation’s devolved parliament.

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      8 months ago

      Wrong, but ok lol. Believe what you want sweetie.

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        7 months ago

        Lol you really are defending Joe Rogan, Elon musk and Rowling. They’re not worth it. One is an obnoxious podcaster, one is a conman and one is a mediocre writer. A damn weird hill to die on.

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          7 months ago

          Don’t forget that he defended Israel and Russia.

          The guy is very clearly a troll.

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          7 months ago

          I don’t care who they are, personally.

          They shouldn’t go to jail because they don’t call you the words you want.