Author J.K. Rowling has fallen silent on her usually busy X (formerly Twitter) feed, after Olympic gold medalist boxer Imane Khelif filed a legal complaint in France for alleged cyber harassment over statements regarding her gender.

On August 9, lawyers for Khelif filed a lawsuit with a special unit of the public prosecutor's office in Paris, stemming from false statements that spread online about her gender after the Algerian boxer defeated Italy's Angela Carini in her first fight of the 2024 Olympic Games. Carini pulled out 46 seconds into the bout and told reporters afterwards that she had "never felt a punch like this."

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[–] 40 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (18 children)

The Wall Street Journal still has an article online that says:

The Algerian boxer is biologically male but allowed to compete in the female category

https://www.wsj.com/opinion/does-imane-khelif-belong-in-the-womens-ring-olympics-boxing-transgender-ideology-b227f2cd

Fuck Jeff Bezos

EDIT: Oh dang this isn't WaPo. Fuck him anyway though.

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  • [–] 31 points 2 years ago (3 children)

    Wait how is this blatant lie allowed to remain published online? I thought the WSJ had at least some credibility?

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (10 children)

    Bezos has nothing to do with the Wall Street Journal

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  • [–] 12 points 2 years ago (8 children)

    Upvote because you recognized you were incorrect & you weren’t a rowling about it!

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  • [–] 14 points 2 years ago (7 children)

    ☺️

    It's not like I have to take back the "Fuck Jeff Bezos" part. Just not specifically about this.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    Never, ever take back a “fuck Bezos” 💪👍🙏

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Unless you meant it literally; I would never encourage sexual intercourse with that... being.

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago

    The author, colin wright, touts himself as a fellow for SEGM "The Society For Evidence-Based Gender Medicine;" which is a non-profit organization that is known for its opposition to gender-affirming care for transgender youth and for engaging in political lobbying.

    He's a POS who gets paid to write smear pieces endangering the lives of trans people, by people with even worse ideals than his own.

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