Wynn concludes with a damning indictment of the Witch Trials podcast, calling it a “tendentious framing that presents JKR as the victim of an irrational hate mob”—a “hate mob” that includes exhausted members of the LGBT community, respected public figures, and every person under 40 who’s ever been in a Harry Potter movie. Wynn reiterates that she regrets her involvement with the podcast, saying that she has been “used,” and “shares the sentiments of other trans people who speak out against it.”
The top comment of the post perhaps raises the most salient point of all. It is a webcomic drawing of a group of stick figures. One on the left-hand side, one stick figure is Black, one is trans, and one is queer. On the right-hand side, one stick figure is a cop, one a Klan member, and one is outfitted in a Confederate flag shirt while holding a shotgun. In the middle of the drawing, a pair of stick figures, one wearing red and one wearing blue, smile and embrace, saying, “Can’t we all just be friends?”
Sorry, no. We can’t.
By Jack Doyle