Billy SmithFeb 20, 2023
Parker Molloy
The Onion is on a roll. https://www.theonion.com/evangelical-leaders-announce-j-k-rowling-finally-bigot-1850129128
Evangelical Leaders Announce J.K. Rowling Finally Bigoted Enough That It’s Okay For Kids To Read About Witchcr

COLORADO SPRINGS, CO—Following a series of transphobic comments by the Harry Potter author, the nation’s top evangelical leaders announced Monday that J.K. Rowling had finally become bigoted enough to make it okay for kids to read about witchcraft. “While I always appreciated Ms. Rowling making the greedy banker…

The Onion
Feb 20, 2023 at 8:05pmWeb
Show threadParker MolloyFeb 21, 2023
Now starting to get to the point where this post has reached exit velocity out of my own orbit and into whatever kind of nutty world this guy who thinks The Onion is like Der Sturmer lives in
Show threadKatmaFeb 20, 2023
@parkermolloy
This headline is genius.
I’m impressed how The Onion has managed to stay so relevant in a world that tries to murder irony on a twice-daily basis.
Show threadBricinFeb 21, 2023
@Katma @parkermolloy Quality irony and content since 1988 - what an amazing track record.
Show threadDirk HohndelFeb 20, 2023
@parkermolloy
The Onion really is the one remaining news source with integrity and standards
Show threadChris PowellFeb 20, 2023
@parkermolloy I never thought I'd use the word "beautiful" to describe a headline, but here we are.
Show threadnotthatkarenFeb 20, 2023
@parkermolloy When The Onion becomes the only purveyor of truth in news media.
Show threadThirteenth WorrierFeb 20, 2023
@parkermolloy I don't often use the word sublime.
Show threadDemocracy Matters Feb 20, 2023

@parkermolloy

Love a nice onion roll!

Show threadDenny Kozlov (they/them)Feb 20, 2023
@DemocracyMattersALot @parkermolloy LOL yep I am loving the headline plus grinning at the little "onion roll" rim shot 💖
Show threadParker MolloyFeb 20, 2023
@dkozlov @DemocracyMattersALot just glad someone noticed!
Show threadLudovic Archivist LagouardetteFeb 21, 2023

@parkermolloy @dkozlov @DemocracyMattersALot

I would gladly dissect all of this, but I would need to fry it afterwards

Show threadQpnaoFeb 21, 2023
@DemocracyMattersALot @parkermolloy came here to say this
Show threadEric ShivakFeb 20, 2023
@parkermolloy snark
Show threadSupportive Tree-based lifeformFeb 20, 2023
@parkermolloy
This is just the honest news.
Show threadHarry TurtledoveFeb 20, 2023
@parkermolloy The Onion is on a troll...in a good way.
Show threadFlaming JuneFeb 20, 2023
@parkermolloy as usual
Show threadKyle OrlandFeb 21, 2023
@parkermolloy an onion roll!
Show threadwardFeb 21, 2023
@parkermolloy I had to stop to laugh for a good while. I grew up in the bible belt and was told that reading these books would introduce demons into the house and possibly result in demon possession or death due to spell-casting (while reading their REAL spells like... "repelo muggletum?" lol)... that spell is bigoted itself... Anyway, it's hilarious to watch them all come out to support her now that she is openly hateful.
Show threadClare Harris 🍁Feb 21, 2023

@parkermolloy 😂😂😂

Glad I found you on Mastodon, Parker!

Show threadMordkoFeb 21, 2023
@parkermolloy yes but its nonsense. https://www.jewishnews.co.uk/everyday-antisemitism-and-what-we-can-do-about-it/
‘Stereotypes are so common that people don’t realise they are being antisemitic’

The Community Security Trust's Dave Rich tackles modern-day Jew hatred in his new book and says we all have a role to play

Show threadParker MolloyFeb 21, 2023
@Mordko What on earth are you talking about? What is your purpose responding with this?
Show threadMordkoFeb 21, 2023
@parkermolloy I think the accusations of antisemitism against JKR are malicious and an article by a leading expert on the subject should clear it up to anyone looking at it in good faith.
Show threadMordkoFeb 21, 2023
@parkermolloy “JK Rowling is absolutely not antisemitic, quite the opposite. She’s been very supportive of the Jewish community.”
Show threadSkydream tiny flapflaphorseFeb 21, 2023
@Mordko @parkermolloy She's still a massively bigoted transphobe though
Show threadMordkoFeb 21, 2023
@HoovesAreBetter @parkermolloy for example?
Show threadParker MolloyFeb 21, 2023
@Mordko Do you just not know what The Onion is? It's satire. Don't respond to satirical articles with "ERM ACKSHUALLY..." crap
Show threadMordkoFeb 21, 2023
@parkermolloy satire can be dumb and malicious. Like this particular article. Der Stürmer had satire. Not OK to lie about antisemitism. Not ok to spread lies about antisemitism. “Satire” based on falsehoods is no defense.
Show threadParker MolloyFeb 21, 2023

@Mordko get. bent.

She's being satirized because of her transphobia. Not everything is about you, and comparing the Onion to Der Sturmer is fucking insane.

Show threadMordkoFeb 21, 2023
@parkermolloy the article says she is antisemitic. Its a vile lie.
Show threadParker MolloyFeb 21, 2023

@Mordko 1. If you want to say that this isn't antisemitic, that's your choice.

2. I can't help but notice that your definition of antisemitism seems to mostly be "If you criticize Israel's apartheid government, you're antisemitic," which is lol, no

Show threadflere-imsaho 🇺🇦Feb 21, 2023
@Mordko she's xenophobic and stereotypes, like, every non-english person in all her books. feel free to believe that some are exempted, but do not accuse other people of antisemitism in the process, and do not tell them that they don't see what they're clearly seeing.
Show threadMordkoFeb 21, 2023
@mawhrin I am Jewish. I have experienced antisemitism. JKR is not antisemitic. People who are accusing her usually are.
Show threadLily Amara PastorFeb 21, 2023

I'm Jewish, and I totally agree with you. Her goblins are hook-nosed, greedy bankers who kidnap children as part of their global conspiracy. That's not at all antisemitic.Also, as you point out, it can't be antisemitic because there's a long history of Christians portraying Jews as greedy, hook-nosed bankers who kidnap children as part of their global conspiracy.

Next people will try to say that Richard Wagner was antisemitic!! Absurd!! He was just following long-established traditions of Jewish representation! And as we both are aware, Christians have never throughout history been antisemitic, so how could it be antisemitic to follow tradition?!?

Show threadskuaFeb 21, 2023

@Mordko

Mordko, do you know ebough about the actions of Rowling to be sure that anti-semitism is the major accusation?

Show threadMordkoFeb 21, 2023
@skua its used in the article and its a makicious lie which tells me all I need to know about all the other accusations.
Show threadskuaFeb 21, 2023

@Mordko

Generalising from the approach you are taking I get:

If a person is falsely accused of any action then they must be innocent of all of wrong-doing.

Do you feel this accurately captures ypur position about accusations or implications that JKR is, around one or more issues, a bigot?

Show threadMordkoFeb 21, 2023
@skua if someone is using deliberate, malicious lies to try and smear a person, its a very strong indication that all the muck being thrown should be ignored and that the accuser is a) a liar and b) real bigot.
Show threadskuaFeb 21, 2023

@Mordko
#CarpetChewer
So let's take the instance of the world's besr known anti-semite.

Muck, in the form of false accusations that when enraged he would fall to the ground and start chewing on the carpet, was thrown at him.

Seems if one was to apply the method you use for JKR to his case then the farstinkenen person would best be considered not to have done anything blameworthy at all.

Thanks for chatting.

I'll leave you here with time and space in which you could consider things.

Show threadMordkoFeb 21, 2023
@skua sorry, you are not making sense
Show threadJoeFeb 21, 2023
@parkermolloy Good god 💀
Show threadAugusTuskFeb 21, 2023
@parkermolloy The Onion always delivers
Show threadDaniel Thomas BuroshFeb 21, 2023
@parkermolloy Ever since Rowling started punching down on trans people, I stopped watching the Harry Potter movies. It wasn’t really a deliberate decision. It’s just that, whenever I considered tuning into one, Rowling the person entered my head. Just for a moment, but long enough to scroll past the Harry Potter movies. I used to like cozying up on my couch at night and watching a Potter movie. Now it’s been years since I did. Probably never will again.
Show threadskuaFeb 21, 2023

@DTBurosh @parkermolloy
#HarryPotterShattered
1/2
I'm in a similar position with the books.

The damage though is far deeper than fans turning away and engaging elsewhere.

The HP books were perhaps the last narrative that was so widespread in say under 45 year old Westerners that it could be described as common knowledge.

Show threadskuaFeb 21, 2023

@DTBurosh @parkermolloy
2/2

Now even that commonality has been fractured, shattered, revealed to have poison in its veins. Trusting an author enough to love characters will be less likely for many former HP fans. And in an already pathologically disconnected and isolating culture that is a sorry direction to be embedded.

Show threadRyan Germann Feb 21, 2023

@parkermolloy the "pander in real time" video is still one of the funniest things I've ever seen in my entire life.

"post office box".

IYKYK

Show threadenely | Free 🇵🇸Feb 21, 2023
@parkermolloy The Onion is officially more reputable and honest than any other news source. NYT is done.
Show threadt o d d w a r n e rFeb 21, 2023
@parkermolloy
Oh. My.
Ha!
Show thread0x726f63636fFeb 21, 2023

@parkermolloy this may be a very southern european view, but I always find it difficult to understand this anglo saxon thing of attacking the works because the author expresses some very bad ideas on a different medium.

I understand the opposite, and I'm the first to attack people for the ideas they express in their works. But I can't see how the author being an a-hole would detract from a book's quality.

Show threadflere-imsaho 🇺🇦Feb 21, 2023
@roccobarbi find your type here: #9replyguys.
Show threadUltra Verified 🇺🇦 🇬🇱Feb 21, 2023

@parkermolloy

An Onion Roll

Show threadDonald JosephFeb 21, 2023
@parkermolloy greater heights
Show threadZackalopeFeb 21, 2023
@parkermolloy wkwkwkwkkww🤣🤣🤣
Show threadKenneth John BardsleyFeb 21, 2023
@parkermolloy
Disgusting vile bull-crap.
Show threadSkydream tiny flapflaphorseFeb 21, 2023
@kennethb @parkermolloy Accurately sums up JK Rowling, well done :3
Show threadKenneth John BardsleyFeb 22, 2023
@HoovesAreBetter @parkermolloy
Rowling is not running for high office. He opinions are hers, and she is entitled to them.
Show threadWylieCoyoteUK Feb 21, 2023
@parkermolloy A sausage roll?
Show threadDr. Juande Santander-VelaFeb 21, 2023
@parkermolloy @ClarusPlusPlus Alt-text: «Screenshot from The Onion with the headline: Evangelical Leaders Announce J.K. Rowling Finally Bigoted Enough That It’s Okay For Kids To Read About Witchcraft. The headline is categorized as Breaking News, and marked as Published 9 hours ago at the moment of the screenshot.»