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“Remember When You Were Better”: JK Rowling’s Jab At David Tennant Massively Backfires
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“Remember When You Were Better”: JK Rowling’s Jab At David Tennant Massively Backfires

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J.K. Rowling reignited a long-standing feud with Doctor Who star David Tennant by posting a sarcastic X post (formerly known as Twitter). Their clash began in June 2023 when David, while accepting an LGBTQ+ ally award, expressed frustration with Conservative Party member Kemi Badenoch. Amid Kemi being announced as the new party leader, J.K. mocked David, drawing significant backlash from fans.

Highlights
  • J.K. Rowling reignited a feud with David Tennant over a sarcastic post.
  • David Tennant expressed frustrations over Kemi Badenoch and LGBTQ+ rights.
  • Kemi responded by criticizing David's views on her gender and race.
  • J.K.'s remark about David received backlash from fans on social media.

Following the news that Kemi had become the leader of the Conservative Party in the United Kingdom, J.K. took a swipe at David on X.

The party announced Kemi’s election as its leader on X on Saturday (November 2). J.K. subsequently reshared the X post with a caption that read: “My thoughts and prayers are with David Tennant at this very difficult time.”

David, who portrayed Barty Crouch Jr. in the film version of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, has clashed with Kemi over her views on the LGBTQ+ community, once expressing his wish for her to “shut up,” the Express reported on Sunday (November 3).

J.K. Rowling reignited a long-standing feud with Doctor Who star David Tennant

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Upon accepting the Celebrity Ally award at the British LGBTQ+ Awards in June, David said in his speech: “If I’m honest, I’m a little depressed by the fact that acknowledging that everyone has the right to be who they want to be and live their life how they want to live it as long as they’re not hurting anyone else should merit any kind of special award or special mention – because it’s common sense, isn’t it?

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“It is human decency. We shouldn’t live in a world where that is worth remarking on. 

“However, until we wake up and Kemi Badenoch doesn’t exist anymore. I don’t wish ill of her, I just wish her to shut up – whilst we do live in this world, I am honored to receive this.”

Kemi reportedly responded at the time: “I will not shut up. I will not be silenced by men who prioritize applause from Stonewall over the safety of women and girls.

“A rich, lefty, white male celebrity so blinded by ideology he can’t see the optics of attacking the only Black woman in government by calling publicly for my existence to end.”

 

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J.K.’s snarky remark consequently sparked backlash, as an X user commented: “As if David Tennant gives a toss about what Badenoch or indeed you think.

“He’s too busy being a national treasure and award-winning actor.”

A person wrote: “I’d wager he couldn’t give a f**k as you were.”

Someone else penned: “Yeah DT is literally not sweating it but thank you for that thought.”

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“David Tennant is a much better person than you will ever be,” a netizen added.

A commentator added: “Really? I’m sure David wouldn’t waste his brain thinking about you.”

J.K. posted a sarcastic X (formerly known as Twitter) post mocking the actor

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A separate individual chimed in: “You’re such a bitter woman. Go and have some fun with your billions ffs.”

J.K.’s comment to David comes after he reportedly rejected the idea of involving the Harry Potter author in Doctor Who, fearing it would transform the beloved series into a “spoof,” as per the Express.

The acclaimed writer was allegedly seeking a cameo that would eclipse Kylie Minogue’s memorable Christmas special appearance, the Express reported.

The proposal to include J.K. Rowling was reportedly disclosed through various emails published by Welsh screenwriter and television producer Russell T Davies.

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Russell noted at the time that the concept was shelved “to keep him happy.” Although this decision pleased David, it inadvertently ignited a long-standing rift between the actor and the author, according to the Express.

At the time, Russell remarked: “David doesn’t like the J.K. idea. He thinks it sounds like a spoof, so we’ve paused slightly, wondering whether to win him around or just abandon something that he’s not going to be happy with. 

“We’ve got to keep him happy. He keeps us happy.”

Russell had reportedly previously invited J.K. to write an episode for the BBC series, but she “politely declined.”

J.K. and David’s clash began in June 2023

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David has been a vocal critic of Kemi’s views on LGBTQ+ rights. The now Tory (Conservative) leader previously fronted the party’s election pledge to make biological sex a protected characteristic in the UK’s Equality Act, The Independent reported on Tuesday (November 5).

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Protecting “biological sex” means prioritizing the rights and recognition of people based on their sex assigned at birth (male or female), rather than their gender identity (how they identify, such as as a man, woman, or non-binary). 

This approach has been highly criticized by LGBTQ+ advocacy groups as it aims to restrict certain rights and spaces—like bathrooms, sports teams, and women’s shelters—to individuals whose birth sex matches that space’s designated gender, without consideration for transgender identities.

For transgender people, such a change would likely undermine their access to spaces, services, and protections that align with their gender identity. 

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Currently, gender reassignment is a protected characteristic under UK law. However, with Kemi’s recent win as a political leader, J.K., notable for her transphobic rant, seemed to take satisfaction in the outcome.

Following David’s accolade at the British LGBT Awards, Kemi declared that she was not “afraid of Doctor Who” while launching her campaign in September to become the new leader of the Conservative Party, The Independent reported.

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The politician reportedly railed against the “cultural establishment trying to keep Conservatives down,” promising to “take the fight to Doctor Who or whoever and not let them try to keep us down.”

The UK’s Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, recently commented on David’s past comments about Kemi and said he “wouldn’t have engaged” in the discussion in the same way, GB News reported on Saturday.

David, while accepting an LGBTQ+ ally award, expressed frustration with Conservative party member Kemi Badenoch

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He explained: “In politics, as in life, it’s important that we are able to robustly disagree with others – obviously that happens a lot in the general election campaign.

“But we should do it with respect for everybody involved in that robust discussion.

“I wouldn’t have engaged in the way that he did. I think it’s right that we have these robust discussions, but we must do it respectfully.”

While Harry Potter alumni Daniel Radcliffe, Emma Watson, and Rupert Grint have all made comments in support of trans rights, J.K.’s opinion has veered in the opposite direction, Metro reported on Monday (November 4).

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J.K. Rowling has faced accusations of transphobia due to several controversial statements on social media and in essays. 

In June 2020, she posted a sarcastic response on X to an article that used the phrase “people who menstruate,” suggesting it should just say “women,” implying a rigid view of gender (“People who menstruate. I’m sure there used to be a word for those people,” she wrote). 

Shortly after, the 59-year-old talent posted a lengthy essay defending her views, expressing concerns about “erasing” biological sex and saying she felt compelled to speak out for “women’s rights.” 

J.K. has also repeatedly supported individuals known for opposing transgender rights, leading many to label her views as transphobic and exclusionary toward the transgender community.​​

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Atom Bohr
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is so funny to me. David Tennant is so popular with so much of society - by all accounts he seems genuinely nice and kind, and then there's JK who has utterly ostracised herself over the years, and she thinks it's a good idea to pick a fight with him? This woman has no sense.

Trialia
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For a start, "Grandad", JKR recently claimed that trans people were not targeted by the Nazis, which is entirely counterfactual - LGBTQ+ people were one of their first targeted groups, including their burning of all the medical literature belonging to the then world-leading Institute of Sexual Diversity (rough translation) in Berlin. She also claims that only (her definition of) women can menstruate, and that isn't true either. Aside from her exclusion of girls who are not yet women, there are as many intersex people in the world as there are naturally redheaded people, and depending on hormone distribution they too can have menstrual cycles.

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BTDubs
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Watching the comment section descend into transphobia is the most tiresome thing. @Apatheist Account2, I think you need some serious therapy if the very existence of trans and intersex people makes you feel this uncomfortable. Hope you get well soon <3

KatSaidWhat
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's not often I want someone cancelled, but come in, JK, your time is up.

UKGrandad
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1 week ago

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Yeah, how dare she continue to speak up for the rights of women? Bloody uppity women need to learn to do as they're told, right 🙄

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Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Who should we listen to? David Tennant who has a transgender child and is educated on the subject, or clueless bigot determined to exhibit her ignorance and p**s away the respect and high regard she used to have?

UKGrandad
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1 week ago

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Hmm, who should we listen to? A man who has bought into the ideology that says anybody can be a woman, or an actual woman who knows what it means to be a woman? Gosh, how to choose?

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Seedy Vine
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1 week ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The hateful smirk in those two horrible, misled women's faces... hopefully our species will still evolve with awesome people like David Tennant!

n75mk9nk2n
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh, Rowling. How far you've fallen. You knew better, once. You tried to teach us better, once. What happened to you? How could the same mind that gave us Hermione Granger and 'it is our choices that define us' be such a terrible Voldemort of a person, spewing hate and venom the way you've done? And for clarification here, I am not saying that being trans, or gay, is a choice. What I am saying is that our pronouns are a choice, and our choices are what define us, far more than whatever we may have been born as.

AR
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I no longer believe that she actually intended Dumbledore to be gay or was actually trying to teach us anything. She found a winning formula for selling books. That’s it.

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Christopher Crockett
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm sure jk rowling, David Tennant and whoever the politician is couldn't care less about me. But since my daughter and my best friend are gay, I care about the rights certain people have fought for being rolled back in the name of reactionary intolerance and religious ideology. Some people just can't understand the concept of letting people be if they aren't hurting anyone else. We have the Orange Sh!tbag and his savant flunkies to deal with here in America, and I'm growing very weary of dealing with our idiots. I'm sure others around the world are too.

zovjraar me
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i thought that dr who was so clever to bring in a non-binary character (and actress) to play off Donna saying binary binary binary in an earlier season. i really liked it. i really don't care if someone is trans- people are people. but i did think that was clever writing.

Bob Brooce
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh, the horror. I can't believe David Tennant has a negative opinion about the only black woman in government just because of her moronic opinions. That said, maybe we should giver her a nod for being a conservative but playing the race card?

UKGrandad
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She isn't in government, she's leader of the opposition.

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AndyR
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

At this point I don't care - her views don't deserve the publicity.

Vicki Stafford
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thing is, we only have the unsupported word of people like Rowling and Badenoch that they actually are of the biological sex they indentify with so bitterly. How do we know if either of these witches are cisgender? The point is, EVERYONE is known to the world as the gender they self-identify, so unless these people are in the habit of flashing their pink bits every time they go into a ladies' toilet, we just have to take their word -- and even then it's moot.

Eve Mraz
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Love the Harry Potter books, hate the author. Simple as that.

Natalia
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why are female Tories so f*****g vile? Luckily the likelihood of many people voting for a black woman as PM is slim to none.

UKGrandad
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"Luckily' no one will vote for a black woman. Jesus H. Christ! EDIT: WOW! Downvoted for calling out the racism in saying that it's lucky people won't vote for a black woman. How the fúck am I the villain?

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geezeronthehill
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Thoughts and prayers " seems equivalent to "bless your heart " in this context.

Anna Drever
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

David Tennant is both a wonderful actor and a wonderful human being. JKR, not so much. In fact if she wanted to take a long walk off a short pier I’d be ok with that. 🙂

arthbach
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Anna Drever, I would never want any actual harm to come to her. I just want her to stop harming others.

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AR
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I see Badenoch is really leaning in to her tokenism. As for Rowling, who cares anymore. Once upon a time she wrote a very popular book series. Now she’s a bigot. Let’s more past her and her b******t.

Ray Carrillo
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Treat the Traveling Doctor with Respect. Also never read any Harry Potter novels.

Sharon Switzer
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5 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sounds like the UK is lucky to have both Kemi Badenoch and J.K. Rowlings. David Tennant sounds like just another brain dead leftist.

Hrothgir O'Domnaill
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6 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Editorial point - you missed "entertainment channel" in the mention of GBNews. They're not a news channel. They're not regulated as a news channel, and people not in the UK might get confused just by its name. It's sort of a lifestyle and entertainment channel for neon@zis

Red Skye
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1 week ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Point one, Sport is about biology, NOT feelings, and mental anquish of some biological man with delusions of femaleness. or women who wanna be men. just start a trans category. point two, if a trans female still has a d**k, STAY OUT OF FEMALE CHANGE ROOMS and Toilets, once you surgically transition and lose the overtly biological male apendage, I don't have a problem with them using ladies room/change rooms. Alternately USE THE DISABLED TOILETS trans creatures. Point three i wish men who wanna be transvestites/aka wear womens clothes/make up/hair styles just said so what I AM A MAN, who happens to like female based fashion tremendously that does not change my masculinity, just as wearing trousers, and a mens shirt doesn't change a woman's gender, its about fashion, not gender, and people quit it with the gender wars over what is fashion choices, then a lot of trans-hatred would die. Hell Boy George never started claiming to be a woman, just androgenous.

FluffyDreg
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah so by your logic sone really big buff men, men who are balding and have a beard, all should be in the ladies room. There are plenty of men who dress up feminine and arent women. Fashion expression is seperate from gender.

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Surly Scot
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1 week ago

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I'd have written a comment here, but i'm a woman so my opinion doesn't even matter.

UKGrandad
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1 week ago

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You'd only be told to shut up anyway. A lot of commenters here are not even trying to hide their hatred of women who speak for themselves, or of anybody who speaks up for women's rights.

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Apatheist Account2
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1 week ago

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Given the background, I think it's fair enough sarcasm. As Tory leader she is now potentially the next prime minister, so be prepared for changes in 5 years.

Fat Harry (Oi / You)
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She's terminally unelectable. Her becoming Tory leader is the best thing that could have happened for the Labour party and the left and centre of the country, because she's so completely loopy that she'll never become PM.

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Belle_Pandamonium🇧🇻l
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Snow_White
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1. Straight male 2. Gay male 3. Trans 4. Some other group I've forgotten 5. Young girls 6. Women Women's lives are always at the bottom.

Bernd Herbert
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

@Snow_White: what a ridiculous statement given the fact that this article here mentions a woman who has just become Leader of the Conservative Party in the UK.

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Atom Bohr
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

This is so funny to me. David Tennant is so popular with so much of society - by all accounts he seems genuinely nice and kind, and then there's JK who has utterly ostracised herself over the years, and she thinks it's a good idea to pick a fight with him? This woman has no sense.

Trialia
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

For a start, "Grandad", JKR recently claimed that trans people were not targeted by the Nazis, which is entirely counterfactual - LGBTQ+ people were one of their first targeted groups, including their burning of all the medical literature belonging to the then world-leading Institute of Sexual Diversity (rough translation) in Berlin. She also claims that only (her definition of) women can menstruate, and that isn't true either. Aside from her exclusion of girls who are not yet women, there are as many intersex people in the world as there are naturally redheaded people, and depending on hormone distribution they too can have menstrual cycles.

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BTDubs
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Watching the comment section descend into transphobia is the most tiresome thing. @Apatheist Account2, I think you need some serious therapy if the very existence of trans and intersex people makes you feel this uncomfortable. Hope you get well soon <3

KatSaidWhat
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

It's not often I want someone cancelled, but come in, JK, your time is up.

UKGrandad
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1 week ago

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Yeah, how dare she continue to speak up for the rights of women? Bloody uppity women need to learn to do as they're told, right 🙄

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Nathaniel He/Him Cis-Het
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Who should we listen to? David Tennant who has a transgender child and is educated on the subject, or clueless bigot determined to exhibit her ignorance and p**s away the respect and high regard she used to have?

UKGrandad
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1 week ago

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Hmm, who should we listen to? A man who has bought into the ideology that says anybody can be a woman, or an actual woman who knows what it means to be a woman? Gosh, how to choose?

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Seedy Vine
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1 week ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

The hateful smirk in those two horrible, misled women's faces... hopefully our species will still evolve with awesome people like David Tennant!

n75mk9nk2n
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh, Rowling. How far you've fallen. You knew better, once. You tried to teach us better, once. What happened to you? How could the same mind that gave us Hermione Granger and 'it is our choices that define us' be such a terrible Voldemort of a person, spewing hate and venom the way you've done? And for clarification here, I am not saying that being trans, or gay, is a choice. What I am saying is that our pronouns are a choice, and our choices are what define us, far more than whatever we may have been born as.

AR
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I no longer believe that she actually intended Dumbledore to be gay or was actually trying to teach us anything. She found a winning formula for selling books. That’s it.

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Christopher Crockett
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I'm sure jk rowling, David Tennant and whoever the politician is couldn't care less about me. But since my daughter and my best friend are gay, I care about the rights certain people have fought for being rolled back in the name of reactionary intolerance and religious ideology. Some people just can't understand the concept of letting people be if they aren't hurting anyone else. We have the Orange Sh!tbag and his savant flunkies to deal with here in America, and I'm growing very weary of dealing with our idiots. I'm sure others around the world are too.

zovjraar me
Community Member
1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

i thought that dr who was so clever to bring in a non-binary character (and actress) to play off Donna saying binary binary binary in an earlier season. i really liked it. i really don't care if someone is trans- people are people. but i did think that was clever writing.

Bob Brooce
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Oh, the horror. I can't believe David Tennant has a negative opinion about the only black woman in government just because of her moronic opinions. That said, maybe we should giver her a nod for being a conservative but playing the race card?

UKGrandad
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1 week ago

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She isn't in government, she's leader of the opposition.

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AndyR
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

At this point I don't care - her views don't deserve the publicity.

Vicki Stafford
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Thing is, we only have the unsupported word of people like Rowling and Badenoch that they actually are of the biological sex they indentify with so bitterly. How do we know if either of these witches are cisgender? The point is, EVERYONE is known to the world as the gender they self-identify, so unless these people are in the habit of flashing their pink bits every time they go into a ladies' toilet, we just have to take their word -- and even then it's moot.

Eve Mraz
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Love the Harry Potter books, hate the author. Simple as that.

Natalia
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Why are female Tories so f*****g vile? Luckily the likelihood of many people voting for a black woman as PM is slim to none.

UKGrandad
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1 week ago (edited)

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"Luckily' no one will vote for a black woman. Jesus H. Christ! EDIT: WOW! Downvoted for calling out the racism in saying that it's lucky people won't vote for a black woman. How the fúck am I the villain?

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geezeronthehill
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

"Thoughts and prayers " seems equivalent to "bless your heart " in this context.

Anna Drever
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

David Tennant is both a wonderful actor and a wonderful human being. JKR, not so much. In fact if she wanted to take a long walk off a short pier I’d be ok with that. 🙂

arthbach
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Anna Drever, I would never want any actual harm to come to her. I just want her to stop harming others.

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AR
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

I see Badenoch is really leaning in to her tokenism. As for Rowling, who cares anymore. Once upon a time she wrote a very popular book series. Now she’s a bigot. Let’s more past her and her b******t.

Ray Carrillo
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Treat the Traveling Doctor with Respect. Also never read any Harry Potter novels.

Sharon Switzer
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5 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Sounds like the UK is lucky to have both Kemi Badenoch and J.K. Rowlings. David Tennant sounds like just another brain dead leftist.

Hrothgir O'Domnaill
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6 days ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Editorial point - you missed "entertainment channel" in the mention of GBNews. They're not a news channel. They're not regulated as a news channel, and people not in the UK might get confused just by its name. It's sort of a lifestyle and entertainment channel for neon@zis

Red Skye
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1 week ago (edited) DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Point one, Sport is about biology, NOT feelings, and mental anquish of some biological man with delusions of femaleness. or women who wanna be men. just start a trans category. point two, if a trans female still has a d**k, STAY OUT OF FEMALE CHANGE ROOMS and Toilets, once you surgically transition and lose the overtly biological male apendage, I don't have a problem with them using ladies room/change rooms. Alternately USE THE DISABLED TOILETS trans creatures. Point three i wish men who wanna be transvestites/aka wear womens clothes/make up/hair styles just said so what I AM A MAN, who happens to like female based fashion tremendously that does not change my masculinity, just as wearing trousers, and a mens shirt doesn't change a woman's gender, its about fashion, not gender, and people quit it with the gender wars over what is fashion choices, then a lot of trans-hatred would die. Hell Boy George never started claiming to be a woman, just androgenous.

FluffyDreg
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

Yeah so by your logic sone really big buff men, men who are balding and have a beard, all should be in the ladies room. There are plenty of men who dress up feminine and arent women. Fashion expression is seperate from gender.

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Surly Scot
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1 week ago

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I'd have written a comment here, but i'm a woman so my opinion doesn't even matter.

UKGrandad
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1 week ago

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You'd only be told to shut up anyway. A lot of commenters here are not even trying to hide their hatred of women who speak for themselves, or of anybody who speaks up for women's rights.

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Apatheist Account2
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1 week ago

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Given the background, I think it's fair enough sarcasm. As Tory leader she is now potentially the next prime minister, so be prepared for changes in 5 years.

Fat Harry (Oi / You)
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

She's terminally unelectable. Her becoming Tory leader is the best thing that could have happened for the Labour party and the left and centre of the country, because she's so completely loopy that she'll never become PM.

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Snow_White
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1 week ago

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1. Straight male 2. Gay male 3. Trans 4. Some other group I've forgotten 5. Young girls 6. Women Women's lives are always at the bottom.

Bernd Herbert
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1 week ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

@Snow_White: what a ridiculous statement given the fact that this article here mentions a woman who has just become Leader of the Conservative Party in the UK.

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