Looking into it
Police are investigating an online threat to JK Rowling, after she tweeted support for Salman Rushdie following his attack in the US. The Harry Potter author, 57, shared screenshots of a message stating: “Don’t worry, you are next”.
The same Twitter account also posted messages praising the man who attacked Mr Rushdie on stage at an event in New York state. Ms Rowling said she felt “very sick” at the news and hoped he would recover.
She shared a screenshot of the threat, writing: “To all sending supportive messages. Thank you. Police are involved (were already involved on other threats).”
The tweet, from an account in Pakistan, had been removed on Sunday morning. A Police Scotland spokesperson said: “We have received a report of an online threat being made and officers are carrying out enquiries.”
Makes a change from telling feminist women to wheesht.
How quaint. Some random in Pakistan with (probably) no hope of ever getting near JKR threatens to kill her and the police are all over it. Yet the threats of violence from people who could feasibly get to her home by public transport are ignored.
Don’t worry, there are still plenty of Police telling a raped woman to STFU.
https://twitter.com/IXthoth/status/1558921955306344451?s=20&t=x_wriP_O6otR5Mq-9ZPWXQ
The ACLU weighed in on the attack on Rushdie:
Not holding my breath waiting for them to decry the threats against Rowling.