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latexrtoday at 2:17 PM1 replyview on HN

I’m not actively following the saga, but that seems like a gross mischaracterisation in all directions. I haven’t seen anyone seriously call her a Nazi¹ and her comments aren’t harmless either.

¹ Though I wouldn’t be surprised if it has happened. But then again that’s not saying much on the internet. Doing a cursory search, I found a post² on her own website where she complains someone said she has “uphold [Nazi] ideology around gender”. “Nazi” is between brackets, presumably meaning it’s a substitute for another word, and even then that’s not calling her one.

² https://www.jkrowling.com/opinions/statement-from-j-k-rowlin...


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snatekaytoday at 4:22 PM

Substituting a pronoun with its antecedent in brackets is normal when quoting in English.

The original quote:

“The Nazis burnt books on trans healthcare and research, why are you so desperate to uphold their ideology around gender?”

https://x.com/jk_rowling/status/1767912990366388735

https://xcancel.com/jk_rowling/status/1767912990366388735