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Re:J.K. Rowling Book Burning Videos Are Spreading Like Wildf... by yorwba on Thursday September 17, 2020 @07:32PM (#24511230)
> this is the first I've heard of people with liberal views symbolically destroying something they disagree with

What makes them liberal? They're trying to conserve a state of the world where transpeople are respected and shunning Rowling for transgressing their norms. A very conservative thing to do.

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Re:J.K. Rowling Book Burning Videos Are Spreading Like Wildf... by krapp on Thursday September 17, 2020 @07:40PM (#24511281)
>They're trying to conserve a state of the world where transpeople are respected and shunning Rowling for transgressing their norms.

That state of the world doesn't really exist to the degree that it can be preserved, and the premise of normalizing trans identity is very much rooted in "liberal" ideology - to such a progressive degree that not even all liberals accept it. JK Rowlings' views in this regard are very much on the conservative side.

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