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LisaM

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7. I asked a British friend (who is an author and scholar) about this.
Tue May 14, 2024, 06:32 PM
May 2024

It floors me how JK Rowling can behave this way, and the "why" completely eludes me.

My friend pointed out that very famous people like JK Rowling live in an echo chamber, full of hangers on and, for lack of a better term, yes-men. It seems impossible that Rowling can believe these things, but she is likely receiving a lot of reinforcement (this actually explains a lot about Trump, too, who seems to always be doubling down on things he can't possibly really mean).

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