JK Rowling called out after inviting Jeffrey Epstein to a children's play – years after his child sex conviction
https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/jk-rowling-called-out-after-inviting-jeffrey-epstein-childrens-play-years-after-his-child-sex-1775679
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Warl0k3@lemmy.world · 125 pts · 223d
God do I want JK to go down for being an Epstein crony, but from the evidence here this appears to be entirely the fault of Peggy Seigal: well known for being a gatekeeping socialite idiot and good clout-chasing friend of Epstein.
Her inclusion is bad on it's own, but it's not quite on the level of "JK invited Epstein to her play" like the title implies, it's "someone on the production staff invited Epstein".
abbiistabbii@piefed.blahaj.zone · 13 pts · 222d
JK Rowling called Lolita a "Tragic Love Story" and that should've been enough in any sane world.
dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 12 pts · 223d
yeah, really feels like people aren't reading the article ...
Tinidril@midwest.social · 13 pts · 222d
I honestly don't care anymore. If there is the slightest hint of a connection between right wing freaks and Epstein, I'm just going to assume they fuck kids. I see no reason to give them the benefit of any doubt.
dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 222d
Rowling didn't even invite Epstein and wasn't even in the email chain, we have no evidence they've corresponded, let alone that she visited his island or fucks kids - I get not having good feelings towards a villain like Rowling, but I think you're engaging in poor reasoning
Tinidril@midwest.social · 3 pts · 222d
I am making an affirmative decision to engage in poor reasoning in a specific circumstance. It seems to work well enough strategically for the right, including Rowling, so I figure I'll try it out.
dandelion@lemmy.blahaj.zone · -2 pts · 222d
When we abhor the immoral actions of an evil person, we do not usually think their immoral actions give us moral license to engage in immoral behavior.
This is childish and indefensible, and I think you know that - so what's the point here? You're wasting my time, I'm not interested in talking to you further.
Tinidril@midwest.social · 2 pts · 222d
Your scolding was entirely unexpected. Really.
I'm not interested in being "the good guy" anymore. I've seen too many Ned Starks. This is a war, and I think it's you acting like a child. Trump went low and Hillary went high, and look where that got us. I've got sand in my pocket and I'm not afraid to use it.
Jakeroxs@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 221d
"Hillary went high" lmfao
Maven@piefed.zip · 6 pts · 222d
My feeling was that if someone on her senior staff was inviting people personally to a major event... it had to have been approved by her right?
Like theres no way she would allow the guest list to be entirely in the hands of someone else right??
Maybe I just have too much confidence in these people to manage thier own shit.
Warl0k3@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 222d
Aside from this being a relatively minor VIP event (it wasn't a premier or anything, as far as I can tell this was just a regularly running broadway pay-for-VIP event themed to tie in to the show) I don't think this really tracks - the goal of having senior staff is to not need to scrutinize each of their decisions, and although JK is many many awful things I've never seen her accused of micromanaging.
abbiistabbii@piefed.blahaj.zone · 6 pts · 222d
JK called Lolita a tragic love story so her being linked to Epstein would not be a surprise.
Warl0k3@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 222d
(you posted the exact same thing ten hours ago, though I don't disagree with the sentiment at all)
Transform2942@lemmy.ml · 60 pts · 223d
How did I not see this one coming. Being cartoonishly evil while transparently sucking up to power is her main move
cyan_mess@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 21 pts · 223d
Every accusation is a projection coming from these types.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 5 pts · 222d
her books have always have been implicating what she believes. it was discussed alot on some sub about her books.goblins=jewish people was the favorite theory, and i assume muggles is some form of racist thing she describe someone as.
harrys_balzac@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 35 pts · 223d
Just when I thought she couldn't be any worse.
BiggestPiggest@lemmy.world · 33 pts · 222d
He might have rapped children, and then traded the children to other rapists but at least he didn’t put dresses on people that had a winkle.
She has standards!
cyan_mess@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 24 pts · 222d
So about that...
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 25 pts · 222d
What the fuck
cyan_mess@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 20 pts · 222d
Yeah... I'm thinking of posting it individually but at the same time I don't know how to mark it as spoiler/nsfw so that people can choose not to see it.
Anyway, remember how the right said we wanted to forcibly trans children? Every. Accusation.
prole@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 19 pts · 222d
Not even just the content of that, but the way that guy worded it skeeved me out. Mum-pum?
Edie@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 222d
NSFW can be done on posts by just clicking the "NSFW" checkbox—at least on standard lemmy web ui, I'm not sure about other UIs and apps, but its probably about the same.
Spoilers look like this:
On the standard Lemmy ui the button with an exclamation point (!) with a... diamond? Or what you might call it, around it will paste that code in.
RymrgandsDaughter@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 221d
I'm done with this planet
crazycraw@crazypeople.online · 20 pts · 223d
Maaaan, it sure seems like.... someone rolled a 20 when casting cuntus maximus.
MehBlah@lemmy.world · 14 pts · 223d
We already know she is a freak of some kind. The freaks can't stand trans.
Tollana1234567@lemmy.today · 10 pts · 222d
Family guy did parody/ predict her quite a few episodes before she became full TERF queen.
jcorvera@quokk.au · 10 pts · 223d
Mind you, this play was her shitty fanfiction of her own damned series...
ShinkanTrain@lemmy.ml · 1 pts · 222d
If it's the original shitty author isn't it just a shitty sequel?
jcorvera@quokk.au · 2 pts · 222d
It's fanfiction, made to explain to her fans why her decisions are final, to wit - Cedric Diggory should stay dead.
Baggie@lemmy.zip · 9 pts · 222d
God please, give me this one. It'd be so funny.
teslasaur@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 223d
So she didn't invite him. That checks out. Does sound like producers inNew York were involved with Epstein, which shouldn't surprise anyone at this point. He seems to have had a finger in with everyone in new york.
tanisnikana@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 223d
It’s always the people I most suspect.
fireweed@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 223d
Bad headline = downvote
AntiBullyRanger@ani.social · 1 pts · 222d
Can we start agitprop memes of «Harry Pedos»? Snape really wanted that Harry [censored].
“The Paedos!” — Voldemort