Stephen Fry vs J.K. Rowling
I see that Sir Stephen Fry has said JK Rowling has been “radicalised by TERFs” as he hit out at the Harry Potter author’s “cruel” comments about transgender people.
The TV presenter and comic described the bestselling writer, whose net worth reportedly stands at £945 million, as a “lost cause” because of her views.
Fry was paid a tidy sum, one presumes, for narrating the audiobooks for the whole Harry Potter series. Loyalty is limited in showbiz.
Fry went on a podcast last week to say that though that he previously enjoyed Rowling’s company her gender critical views had “completely altered the way she talks and engages with the world now”.
“She has been radicalised I fear and it may be she has been radicalised by TERFs*, but also by the vitriol that is thrown at her.“It is unhelpful and only hardens her and will only continue to harden her I am afraid. I am not saying that she not be called out when she says things that are really cruel, wrong and mocking. She seems to be a lost cause for us.”
(*Terf stands for trans-exclusionary radical feminist and is used as an insult by pro-trans activists)
I think Stephen Fry may suffer from memory loss because it was back in 2022 that he declared to the world that he wouldn’t condemn JK Rowling for her views on transgender people, despite them making his friends “deeply upset”.
Has he many transgender friends?
We know that Sir Stephen (67 years) is married to Elliot Spencer (38) and is a prominent LGBTQ+ activist. Here he is with his husband.
I really do wonder about pompous windbags like Fry. He is plainly a clever man but is he a smart man? Is he so blinded by gender ideology that he actually thinks a man can become a women? Does he think that biological men should have access to women’s spaces with impunity?
It seems to me that J.K. Rowling is imminently sensible an anchored in reality. Fry, by contrast, is an entitled clown who shows no respect for biological women.
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Fry is a pompous old luvvy. I had to restrain myself from using a harsher performative.
So, according to Fry, believing that you can't change sex, means you're a radical. And his use of the word 'TERF' shows him up for what he really is. An extremist transgender advocate.
Someone should ask him what exactly does homosexuality and transgenderism actually have in common. Some of the gay/lesbian community have been brave enough to tell the truth over this. They have nothing in common. The former is a mental illness, the latter a sexual preference.
JK Rowling is the one who speaks common sense, not Fry.
I doubt she will mourn the loss of his friendship.
And also, she doesn't embarrass herself by knocking about with someone 29 years younger than her. I wonder would Fry's fancy toyboy would be so enamoured with the wrinkly old reprobate, if Fry was working on a building site? He's probably yearning for the day when Fry snuffs it and he gets his hands on his millions.
A last point. Look at the GB News headline. 'Author JK Rowling sparked a bitter row".
No she didn't. It was Fry. Shame on you GB News.
Well, he would have to come out against JK Rowling, wouldn't he? And if she has been hardened by all this abuse which has been piled on her, why not add to the vile slime on Social media? Surely it be noticed by his fellow heel-kissers at the BBC if he failed to add his voice to the chorus of disapproval of her "cruelty" towards transgender people?
Long live JK Rowling! I have always loved her work and now I love her even more for her courage to defend the truth