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The Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling | 5. The Tweets

The Free Press Investigates

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JK Rowling's Twitter - "You Cannot Argue Me Out of This"

Rowling tweeted, dress however you please, call yourself whatever you like, sleep with any consenting adult who have you. Within seconds of her hitting publish, the replies started pouring in and sure enough it came: You are so disappointed. Turf. Be gone, Turf. But don't be surprised when you're called out as a Turf. Rowling said she felt that the tribunal was wrong. The conclusions reached that her belief that sex is fundamentally immutable was not worthy of respect. So I decided I'm standing up right now. I'm done.

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