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God do I want JK to go down for being an Epstein crony, but from the evidence here this appears to be entirely the fault of Peggy Seigal: well known for being a gatekeeping socialite idiot and good clout-chasing friend of Epstein.
Her inclusion is bad on it's own, but it's not quite on the level of "JK invited Epstein to her play" like the title implies, it's "someone on the production staff invited Epstein".
JK called Lolita a tragic love story so her being linked to Epstein would not be a surprise.
(you posted the exact same thing ten hours ago, though I don't disagree with the sentiment at all)
My feeling was that if someone on her senior staff was inviting people personally to a major event... it had to have been approved by her right?
Like theres no way she would allow the guest list to be entirely in the hands of someone else right??
Maybe I just have too much confidence in these people to manage thier own shit.
Aside from this being a relatively minor VIP event (it wasn't a premier or anything, as far as I can tell this was just a regularly running broadway pay-for-VIP event themed to tie in to the show) I don't think this really tracks - the goal of having senior staff is to not need to scrutinize each of their decisions, and although JK is many many awful things I've never seen her accused of micromanaging.
JK Rowling called Lolita a "Tragic Love Story" and that should've been enough in any sane world.
yeah, really feels like people aren't reading the article ...
I honestly don't care anymore. If there is the slightest hint of a connection between right wing freaks and Epstein, I'm just going to assume they fuck kids. I see no reason to give them the benefit of any doubt.
Rowling didn't even invite Epstein and wasn't even in the email chain, we have no evidence they've corresponded, let alone that she visited his island or fucks kids - I get not having good feelings towards a villain like Rowling, but I think you're engaging in poor reasoning
I am making an affirmative decision to engage in poor reasoning in a specific circumstance. It seems to work well enough strategically for the right, including Rowling, so I figure I'll try it out.
When we abhor the immoral actions of an evil person, we do not usually think their immoral actions give us moral license to engage in immoral behavior.
This is childish and indefensible, and I think you know that - so what's the point here? You're wasting my time, I'm not interested in talking to you further.
Your scolding was entirely unexpected. Really.
I'm not interested in being "the good guy" anymore. I've seen too many Ned Starks. This is a war, and I think it's you acting like a child. Trump went low and Hillary went high, and look where that got us. I've got sand in my pocket and I'm not afraid to use it.