JK Rowling (Harry Potter Author) gives Westboro Baptist Church the middle finger

Started by Munch, May 28, 2015, 08:11:24 AM

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Munch

May 28, 2015, 08:11:24 AM Last Edit: May 28, 2015, 08:14:52 AM by Munch
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QuoteJK Rowling has once again proven why she shouldn't be messed with on Twitter, this time taking down the Westboro Baptist Church.

On Saturday (May 23), the Harry Potter author celebrated Ireland's vote to back gay marriage, responding to one fan who joked about her character Albus Dumbledore marrying Lord of the Rings wizard Gandalf.

The controversial church wasted no time in reacting to the result of the Irish referendum, and appeared further enraged by Rowling's tweet.

"So @jk_rowling wants Dumbledore & Gandalf to marry in Ireland; if it happens, WBC will picket! #NotBanned," they wrote on Twitter, with a campaign image featuring homophobic language attached.

.@WBCsigns Alas, the sheer awesomeness of such a union in such a place would blow your tiny bigoted minds out of your thick sloping skulls.

â€" J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) May 26, 2015

Hitting back, the author wrote: "Alas, the sheer awesomeness of such a union in such a place would blow your tiny bigoted minds out of your thick sloping skulls."

The Westboro Baptist Church are long-time vocal opponents to homosexuality and have also previously claimed that wars in Iraq and Afghanistan are punishments from God.

I feel like watching a harry potter marathon after this. Give this woman a medal ^^

'Political correctness is fascism pretending to be manners' - George Carlin

drunkenshoe

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May 28, 2015, 09:54:49 AM Last Edit: May 28, 2015, 10:06:46 AM by drunkenshoe
Quote"Alas, the sheer awesomeness of such a union in such a place would blow your tiny bigoted minds out of your thick sloping skulls."

:clap:  :rotflmao: :flowers: :syda:

Oh this is sooo good. Can't get over it. :lol:
"his philosophy was a mixture of three famous schools -the cynics, the stoics and the epicureans-and summed up all three of them in his famous phrase, 'you can't trust any bugger further than you can throw him, and there's nothing you can do about it, so let's have a drink.'" terry pratchett

Gawdzilla Sama

#2
May 28, 2015, 01:00:40 PM
She can get away with all kinds of things now that Voldemort is in charge of MI6.
We 'new atheists' have a reputation for being militant, but make no mistake  we didn't start this war. If you want to place blame put it on the the religious zealots who have been poisoning the minds of the  young for a long long time."
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Sal1981

#3
May 29, 2015, 09:23:49 AM
*Sigh* Fighting WBC is giving them way too much attention, but sometimes it is funny to laugh at the global village idiot. 'bout time gloves are off.

Draconic Aiur

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June 02, 2015, 11:16:31 PM
Still cant believe she tossed that Dumbledore's gay. When she did I was pissed, I mean the character was so good and marvelous and i grew up thinking that such a character would be like a dream mentor. And then she threw and ruined it in the name of political activistness. I don't know i felt betrayed.

Mr.Obvious

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June 03, 2015, 06:34:53 AM Last Edit: June 03, 2015, 06:37:08 AM by Mr.Obvious
Quote from: Draconic Aiur on June 02, 2015, 11:16:31 PM
Still cant believe she tossed that Dumbledore's gay. When she did I was pissed, I mean the character was so good and marvelous and i grew up thinking that such a character would be like a dream mentor. And then she threw and ruined it in the name of political activistness. I don't know i felt betrayed.

I don't think I understand your point in this...
What do you mean with 'dream mentor'?. (Seriously, it's a term I'm not familiar with.)
What do you mean with 'tossing' that Dumbledore is gay. (Again, a term I'm unfamiliar with in this specific context. I know what tossing means (throwing), but what does it mean in relation to his sexuality?)
And why do Dumbledore's sexual preferences ruin him?

I'm not trying to make you look like a homophobe here, I'm pretty sure you're not one. But it seems to me like you say that 5 books in or something she changed his sexual preferences, altered the character completely in the name of social or political activism. But in reality Dumbledore just happens to be gay. When she first imagined the story, she pictured him as gay. Before anyone even noticed and suggested; he already was gay. It wasn't until someone asked that she revealed this fact, but it was always there. Dumbledore hasn't changed, only your perception of him; and that sure as hell isn't something I could see as 'betrayal' on Rowling's part.
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Munch

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June 03, 2015, 07:07:56 AM Last Edit: June 03, 2015, 07:09:40 AM by Munch
Quote from: Draconic Aiur on June 02, 2015, 11:16:31 PM
Still cant believe she tossed that Dumbledore's gay. When she did I was pissed, I mean the character was so good and marvelous and i grew up thinking that such a character would be like a dream mentor. And then she threw and ruined it in the name of political activistness. I don't know i felt betrayed.

As Mr.Obvious above said, what reason would you have to look at the character differently because of this?

In all the harry potter films and books, there was never any indication of Dumbledore even having a sexual preference with anyone, he never talked about any relationships he was in, there was nothing to give you any indication of what his preference was.
And so in her revealing he was gay, as it was never in the story, the only reason you would feel bothered by this is because you have a preconceived idea of him being straight.

Thats what heteronormativity does, it sets a preconceived standard of someones sexuality in any media, when honestly unless there is some indication of them being anything else, you have no reason to have that presumption. And as he was a character that never talked about his relationships or past in general, you had no reason to think he was one way or the other.

The fact it bothers you something as trivial as this is put out their by the author means you value that more then anything the character did or was.
'Political correctness is fascism pretending to be manners' - George Carlin

Gawdzilla Sama

#8
June 03, 2015, 07:15:25 AM
He was over 150 years old, IIRC, so who cares?

We 'new atheists' have a reputation for being militant, but make no mistake  we didn't start this war. If you want to place blame put it on the the religious zealots who have been poisoning the minds of the  young for a long long time."
PZ Myers

Munch

#9
June 03, 2015, 07:18:56 AM
Quote from: Gawdzilla Sama on June 03, 2015, 07:15:25 AM
He was over 150 years old, IIRC, so who cares?

exactly, it wasn't something that even would matter in context to the story.
'Political correctness is fascism pretending to be manners' - George Carlin

Gawdzilla Sama

#10
June 03, 2015, 10:17:06 AM
Quote from: Munch on June 03, 2015, 07:18:56 AM
exactly, it wasn't something that even would matter in context to the story.
Except for his fling with a really bad boy back in his youth... That's kind of important to his character.
We 'new atheists' have a reputation for being militant, but make no mistake  we didn't start this war. If you want to place blame put it on the the religious zealots who have been poisoning the minds of the  young for a long long time."
PZ Myers

Draconic Aiur

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June 03, 2015, 02:44:43 PM
Dream mentor- a professor that id like to be in his class

My point is Dumbledore was a great character in A FAMILY/CHILDREN'S BOOK!

Mike Cl

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June 03, 2015, 02:51:52 PM
Quote from: Draconic Aiur on June 03, 2015, 02:44:43 PM
Dream mentor- a professor that id like to be in his class

My point is Dumbledore was a great character in A FAMILY/CHILDREN'S BOOK!
So, the FUCK, what?????  So, if you were to learn that in the family story of Snowwhite and the 7 dwarfs, that those seven were loving on each other, it would cease being a family story???  What a perverted little prick you are!
Is God willing to prevent evil, but not able?<br />Then he is not omnipotent,<br />Is he able but not willing?<br />Then whence cometh evil?<br />Is he neither able or willing?<br />Then why call him god?

Draconic Aiur

#13
June 03, 2015, 02:55:59 PM
stfu Harry potter was a childrens book for young readers and snowhite is a fairy tale aimed at children not  ADULT or YOUNG ADULT  READING MATERIAL

Hydra009

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June 03, 2015, 02:57:57 PM
Quote from: Draconic Aiur on June 03, 2015, 02:44:43 PMMy point is Dumbledore was a great character in A FAMILY/CHILDREN'S BOOK!
And him being gay changes this?

Also, how is this activism?

I'm also at a loss as to why his sexuality would ever be a point of interest, let alone ruin the character for you.
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