In a stunning display of foundation that we often see in Hollywood these days, former comedian John Lithgow is standing up to the radical transgender crowd. This is a great deal in an economy where going against the woke tale often means career suicide.
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Lithgow, set to play Dumbledore in HBO’s future Harry Potter series, had the courage to do something that is forbidden in communist lines these time: he refused to reject J. K. Rowling. When confronted about the” discussion” surrounding his approval of the position, Lithgow was taken away.
Speaking to a reporter from The Times ( UK), he showed her a text from a friend linking to an article accusing him of aligning with “anti-trans ” views by joining a Harry Potter-related project tied to J. K. Rowling. The content and many Instagram responses equate working with Rowling to wearing a Ku Klux Klan helmet. Lithgow says he had n’t anticipated this reaction when he accepted the role, which he anticipates being his last big part due to the eight-year responsibility. His sole primary fret was whether fans would take an British playing the iconic character.
But before it was also announced that he had the responsibility he received a word from “a very great friend who is the mummy of a trans kid, and that was the canary in the coalmine. ”
Lithgow has played transgender and queer figures in the past, but his eyes widen with bemusement at the fury Rowling inspires. “ I thought, why is this a issue at all? I wonder how JK Rowling has absorbed it. I suppose at a certain level I’ll meet her and I’m interested to talk to her. ” So the condemnation did n’t set him off? “ Oh, heavens no. ”
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But here’s where it gets really exciting. Lithgow received one of those repetitive “open words” demanding he abandon the project. You know the type: those virtue-signaling proposals that have become the weapon of choice for the continuously offended. His answer? He wondered why this was also a component at all. Imagine that — really questioning the moral panic rather of soon groveling for forgiveness!
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Lithgow may be a bad cast choice for the position of Dumbledore, which is a whole other issue I’m not going to get into, but at least he’s no caving to the trans religion.
Rowling’s excellent crime was daring to suggest that natural women deserve protected spaces and that identity isn’t merely a feeling. For this supposedly horrific stance, the same people who claim to champion tolerance have called for burning her books and boycotting anything associated with her name, and have even issued death threats against her.
The hypocrisy is absolutely stunning. Lithgow himself pointed out that nobody complained when he took on the role of Roald Dahl, an author known for actual antisemitic comments. I guess that antisemitism is fashionable in the Democratic Party today. But defend women’s rights? Now that’s apparently beyond the pale in 2025.
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Contrary to the claims of the radical gender ideologues, HBO is standing firm. It’s keeping Rowling as executive producer and had the courage to state that she “has a right to express her personal views. ” In today’s climate of cancel culture, that’s practically revolutionary.
The real question is: how many more Hollywood professionals are secretly sick of this manufactured outrage but are too afraid to speak up? Perhaps it’s time for more of them to follow Lithgow’s lead and just say no to the mob.
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