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I may never act again unless I express ‘correct’ opinions

The pitfalls of wrongthink

20 June 2020

9:00 AM

20 June 2020

9:00 AM

First they came for the statues, then Basil Fawlty got ‘cancelled’ and three spoiled millionaires turned on their creator. So it was with J.K. Rowling’s woke progeny. Harry Potter, it would seem, is deathly shallow. Rupert Grint looked for a moment like holding firm, but he too quickly succumbed to the growing pressure to slip his golden dagger between Rowling’s shoulder blades.

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