r/facepalm • u/Lvexr • Aug 23 '24

🇲​🇮​🇸​🇨​ J.K. Rowling first tweet in weeks…

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u/Madrugada2010 Aug 23 '24

My guess is that she's going to have to make some kind of public apology, and that's a check her fucking ego won't cash.

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u/thicctak Aug 23 '24

yup, for millionaires, specially billionaires it's really difficult to hurt then with money, but their ego is so big it makes a better target.

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u/TRANSBIANGODDES Aug 23 '24

If you become wealthy off their money they will get hurt off that as well

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u/Some_guy_am_i Aug 23 '24

lol, so true

Does she still live in the UK? Don’t they lock people up for shit like this now?

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u/Madrugada2010 Aug 23 '24

Heh...she said she would proudly go to prison for her beliefs.

That quote has aged well!

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u/skratch Aug 23 '24

Hate speech is fucked up, but locking people up over speech is worse than any hate speech

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u/GoatsWithWigs Aug 24 '24 edited Aug 24 '24

A hateful attack on someone is by definition a reason to consider not letting someone participate in society. Are prison systems absolutely fucked up, and can people be wrongly imprisoned for saying something with peaceful intention, YES, but like every means of enforcement it just depends on how the state defines any crime. In Rowling's case I see a rightful reason to consider her speech a hate crime

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u/sophosoftcat Aug 23 '24

She’d probably also have to stop doing it. I think an injunction is a given in this scenario.

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u/Queen_Sardine Aug 24 '24

What if she refuses?

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u/Madrugada2010 Aug 24 '24

That's just it, of course, she'll refuse.

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u/[deleted] Aug 23 '24

My guess is she won’t have to do anything or pay anything because this isn’t how the internet works. 

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u/Madrugada2010 Aug 23 '24

What are you even talking about?