Transgender groups are a very complex concept
Harry Potter is the latest toe of traditional writing and has had a very positive impact, especially since a significant portion of the book's readers are minors. The author, JK Rowling, 56 years old, is a native of the United Kingdom, and is a great writer of great excellence, progress and depth of thought in every way. It is such a woman who has become a victim of the abolition of culture in the West, which is strange to say.
Speaking of JK Rowling's unfortunate and difficult situation in the past two years, we must first have a basic understanding of the political correctness that has prevailed in Europe and the United States for many years. Political correctness, or International Correctness, refers to a person's words and deeds that must conform to certain generally accepted moral codes above the law, such as not offending ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, disability, religion, and so-called freedom of speech. An ordinary person who violates these political correctness will get into trouble. If a public domain figure such as a writer/ entertainer / politician / corporate executive commits political incorrectness in words and deeds, he or she faces the penalty of uncultural cancellation.
Rowling has faced multiple charges, to the point of fabricating charges
Cancel Culture, in English Cancel Culture, is an extreme extension of political correctness in the West in recent years. Simply put, the abolition of culture is equivalent to the social death, social death, which is now Chinese, except that this social death is relatively narrow and only related to political correctness, "collectively allowing the death of politically incorrect celebrities.". A celebrity, whose behavior or speech violates the social norms defined by political correctness, is so strongly opposed by the public / media / network that it loses her job, cannot participate in public events, or even is directly attacked. In a word, canceled.
JK Rowling's cancellation was a jaw-dropping thing. At the end of 2019, Rowling was accidentally embroiled in an anti-transgeance debate on social networks. Frankly speaking, this is a "very professional" discussion, although what is transgender, what is anti-transgender, what Rowling advocates, is not clear in three words, and even some definitions are still on the margins, and going to court to fight a lawsuit will make a stupid judge. But none of this matters, because JK Rowling has been defined as politically incorrect. This strong woman never flinched in the face of pressure, so she was removed from culture.
The power of cancellation culture is far greater than the common net explosion
To what extent was JK Rowling canceled? She received many death threats and was fired by Harry Potter! All events related to Harry, including the crew, have been uninvited, the cast has publicly attacked her, and multiple fan sites have issued a joint statement removing links and photos from Rowling's personal website. Three activists exposed her home address. The Magic Godmother was removed from the magical world, Rowling was attacked, and the attack on her was already a phenomenon-level public event in itself.
As mentioned earlier, JK Rowling is a progressive writer. Dumbledore is the main character in her book, the character of a homosexual, one of the few mainstream cultural figures today that intersects with homosexuality. The beleaguered JK Rowling still has supporters, including celebrities, who identify with her as a progressive person, emphasizing that she and her work itself have advanced socio-historical development. Unfortunately, this did not relieve her of the pressure.
Dumbledore is the main character in Harry Potter, a gay man
JK Rowling was canceled, raising a series of questions that were meaningful beyond the events themselves. Where are the boundaries of political correctness? What reason is there for such an arrogant culture of cancellation that is clearly above the law? What is the line between chilling effect and public safety? Why was the attacked JK Rowling super-judged? Has freedom of expression entered the realm of terrorist attacks? At the same time, the most sleek critics point out that Rowling's constant pushback, in fact, through her strong fan base, has built a platform of speech full of verbal violence, which is extremely harmful to vulnerable groups, far more than the limited blow that the cancellation culture has inflicted on Rowling. Obviously, too many people believe that the apparent sharpness of political correctness does not really improve the situation of the vulnerable.
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