"I was expecting him to tell me to get off the platform because my frustration with Nothing Happening Here was injecting "negativity." I was expecting a lot of sycophantic blather; turns out he's as frustrated as I am."
Good for you! Yeah, this is often a struggle for me too. It's so easy to pick up on a few markers of behaviour and fill …
"I was expecting him to tell me to get off the platform because my frustration with Nothing Happening Here was injecting "negativity." I was expecting a lot of sycophantic blather; turns out he's as frustrated as I am."
Good for you! Yeah, this is often a struggle for me too. It's so easy to pick up on a few markers of behaviour and fill in the gaps from there. I really consider myself to be fortunate that I have so many conversations with such a variety of people, that I'm constantly reminded that people are usually more reasonable than they appear if you interact with them in a non-confrontational way.
Some people are beyond hope of course,😅 But most aren't.
And yes, there's room to disagree with Rowling's tweets or even to claim her fears are overblown (I don't think they are). But to act as if she's some kind of icon of transphobia is absolutely preposterous.
"I was expecting him to tell me to get off the platform because my frustration with Nothing Happening Here was injecting "negativity." I was expecting a lot of sycophantic blather; turns out he's as frustrated as I am."
Good for you! Yeah, this is often a struggle for me too. It's so easy to pick up on a few markers of behaviour and fill in the gaps from there. I really consider myself to be fortunate that I have so many conversations with such a variety of people, that I'm constantly reminded that people are usually more reasonable than they appear if you interact with them in a non-confrontational way.
Some people are beyond hope of course,😅 But most aren't.
And yes, there's room to disagree with Rowling's tweets or even to claim her fears are overblown (I don't think they are). But to act as if she's some kind of icon of transphobia is absolutely preposterous.