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Author J.K. Rowling has fallen silent on her usually busy X (formerly Twitter) feed, after Olympic gold medalist boxer Imane Khelif filed a legal complaint in France for alleged cyber harassment over statements regarding her gender.

On August 9, lawyers for Khelif filed a lawsuit with a special unit of the public prosecutor's office in Paris, stemming from false statements that spread online about her gender after the Algerian boxer defeated Italy's Angela Carini in her first fight of the 2024 Olympic Games. Carini pulled out 46 seconds into the bout and told reporters afterwards that she had "never felt a punch like this."

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

Use of the internet to in any way facilitate the outsourcing of on-site labour overseas is capitalism's ultimate spatial fix, pass it on.

[–] [email protected] 36 points 3 months ago (2 children)

It's amazing how fast lawsuits can shut up anybody who still has at least two brain cells left. Doesn't work on Trump or Elon for some reason. I'm sure it's a coincidence.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago

Dementia DonOLD the weird racist rapist with 34 felonies only has two brain cells. AND THEY'RE FIGHTING FOR THIRD PLACE.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Different laws. In the UK it's generally easier to sue for defaming someone like Rowling is accused of doing.

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[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago

she's in stage 2 of fucking around lmaoo

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 months ago

They should just let them sort it out in the ring.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago (3 children)

How much money did she make with HP, billions not millions, right? How can she be so dumb spending her life like a bored internet Karen instead of enjoying it to the fullest with no worry whatsoever?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago (3 children)

because she is successful, and there is literally no one more vile and disgusting as a rich person, especially if that person happens to be friends with neo-nazis

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Weirdly, I saw a video online about how people have been looking at videos JKR has been making and the weird coincidence that black mold has allegedly been seen in her backgrounds, given the symptoms of black mold in a person and how the appearance of it lines up with when she started spouting these “opinions.”

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Rowling should be in jail for hate crimes. That person need rehabilitation before we can let her back into society.

[–] [email protected] 18 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Unfortunately, the laws don't apply to billionaires.

[–] [email protected] 93 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (34 children)

when a man breaks a record he is a super human, when a woman breaks a record she is a man.

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[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 months ago

good god, she's still digging

[–] [email protected] 40 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) (5 children)

The Wall Street Journal still has an article online that says:

The Algerian boxer is biologically male but allowed to compete in the female category

https://www.wsj.com/opinion/does-imane-khelif-belong-in-the-womens-ring-olympics-boxing-transgender-ideology-b227f2cd

~~Fuck Jeff Bezos~~

EDIT: Oh dang this isn't WaPo. Fuck him anyway though.

[–] [email protected] 29 points 3 months ago

WSJ is a Murdoch propaganda outlet

[–] [email protected] 8 points 3 months ago

You spelled Rupert Murdoch wrong.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Bezos has nothing to do with the Wall Street Journal

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 months ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Upvote because you recognized you were incorrect & you weren’t a rowling about it!

[–] [email protected] 14 points 3 months ago (1 children)

☺️

It's not like I have to take back the "Fuck Jeff Bezos" part. Just not specifically about this.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 3 months ago (2 children)

Never, ever take back a “fuck Bezos” 💪👍🙏

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Unless you meant it literally; I would never encourage sexual intercourse with that... being.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 months ago (1 children)

Hold up though, here me out. Well, lets just say things could get interesting with a splintered 4x4 piece of lumber. Ya know, for science.

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[–] [email protected] 31 points 3 months ago (3 children)

Wait how is this blatant lie allowed to remain published online? I thought the WSJ had at least some credibility?

[–] [email protected] 9 points 3 months ago

how is this blatant lie allowed to remain published online?

A lot of people still think there's consequence or rules or regulations on what publications can say or do. We abolished those laws a long time ago.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 3 months ago

Sue'em, hard.

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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

Get fucked you stupid cunt.

[–] [email protected] 60 points 3 months ago

The irony of Rowling getting sued for calling a biological woman trans

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