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A trans activist decided to take out frustrations with J.K Rowling’s stance on women’s rights by burning a Harry Potter book, prompting the author to respond.
The person, named Tess Hall, posted a video of a copy of the Harry Potter book ‘Goblet of Fire’ being burned, with the activist complaining about “hate we’ve been seeing of late.”
before throwing the book into the flames, Hall continues, “If we’re going to return to this sort of time where hate is involved, people marching the street against the existence of others,” adding “I think if we are going to be in the business of book burning lets make sure we are burning the right books.”
Hall then delivers a monologue about ‘extinguishing hate with love and acceptance of all,’ while referring to Christians as ‘Christo-fascists’
A fireside reflection on fanning the flames of hate.
#JKRowling #TransRights#LGBTQIA #lovewins
© Tess Hall 2023 – All Rights Reserved pic.twitter.com/IsZu2HwieV
— Tess Hall (@tesshall) March 26, 2023
Rowling responded to the video:
Others chimed in:
It's funny how these Fascists think they're winning by burning your books that they paid money for which comes back to you.
— Grand Moff Tano
#CANZUK (@GrandMoffTano) March 27, 2023
This isn’t a one off:
Respondents to the book burning trend have previously pointed out the similarity to how religious fundamentalists wanted to burn Harry Potter books in the 2000s.
— John Buck
(@WriterJohnBuck) March 22, 2021
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