The organization has stood up to dictators and death squads, but Rowling and the UK’s anti-speech laws were apparently too much.
groveling apology from the organization that has weathered the Soviet Union, Putin’s Russia, and the Bush administration’s defense of Guantánamo Bay—but could not weather J.K. Rowling
That’s not really a fair comparison.
Amnesty obviously wouldn’t back down from groups that have literally committed mass torture and mass murder.
Rowling is bad, but Amnesty can’t as easily provide concrete evidence that she’a directly murdered or tortured people.
Free speech is tricky, legally. It’s much less tricky to navigate the law when it’s about murder and torture.
Unlike the United States, where anti-SLAPP laws allow defendants to get these suits dismissed early
In practice??
Pussies
Suck shit; Joanne.
JK Rowing had done what countless Dictatorships have failed to do.
Eh, idk. Lots of rights groups like the ACLU have historically lead campaigns to defend groups like the KKK.
Because it’s bad for all of us if there becomes court precedent restricting free speech
Ever since they fucked up in Ukraine they’ve been on my shitlist.
What happened, in relation to Amnesty UK?
