J.K. Rowling: "I'm sick of 'liberal' men whose mask slips everytime a woman displeases them

[Saviolo]

20. No, she's cutting this particular man out of her social media.

He identifies as a liberal, but also uses sexist and demeaning language towards a woman that he happens to agree with. We hold our allies to a high standard because we don't have standards for the other side. We know they're repulsive and terrible. When they live up to it, we expect it.

I think it's a good thing to hold our allies to a higher standard. I recently posted a thread that linked a blog post entitled "Dear Allies: Please Stop Using Gay as an Insult."

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029010750

To which someone shortly afterwards posted: "Dear Allies: Use WHATEVER WORKS."

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10029012573

which was a full-throated defence of allies being allowed to use homophobic language if it gets under Trump's skin.

I mean, you can believe what you want, but women, POC, and LGBTQ people sort of expect allies to be allies. When they use language that demeans or attacks, it makes it hard to really see who the real allies are.