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LostOne4Ever

(9,693 posts)
Sat Apr 22, 2023, 01:00 AM Apr 2023

Contrapoints on "The Witch Trial of J K Rowling"



The parallels of Anita Bryant and JK Rowling are definitely striking!!!
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Contrapoints on "The Witch Trial of J K Rowling" (Original Post) LostOne4Ever Apr 2023 OP
"By cancelling bigots, we're acting like Westboro Baptists." lambchopp59 Apr 2023 #1
I'm sorry it was so hard for you to watch LostOne4Ever Apr 2023 #4
Contrapoint is awesome al bupp Apr 2023 #2
It was a great video LostOne4Ever Apr 2023 #3

lambchopp59

(2,809 posts)
1. "By cancelling bigots, we're acting like Westboro Baptists."
Sat Apr 22, 2023, 10:02 PM
Apr 2023

Triggered. Don't even go there.
False equivalency. I must take an intermission break from this to calm down.
The unparalleled weirdest 30 seconds of my youth was being put through a "send my soul to hell" ritual I got tricked into. Fred Phelps still remains as the most vile ghoul I've ever been face to face with for that very brief, torrid experience. Shirley Phelps was shrieking some twisted chant repeatedly along the lines of "go to hell fag" behind me along with her entourage. I was isolated, physically encircled upon walking in the door, utter dehumanizing torment that needless to say I didn't hang around but only long enough to realize they weren't joking, they were actually this insane.
Had it stopped there, water under the bridge. But it didn't. It turned into 2 years of physical and mental torment by a community bamboozled by the Phelp's. It only stopped when I escaped and lived as a teen runaway.
No, you privileged asshole bigots, "cancelling" you does not even come close to that.

LostOne4Ever

(9,693 posts)
4. I'm sorry it was so hard for you to watch
Sun Apr 23, 2023, 05:27 PM
Apr 2023

But I thought she did a great job of tearing that argument to pieces.

Do you think I should add a content warning to warn DUers of all the bigoted arguments that she discusses and then debunks? Or that it is a long video?

al bupp

(2,515 posts)
2. Contrapoint is awesome
Sun Apr 23, 2023, 12:59 PM
Apr 2023

Thank you for posting this important, informative, engaging and, yes, long video. It's was quite worth the time. I cannot recommend it enough.

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