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J.K. Rowling, Elon Musk Named in Imane Khelif's Cyberbullying Lawsuit

J.K. Rowling and Elon Musk have both been named in a criminal complaint filed to French authorities over alleged “acts of aggravated cyber harassment” against Algerian boxer and newl crowned Olympic champion Imane Khelif.

Nabil Boudi, the Paris-based attorney of Khelif, confirmed to Variety that both figures were mentioned in the body of the complaint, posted to the anti-online hatred center of the Paris public prosecutor’s office on Friday.

The lawsuit was filed against X, which under French law means that it was filed against unknown persons. That “ensure[s] that the ‘prosecution has all the latitude to be able to investigate against all people,” including those who may have written hateful messages under pseudonyms, said Boudi. The complaint nevertheless mentions famously controversial figures.

iAmTheTot ,

Good. Did Rowling ever apologize or walk back her outrageous tweet?

MermaidsGarden ,
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Has she walked back or apologized for any of her bullshit? Last I could stomach to listen she was denying Nazi war crimes.

TransplantedSconie ,

Lmao wtf.

“Yer a cunt, Joanne”- Hagrid probably.

eestileib ,

Robby Coltrane stands out among the HP cast members as having taken JKR’s side on the culture war stuff.

meco03211 ,

Well that’s unfortunate.

deegeese ,

Source?

theilleists ,

people.com/…/harry-potter-actor-robbie-coltrane-d…

deegeese ,

Thanks, at least he admits he’s an old grumpy man.

FlyingSquid ,
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Admitted. He died in 2022.

Omegamanthethird ,
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It’s always interesting whether people consider getting offended vs allowing offense as being a strong-man attribute depending on the situation. Like, he’s defending JK for being offended at other people living their lives, but people standing up for the oppressed makes them weak.

Maybe defending people is strong and getting offended by other people existing is weak.

ebits21 ,
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“Joanne Roowwling, you cunt”. -Snape maybe

TankovayaDiviziya ,

What fame does to you.

The core theme of Harry Potter is about the power of love; and yet now she is being an insufferable, bigoted bitch. Wasn’t she also for accepting refugees but then when right-wingers told her to allow refugees to stay in her house, she went silent?

Gsus4 , (edited )
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She ruined her IP, I used to look at death eaters as fascists and the good guys as people who were kind, welcoming, wacky, they transfigured, they were free to be whatever they wanted without having to prove their purity, now I’m not sure what she thinks death eaters are…and have to look at all the hidden stereotypes in the book in a different light.

Cosmonauticus ,

Not to shit on one of your favorite works of fiction but this is exactly why it’s a book for kids/teenagers. There are VERY FEW cases were the bad vs good is so black and white. Life is made up of shades of grey and as I’ve gotten older I’ve lost respect for writing that paints such a simple view of right and wrong. Without nuance either side can look at themselves as the good guy and the other as pure evil.

Gsus4 , (edited )
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But that nuance exists in the books, there are family ties that cut across faction allegiances, double agents, traitors, misunderstood people, ambiguous characters. However, faction construction and ideology is very reminiscent of 20th century european history, so there is a grounded sense of black and white, unless you consider elitism, classism, racism and gratuitous violence to subjugate others as something that can be seen in a good light, somehow.

MindTraveller ,

Harry Potter is racist AF. Rowling named the black guy Kingsley Shacklebolt and the Asian girl Cho Chang. The books are pro-slavery too, and argue that if you free slaves they’ll turn to alcoholism. Rowling has always been a white supremacist.

lolrightythen ,

I feel like this is important. Beautify can sprout from ugly. We can grow.

FlyingSquid ,
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She never apologizes for anything. She just moves on as if she hadn’t said it if she’s called out.

Moneo ,

JK “I’m protecting women” Rowling?

floofloof ,

JK “Not those women” Rowling.

FlyingSquid ,
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JK “I get to decide who is a woman” Rowling.

Ragdoll_X , (edited )
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I remember seeing a tweet of hers where she doubled down on this by linking to some right-wing blog that claimed Khelif has XY chromosomes. Not sure if she’s changed course ever since the lawsuit or if she decided to triple down.

Edit: Looks like she was still tweeting about Khelif 6 days ago, but hasn’t tweeted since.

rainynight65 ,

These people never walk back their bullshit. When called out on it, they will double down. When proven wrong, they will change the topic. But they need to be seen as strong, and right. Admitting that you’re wrong or even apologising is neither - it’s weak, and it can create doubt. If the were wrong about this, then what else are they wrong about?

They radicalise their followers with lies and falsehoods, and they can only keep that up if they are not seen as being wrong about what they say. They spread their lies with confidence and zeal, and if reality disagrees, then reality is wrong.

madjo ,

I hope that these nazi-adjacent so-called “gender criticals” finally see some consequences for their actions.

iAmTheTot ,

Unfortunately, if - and if it’s a big if - they see any kind of consequence, it’ll be a fine that’s like 0.01% of their yearly income.

The ultra rich play by completely different rules than the rest of us.

Catoblepas ,

Fuck Joanne, that asshole has been lawyer bullying UK citizens critical of her transphobia for years and I’m glad to see someone finally slap her ass with a lawsuit. I hope she gets taken to the cleaners.

DragonTypeWyvern ,

Would she have any potential liability under French law?

Catoblepas ,

I couldn’t tell you, I know absolutely fuck all about French law.

SoleInvictus ,

I know it’ll never happen, I hope she wins and the court awards her one round each in the ring with each of these assholes.

morphballganon ,

Courts never punish billionaires in any impactful way.

FlyingSquid ,
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If anyone wants to know what Rowling said…

On X, Rowling posted a photo of Khelif and Carini. In the photo Khelif looks like she’s patting a crying Carini on the back. But that’s not what Rowling sees.

“Could any picture sum up our new men’s rights movement better?” Rowling posted. “The smirk of a male who’s [sic] knows he’s protected by a misogynist sporting establishment enjoying the distress of a woman he’s just punched in the head, and whose life’s ambition he’s just shattered.”

Of course, once Rowling learned that Khelif is not a man, she apologized…. Ha. Just kidding.

X user @YourAnonNews posted, “Imane Khelif should sue every single account and outlet saying she is trans. Assholes are putting her life at risk, it is illegal in her country to be trans. The continuance of the blatant trans lie continues unfettered on Twitter.”

Rowling responded to this with, “The idea that those objecting to a male punching a female in the name of sport are objecting because they believe Khelif to be ‘trans’ is a joke. We object because we saw a male punching a female.”

epgn.com/2024/…/creep-of-the-week-j-k-rowling/

What a colossal shithead. I’m glad my daughter never got into Harry Potter so I don’t have to grit my teeth and pretend to enjoy it.

Gsus4 , (edited )
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It’s interesting to combine this with trump’s “I say Kamala is not black” to conclude that in their worldview, people can’t just be free to determine what they are (which could be debated, I guess), but what is worst is that some special people have the right to determine what anyone else is and how to live their life based solely on their own whims. An aristocracy of buffoons.

MindTraveller ,

Rowling is a white supremacist

FlyingSquid ,
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Good. Fuck them both.

xc2215x ,

This is getting quite serious for sure.

some_guy ,

Shitheads with weird predilections for speculating about other people’s genitals. I hope she gets some justice but I doubt it.

Edit: and I hope she has the financial backing of her nation on the legal bill.

MyOpinion ,

Both of these people should be held accountable for the terror they brought to this person.

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NegativeInf ,

Toss her Azkaban

MindTraveller ,

The level of cruel and unusual punishment present in Azkaban is beyond what any person could ever deserve to be subjected to. And the fact that the heroes do not abolish Azkaban by the end of the books is a sign of Rowling’s neoliberal, anti-change worldview. Harry and the gang save the one single innocent person from Azkaban, but everyone else still suffers, having every happy memory drained away. Rowling believes in punishment, not rehabilitation.

SteveFromMySpace ,

I hope suits from every country are raised against these utter pieces of shit

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