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.

  • PolydoreSmith@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    No, it’s low-effort rage baiting so I conflate it with trolling. That’s why I said “troll harder” lol

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      7 months ago

      No it’s not.

      You’re just grasping at straws to avoid admitting you’re wrong, now.

      Goodbye. Gonna block you.

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          7 months ago

          back in my day trolls had to work harder but when mods don’t ban obvious flame attempts they get an easy out :|