J.K. Rowling Is Normalizing Trans Common Sense | Bobby Burack

Celebrities often use the phrase "I use my platform to stand up for what I believe in to make a difference" as the catalyst for their social commentary. 

Yet most influencers rarely provide profound contributions to the conversation. Most celebrities simply promulgate what is already the accepted norm – be it on the subjects of race, Donald Trump, immigration, vaccines, etc. 

J.K. Rowling, the author of the "Harry Potter" book series, is an exception. Her narration of the transgender movement runs in direct contrast to the pre-approved narrative authors of her status are supposed to spread.

Her thesis is simple, yet hotly contested. It goes as follows: 

Gender is not reversible. 

Her detractors use an array of buzzwords to describe said stance:: anti-trans, bigoted, dangerous, and MAGA. Rowling does not budge.

Over the weekend, she set out to make a mockery of a new hate crime law in Scotland, in which she lives, with a post about men identifying as women. 

She dared the country of Scotland to arrest her:

"In passing the Scottish Hate Crime Act, Scottish lawmakers seem to have placed higher value on the feelings of men performing their idea of femaleness, however misogynistically or opportunistically, than on the rights and freedoms of actual women and girls.

"For several years now, Scottish women have been pressured by their government and members of the police force to deny the evidence of their eyes and ears, repudiate biological facts and embrace a neo-religious concept of gender that is unprovable and untestable. The re-definition of 'woman' to include every man who declares himself one has already had serious consequences for women's and girls’ rights and safety in Scotland, with the strongest impact felt, as ever, by the most vulnerable, including female prisoners and rape survivors."

"I'm currently out of the country, but if what I've written here qualifies as an (offense) under the terms of the new act, I look forward to being arrested when I return to the birthplace of the Scottish Enlightenment."

For background, the country activated the Hate Crime and Public Order Act on April 1, warning against acts that "stir up hatred against a group of persons" of certain protected characteristics, including age, disability, religion or, in the case of a social or cultural group, perceived religious affiliation, sexual orientation, transgender identity, and variations in sex characteristics." 

The maximum penalty is a seven-year jail sentence.

However, Scotland authorities informed the BBC that they are not treating Rowling's comments as criminal. She will not be arrested. As per her plan, she exposed the law as more bark than bite – a fear mechanism.

J.K. Rowling is arguably the most prominent voice of opposition to the idea that gender is not a biological fact but a choice – a mask, if you will. 

Unlike the celebrities who benefit from voicing a political opinion, Rowling has cost herself lucrative relationships in television and print over her stance on the topic. 

She is far more courageous than the swathes of Hollywood celebs we often see praised for their support of BLM and so-called trans rights.

Rowling uses her platform to pave the way for others, famous or ordinary, to speak out similarly. She's trying to standardize the perspective that treating gender as an on-demand option is both mentally and physically damning. 

Many Western citizens remain afraid to do so. 

There is so much sensitivity around transgenderism that the conversation is less of an epidemic of censorship but self-censorship. 

Individuals at large remain fearful of voicing concerns over the movement - knowing what the inevitable backlash could result in for them and their families, both financially and socially. 

Plus, Hollywood and the corporate media are so painfully loyal to the whims of the progressive orthodoxy that people are led to believe support for mainstream transgenderism is the consensus. 

It's not.

J.K. Rowling (Photo: Mike Marsland/WireImage) 

The year 2023 demonstrated that those with inherent concerns about dismissing biology in the name of transgenderism are, in fact, closer to the norm than the exception.

We argued that point in a July column, entitled "It's Safe To Come Out Of The Closet Against Trans Ideology." 

You are not alone. You are not in the minority. 

Just look at the consumer responses to Bud Light and Target.

Last year, Bud Light teamed with a man named Dylan Mulvaney to celebrate his "365 days of girlhood." As a result, its parent company Anheuser-Busch lost over $27 billion in market value as sales plummeted.

The backlash cost Bud Light its status as the top-selling beer brand in the U.S. for the first time since 2001.

Target recorded a market cap loss of $15 million after introducing "tuck-friendly" swimwear. Such designs allow males who call themselves females to tuck in their penises. That includes children.

J.K. Rowling rejects the idea that men and women shall be able to compete against one another in athletic competition so long as someone of the opposite sex declares themselves as trans. You also reject that hypothesis. So does most of America. 

The media has conveniently worked to memory-hole a Gallup poll from June that found that 69 percent of Americans believe transgender athletes should only be allowed to play on sports teams that match their birth gender.

Yet the gender identity police have spent Wednesday portraying Rowling's tweet below as a grotesque thought crime:

"Our daughters stayed quiet because they are afraid. We tried to speak up for them, and we were shut down... name-calling and the threat of mental health is being used as emotional blackmail to keep us all quiet while women are harmed and devalued.' #WomensRightsAreHumanRights."

J.K. Rowling represents the opinion of most Americans, even if she resides in Scotland, on the topic of trans ideology.

The gatekeepers of public perception abhor that about her. She empowers others to voice what's become a taboo perspective on the most consequential cultural movement of this generation.

J.K. Rowling is normalizing common sense as it pertains to trans ideology. 

Trans ideology, from its inception, has dismissed common sense.