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INTEREST: J.K. Rowling Compares Zombie Land Saga TERF Meme to Anti-Suffragist Art

As a Brit, I can tell you that transphobia and TERFs worryingly seem to get stronger. The trans community doesn’t nickname the UK “TERF Island” for no reason, and Rowling is by no means the worst offender out there. As someone how has been in a long-term, long-distance relationship with a non-binary person, I do worry about him if he were ever to visit the UK. I go through loads on news websites as part of my job daily, and just about every day I come across another transphobic attack in the British media. I truly worry for the how
my nation is becoming more hostile to this minority.

Seems to me she has a point, what is the aim of all these "anti-transphobia" "anti-TERF" communications but to silence and attack someone whose views are different from yours? And what are those terms but to mischaracterize and vilify the same, which is a hallmark of propaganda. Trans people would likely get their lawyers out to beat those who use terms like "tr*aps" or whatever into submission but labelling people as "transphobic" (BTW, that means fear of transsexuals, not antagonists of them) and TERF, etc. is celebrated and normalized. Another version of intolerance...

The Chained Wolf wrote:

As a Brit, I can tell you that transphobia and TERFs worryingly seem to get stronger. The trans community doesn’t nickname the UK “TERF Island” for no reason, and Rowling is by no means the worst offender out there. As someone how has been in a long-term, long-distance relationship with a non-binary person, I do worry about him if he were ever to visit the UK. I go through loads on news websites as part of my job daily, and just about every day I come across another transphobic attack in the British media. I truly worry for the how my nation is becoming more hostile to this minority.

I have to ask but for you and other people who feel this strongly about the issue how you do you justify being on an anime website and consuming media made from Japan? If people think the US and the UK are horrible places for trans people to live and it's that important of an issue for them then I'm curious how they feel about Japan which by all accounts sounds to be even worse. Getting so upset over Harry Potter and JK Rowling but liking anime and manga seem kind of hypocritical. I haven't read Harry Potter in a long time but I don't recall any offensive trans portrayals in the books like you see in a ton of anime and manga. I guess some anime is more obvious with it than others like how the reviewers here totally roasted Onimai and called it offensive but it's a pretty common thing to see in Japanese media to varying degrees. And the actual laws regarding trans people in Japan are pretty oppressive from what I read. I guess most mangaka aren't openly political unless they're actual politicians like Ken Akamatsu. But who knows how many of them donate to the LDP or other major political parties that are generally anti-trans. It seems like it's hard to be a fan of Japanese media and also pro-trans unless you only stick to the small indie manga made by LGBT creators and avoid all the mainstream and popular stuff that partake in the stereotypes and derogatory portrayals.

Nothing in that article touches upon people trying to make it illegal just to be trans. Only in certain specific scenarios are there arguments being made.

By the way these laws are being proposed one side has to give up something for the other to be happy.

Although even if people disagree with someone I do not condone threats of violence being made towards anyone. For people who do that all it does is make their side look bad and essentially prove your opponent right about discussions of safety and violence. Abrasiveness is also shown to drive moderates away from your cause so if nothing else that political advantage alone should be reason enough to discourage this kind of behavior.

but labelling people as "transphobic" (BTW, that means fear of transsexuals, not antagonists of them)

J.K Rowling is just such a horrid piece of shit it's unbelievable. Really wish she would just crawl into a hole somewhere and shut the hell up.

As someone with no horse in this race as a Harry Potter fan or a political activist

Good. Bullying terfs and transphobes is always acceptable.

It's still quite popular, but anyone who thinks it's anywhere close to the level of popularity it enjoyed 15 years ago is kidding themselves.