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Former Mumford & Sons banjo player and co-founder Winston Marshall said there was one “canceled” celebrity for whom he felt particular compassion before he too had been targeted by the cancel culture mob.
“Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling lost several friends in the industry after defending the concept of biological sex.
“If sex isn’t real, there’s no same-sex attraction,” Rowling tweeted in 2020. “If sex isn’t real, the lived reality of women globally is erased. I know and love trans people, but erasing the concept of sex removes the ability of many to meaningfully discuss their lives. It isn’t hate to speak the truth.”
She has also signaled her “contempt” for those supporting gender-focused policies that “endanger extremely vulnerable girls.”
WINSTON MARSHALL HAS NO REGRETS LEAVING MUMFORD & SONS AFTER GETTING ‘CANCELED’: ‘I’M LIBERATED’
Harry Potter Author J.K. Rowling
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Progressives and prominent figures have condemned her for her remarks, including some “Harry Potter” cast members. The star of the franchise, Daniel Radcliffe, dedicated a blog post against Rowling’s comments in order to stand with trans and queer kids who he said may have identified with his wizard character.
“And so seeing them hurt on that day I was like, I wanted them to know that not everybody in the franchise felt that way. And that was really important,” Radcliffe wrote, while also warning the press against trying to depict his post as proof of “infighting” between him and Rowling.
Marshall is no stranger to cancel culture. The musician was the target of online hate last year after tweeting his support for a book by conservative author Andy Ngo on the left-wing radicalism of Antifa, entitled, “Unmasked: Inside Antifa’s Radical Plan to Destroy Democracy.” But he said his compassion toward Rowling began well before his own painful experience.
“I had sympathy beforehand,” Marshall said of Rowling’s plight in an interview with Fox News…
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