Halloween is at the door. So what better reason to remember the politically correct witch hunt? Let’s start with Hermione Grangerthe well-known witch from Harry Potter, played by Emma Watson, who paradoxically is one of the persecutors rather than the persecuted.
“I am here for all witches.” This is how the actress and passionate feminist spoke at the BAFTAs 2022. A swipe at the mother of the saga, who gave Watson the visibility she enjoys today when we say “Spit on the plate, from “that we eat” say. But why this bitterness of the little witch towards the “witch”? JK Rowling? The answer lies in the author’s positions, which are defined as “transphobic”. Beliefs that the “witch” paid for with vile and petty behavior, repeatedly taking away what rightfully belonged to her as the fruit of her labor. Like what happened last summer when the author of Harry Potter was not included in the exhibitions dedicated to the franchise by the Seattle Museum of Pop Culture.
The reason? The usual, according to the Museum of Pop Culture blog post written by project manager Chris Moore: “(…) This particular person is a little too explicit with theirs.” Super hateful opinions and controversial to be ignored. Well, in the name of rainbow inclusivity, Harry Potter’s mother was excluded from exhibitions dedicated to the Harry Potter franchise.
Undoubtedly an inclusivity that is consistent in its incoherence.
And speaking of witches, remember what happened to Kathleen Stock in 2021. Lecturer at the University of Sussex, in England. The professor got into an uproar because she simply stated what actually exists, namely the gender difference between women and transsexuals. A real blasphemy for the dominant ideology of the minorities.
Actually it is Joan of Arc of the Obvious suffered a campaign of persecution that went so far that the university professor resigned and described this period in a tweet as “terrible” for her and her family.
A real witch hunt This was denounced by Rowling herself in a tweet when, in 2021, a group of trans journalists and activists published her home address and posted a photo of her driveway on Twitter. A post that even made her fear for her safety and forced Rowling to denounce everything in a tweet in which she mentioned the other persecuted people like Kathleen Stock. “None of these women are as protected as I am. They, along with their families, were left in a state of fear and distress – she wrote: “Perhaps the best way to show that your movement is not a threat to women is to stop following us and harassing us.”
With swimmer Riley Gaines, however The harassment turned into aggression: Punched in the face by a man dressed as a woman for daring to compete against trans athletes like Lia Thomas in women’s competitions. A witch hunt in which burnings were replaced by public shaming, media exile and, probably soon, legalized gagging
Actually, in Great Britain Labor plans to equate so-called transphobic abuse with crimes motivated by racial or religious hatred, punishable by a two-year prison sentence Danger of criminalization Anyone who does not embrace the rainbow ideology. A criticism that the witch par excellence cannot miss: “I will gladly do two years if the alternative is forced language and the forced denial of the reality of the meaning of sex.” Participate in the process: it will be more More fun than being on the red carpet.”
A process carried out in the name of diversity but aimed at destroying what makes the world tick.
Nemes Sicari, October 28, 2023