Shame on you @duolingo: learning German and I came across the sentence "Yes I like Harry Potter but the author is mean". How woke do you have to be to let #trans ideology infect a language lesson? @jk_rowling
Gaby Koppel
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Gaby Koppel
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Freelance TV Producer & writer// novel REPARATION runner-up Paul Torday Prize @SoA// Coming 2026 the true story of making of Hitchcock's PSYCHO @WhiteOwlBooks
- Replying to @purpledoll001 @duolingo and @jk_rowlingIt's not a question of whether she's mean, but that on my now nearly 140 day streak this is the first and only time a real life person has been picked out for criticism. Not Putin, not the Ayatollahs, but somebody who happens to take a gender critical stance.
- Replying to @irenefarren @duolingo and @jk_rowlingIf the only right answer is that JK Rowling is nasty, that hardly qualifies as a debate
- Replying to @BaronWonderburg @duolingo and @jk_rowlingI 'm actually perfectly comfortable with that. But personal criticism of a real life individual just out of the blue seemed completely gratuitous, whatever the politics
- Last night my daughter's cab driver expressed #antisemitic views to her including that Jews are wealthy, powerful and control the media. Worried about her own safety, she asked him to drop her at the end of the road and walked the rest of the way @antisemitism @CST_UK @Shomrim
- Replying to @Delilah15707758Well duh if my German was really good I wouldn't be doing Duolingo, would I? For non students of the language, the bit I left out was "in my opinion" the author is nasty. It's not that significant as no other opinions are possible, it's given as the correct answer.
- Replying to @givati123 @TracyAnnO and 4 othersIt was all just jealousy because Rivkah was head and shoulders above them academically
- Replying to @coaxialcreatureLiterally, Question "Do you like the books with Harry Potter as a character?" Correct answer: "Yes but in my opinion the author is mean/ nasty."
- Replying to @givati123 @TracyAnnO and 4 othersIt this is who I think it is this is a nasty libel and if anybody is a bully look in your own back garden - you taught them well.
- Replying to @riocinemaI've been a loyal customer for 33 years. Goodbye.
- Replying to @GOSHCharityBrings it all back. My one day old baby was rushed to @GreatOrmondSt with a suspected #heart abnormality. Several surgeries and procedures later...she's now 27 and at film school. But it feels like yesterday
- Replying to @givati123 @TracyAnnO and 4 othersJohn Myers you are hiding behind the cloak of anonymity, but I call you out. Shame on you for weaponising your own children.
- Replying to @female_union @PaulEmbery and @ucuErm...maybe check your facts on this one, hun. If you repeat the original libel, you may find yourself in court...remember he's just won.
