Last month, “Harry Potter” creator J.K. Rowling made headlines when she joined “Culture for Coexistence – an independent UK network representing a cross-section from the cultural world” — in signing on to a letter decrying a cultural boycott of Israel. She later wrote a piece explaining why beloved Hogwarts headmaster Albus Dumbledore would also have been against such a boycott:
Why Dumbledore went to the hilltop
Read: https://t.co/tXj41Yj58S
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) October 27, 2015
And that really sticks in Vice contributor Sam Kriss’ craw. So he wrote about it:
JK Rowling's weird claim that Dumbledore would have been against a boycott of Israel https://t.co/v182uPnZN7 pic.twitter.com/4oARswnrQo
— VICE (@VICE) November 2, 2015
Weird? Nonsensical? You’re projecting, Sam.
@VICE Drives you crazy, huh?
— Oren German (@Orengerman) November 2, 2015
Evidently.
Also crazy? That he — who admits he’s “a little shaky” on the Harry Potter books — is firmly convinced that he has a better understanding of the characters than the woman who created them.
.@VICE Yeah man, how the hell would she know?https://t.co/q8j9LtuHpZ
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) November 2, 2015
@VICE Right, it's not as if she invented the character or anything.
— No Chill (@SmuggieMike) November 2, 2015
@iowahawkblog @VICE because the creator of a character surely wouldn't know that characters views….
— Mike K (@MJKrause) November 2, 2015
@VICE What? Why would the creator of the Potter series know anything about it??
— BigGerm72 (@PoliSnark2Day) November 2, 2015
. @VICE it's almost as if she has insight into the character like she wrote it herself or some shit…weird.
— Rum Braker (@FreeSpeechOrDie) November 2, 2015
So weird.
