She knows she is doing it and doesnt care.

Like every conservative, they just want queer people dead, unless its their own children.

She’s not a conservative, she’s a liberal (in the political science sense of the word, not the USian synonym for leftist).

It’s not 100% clear where Rowling’s transphobia comes from. She certainly fits into the group of transphobic cis women who have been abused by cis men and concluded that all men are evil, including the ones that want to be women.

But there’s also a dynamic which I think you can see with Graham Linehan and Dave Chappelle as well. Born into comfortable middle-class families, well-educated, never really thought about their bog-standard liberalism. Became extremely successful, became accustomed to near universal adoration, made a thougtless transphobic comment/skit, received criticism and reacted with absolute fury at the idea they could possibly be prejudiced about anyone. Because they’re liberals, you see.

All three just keep digging that hole deeper rather than face up to the idea that maybe they got something wrong. Linehan’s career is over (as is his marriage), Dave Chappelle is hanging on by a thread and flirting with the right, and Rowling doesn’t give a shit because she’s a billionaire and does not have to give a shit about anything at all.

She’s not a conservative, she’s a liberal…

You are mixing definitions.

In fiscal policy, “conservatism” is opposite “liberalism”.

In social policy, “conservatism” is opposite “progressivism”.

No one here is accusing this homophobic bridge troll of having conservative fiscal policy.

She is socially conservative. And as such, she is a bigot. There can be no defense of her from anyone who is not a bigot.

No. We’re talking political categorisations, not the dictionary definition.

Conservatives are socially conservative and economically liberal.

Liberals are socially liberal and economically liberal.

Liberals have never had a problem abandoning their high-minded ideals when there were savages to civilise. Because liberalism has no analysis of power, and an absolute belief in the fundamental impossibility that they could be wrong about anything.