HARRY POTTER Star Daniel Radcliffe Hits Back At Claims He Should Be Grateful To J.K. Rowling For His Career

@Vigor - yep

Dudes been my pick for Nightcrawler for so long and he just further cements it by giving a very Kurt like answer

@mountainman - only a sith deals in absolutes, back to watching Newsmax for you

@Vigor - If you allow biological males into female only spaces or sports, you are anti women. If you are against that, it is not transphobic.

@bobevanz - never watched it in my life. Any other nonsense from the side that doesn’t know the difference between men and women?

@Vigor - I am not bashing any person that is trans, but the issue is about female spaces. There are countless women all over the planet, with JK only being the most famous one, that want spaces free of male genitalia. That isn’t hateful. And rapes have occurred in these spaces before so their fears are warranted. This doesn’t mean that every trans woman is a rapist or they are wrong or should be hated. Not at all. It just means that biological females deserve to go into their locker rooms, spas, homeless shelters, rape centers, jails, etc and play their sports, and know that only other biological females are present.

It’s so goofy how this common sense view is fought against or considered hateful in any way. Why should a trans woman’s feelings override biological women’s safety and comfort? How is “feeling like a woman” the standard for womanhood, when we have biological markers that have determined womanhood for all of human history?

It just sucks man. This is such a lame issue. I’m male so this doesn’t impact me personally. If a trans man comes into my bathrooms, locker rooms, or sports, it has zero impact of hurting me. But I do have a wife, daughter and other women I care about. My wife feels the same way about this issue as I do. I do not want her or my daughter hurt. And I promise you that I do not think this issue is more common than a man who isn’t trans hurting women. My wife has the capability of protecting herself and I teach my daughter to do so as well. If this trans women in female sports things continues it will severely impact the direction we choose to take our daughter with the activities she pursues. I don’t want her to face unfair competition.

Looping back to JK, her issue this whole time has been around female only spaces. And to be quite honest these celebrities like Radcliffe do not address that issue at all. They simply parrot their talking points that coincidentally match up with the corporate run media. Funny how that works.

@CorndogBurglar - I agree with everything you laid out here. But saying "supporting Trans is anti women" or however @mountainman worded it is a hard stance and leads us down the rabbit hole with no reasonable compromise

@CorndogBurglar - Hey I 100% agree with you. I think all people, regardless of race, sex, gender, etc should have equal rights.

But there are still rules around things. I cannot play on female sports or go into a female bathroom because I am male. This is not a violation of my rights.

I also cannot walk into the vault of a bank without proper authority. Just because you cannot do something, it does not mean it is a violation of your rights.

I know this stuff is all new for us and our existing structures may not properly support everyone. Changes have to be made.

But it’s undeniable that biological males have an inherent physical advantage over biological females. This is true even after taking hormone therapy. Estrogen does not shrink bones, shrink the heart, Make the should span thinner, or make the hips wider. It’s just biological that allows men to be stronger and faster than women on average. So the sports thing has to be a no go. Maybe we create an open division I don’t know. But trans women in women’s sports is absolutely unfair to the other women they are competing against and there are plenty of examples of this out there.

When it comes to spaces it’s a much touchier subject due to a) how to enforce it and b) how to satisfy both sides.

Obviously nobody is going to have a genitalia check for bathrooms. And I’d say that any trans woman that passes enough will likely never have an issue walking into a women’s bathroom and using a private stall. But then if it’s someone that doesn’t pass well and quite obviously you can tell they were born male, there might be women in that space that become uncomfortable.

With places that people get naked - like locker rooms, spas and jails, etc. The women there know if someone has a penis. There have been multiple instances of women being uncomfortable with this, trying to report it to management, and nothing being done for fears of lawsuits. The recent Planet Fitness controversy is a great example.

If these are larger spaces that can accommodate it, maybe there is male, female, and everybody type spaces. I don’t know man. I don’t have all the solutions. I just know these are very real problems that absolutely are not driven by bigotry (although many bigots can latch onto these legitimate issues).

@Vigor - Didn’t mean to be inflammatory and that message was typed in haste.

I think I gave my more nuanced takes in later and longer posts.

I want to make it clear. I do not hate trans people and support each person to life their life as they see fit as long as they don’t hurt others.

I have worked and interacted with multiple wonderful trans people. My only issues as i’ve stated before are around female only spaces and around kids having irreversible treatments. That’s it. There has to be nuance to this conversation to address these concerns while not calling people bigots.

@ItsNotForMeWahh - Having separate spaces works. Single use bathrooms, locker rooms and other places that allow more privacy etc.

The only challenge with those things is the forced extra costs for the facilities that now have to retrofit their bathrooms for this.

It’s all such a messy issue that is still quite new for society. It’s important that we hear out all sides of this, see what people’s various concerns are, and avoid just labeling people as bigots when they bring up concerns.

@mountainman - we all do it. Type in haste. I'm guilty of it. I respond via my phone after all
I did ask my wife how she felt of trans people going into a piblic restroom shes in, and her responses were:

"No
I honestly couldn't care less
Unless they are in there trying to rape girls and use it to their advantage who gives shit
But that's adults ... now kids in high school that's a whole different ballgame "

Let me add that both my wife and I lived in philly, close to the 'gayborhood' and were around lgbtq a lot. Exposure increases tolerance. I've been to gay dance clubs (I'm straight, but gay clubs have the best energy) where the bathrooms were unisex. And it's a novel thing and kinky ar first but then you ask yourself, wait why isn't everything like this? Now I know a dance club is different than a Target bathroom. I get that. But my point is, people fear what they don't understand. The cases where a woman is attacked by a trans person in a bathroom are miniscule

That's like me not going camping in Pennsylvania because a red fox might bite me. Other than cases with rabies, foxes want nothing to do with me.

The bathroom thing to me is a weak argument. However I think having someone born 1 way and then entering the sports of the opposite gender is absolutely stupidity and there's no argument in the world that would change my mind. It's simply unfair

@ItsNotForMeWahh - I know my opinions aren’t shared by everyone. I also know that I have at times made posts that weren’t approached in the best way and have done my best to correct that.

We are all here because we love comic content. It’s what we have in common. On some of these culture war issues we may disagree on some details of things. But it doesn’t help us to attack each other.

I have some passionate views about this specific issues. It’s only a few things (women only spaces and kids getting irreversible treatments). Besides those two things, I think all people should live their lives as they choose as long as they don’t hurt other people.

That being said, we should all work to hear out the other side and find common ground on all issues. It seems as if our society and culture is trying as hard as possible to separate us all on these trigger issues. Where as I believe that most people, regardless of their views on politics and social issues have a lot more in common than they’d like to admit.

I know people on the left and right that I love. I know people on the left and right that I do not care for. A person’s views on political or social issues does not define them.

@mountainman - it's quite the complicated issue. I don't think either presidential candidate wants to touch this one. Leave it up to the states for now

@CorndogBurglar - "It's a tough issue because trans people are going to get treated horribly no matter which prison you out them in, male or female."

This is a fair concern. Prisons are brutal places, and no one is safe from physical or sexual violence. There is INTENSE need for prison reform, for people of all genders. This is not a trans issue, this is a prison issue.

"It's not safe for women to be competing against men. We saw that in MMA when that trans woman cracked the skull of her opponent. All because no one knew she was born a man."

Everyone knew that Fallon Fox was trans. Also, she is a violent piece of shit, and was rightfully drummed out of the sport, and hasn't had a match in a decade. That said, brutal MMA injuries are not uncommon, regardless of whether trans people are involved. This is not a trans problem, it's an MMA problem. https://hudsonreporter.com/sports/ufcs-worst-injuries

And yes, in some cases, trans women have advantages over cis gendered women, though it's far as definitive as you make it out to be, and, furthermore . . . elite athletes have genetic advantages. That's the nature of competition. It pushes the sport forward. The only way that I see this as a problem is if one accepts the premise that some men are transitioning SOLELY for the purpose of having a competitive advantage in women's sports, and there's no evidence that this is the case. Rather, if you start from the premise that trans women are women, then they are simply women competing in women's sports. The tallest player in the WNBA is 6'10" does she have an unfair advantage over other competitors due to her height? No more or less so than a trans woman competing in the same sport.

"There was a news story out of California about a woman taking her 4 year old daughter to the pool at the YMCA and a grown ass man was changing in the women's locker room. His dong exposed for all to see"

I think you are conflating a couple of different stories. There was a viral video of a woman complaining of a man in a changing room at a spa; and there was a teenager who complained about sharing locker rooms with trans women. And you know what? Yeah, locker rooms are an issue. Do you know how I know? Because I was absolutely TERRORIZED by other cis gender men in locker rooms when I was in school. Teasing, bullying, "grab ass," and, yes, having to see other dudes dongs. Locker room shit. Locker rooms are [frick]ing terrible. Why are we forcing people to be nude in front of other people? Seems like a solution like showering and changing stalls, like the kind you see at some YMCAs now, would be a better solution.

And, as many others have said, dudes can already just walk into women's restrooms. If your concerned about that, let's talk about gender neutral, single occupancy restrooms. Let's talk about taking real steps to address the kind of toxic masculinity that makes dudes feel entitled to enter women's spaces. But let's not villify an already marginalized group in the process.

"And I know that doesn't mean all trans people would do this, but the problem isn't the majority. The problem is the small outliers that same sex changing rooms will 100% bring out."

Cis-gendered men assault other cis-gendered men in locker rooms and restrooms. Not all, or even most, but a small minority. Not all cis gendered man is going to be respectful with children around, and not all of them even see a problem with it. What would you propose to address that?

The reason that it's so difficult to have a rational discussion around this issue (or really almost any issue, these days) is an inability to see both sides, and I applaud you for trying. But also, not every issue has two equal sides to it. Global Warming exacerbated by human behavior is real, vaccines are safe and effective, and trans women pose no statistically significant threat to cis women and children. These are facts.

@clintthahamster - Can't find the report I read on it but it was discussing the under reporting on abuse by women against women (as in cisgender)...

...I bring it up however as it cited statistic in regard to prisons that showed there is higher rates of abuse by female prison guards on inmates than there is, as a percentage, abuse by male guards on inmates and more abuse cases by women against women in female jails than there is men against men in male ones.

I'll be honest I never bothered fact checking the statistics it cited but it was interesting to see in an article that wasn't even delving into the trans issue at all highlighted something so many don't even think about in the main...

...so yeh, issues in prison or just another of a long list of things that show there is a HUGE need for prison reform across the board for all. Specific to trans in prisons, shouldn't even be a debate realy as there should be common sense answers ALL could agree on with that end of the day and mixing that in with the everday stuff just derails rational dialogue when those isolated prison cases are so statisticaly rare and we likely all agree on them in the main regardless overall differences of opinion outside of those specifics on gender issues .

@harryba11zack - you have uncannily fantastic gif usage

@Doomsday8888 - If you're ever curious to try again, start with the first and then stop watching after the third.

@Doomsday8888 - honestly I don't think anyone is really expecting him to just abandon his beliefs in service to her. It's just respect.

He doesn't have to publicly condemn her either and state he's never gonna work with her because of those beliefs.

@Doomsday8888 - maybe, but could it even be reasonable that someone who's done so much good in your eyes is siding with an idea you consider evil at least worth a talk?

Like, I have someone in my life who gave me much to be thankful. And we fundamentally disagree on things, to the point I considered them evil. But we talked about it, why we both believe what we do. I didn't change any of my beliefs. I just understand where he's coming from and politely agree to disagree.

And Rowling has definitely given this snot nosed brat more than my friend gave me.

@Doomsday8888 - Don't understand how anything she said is evil??
She doesn't believe trans men are women. She's not wrong. If they were they wouldn't be called Trans-Men. And making people believe what you believe isn't woke, it's the same dumb shit people have been doing since the beginning of time. There was a time if you didn't believe in God you would either be burnt at the stake, called a satan worshipper or called a heathen. Now she's evil because she doesn't believe a person born as a man can be a woman. The world hasn't changed at all.