JK Rowling isn’t exactly the most prolific tweeter, but she isn’t afraid to let her feelings be known if she’s in the mood, and that includes schooling homophobes on where they can stick their opinions.
A Twitter user called @halfelven55ff probably thought he was merely merely ranting into the ether when he wrote ‘@jk_rowling Once u revealed Dumbledore was homosexual I stopped being a fan. Nice how u blindsided us with that one. Enjoy your billion $.’
However Rowling saw it and responded, ‘@halfelven55ff I advise you to start following Brian Souter at once. He’s much more your kind of person.’
Souter is a Scottish businessman and owner of the Stagecoach Bus Group, who drew the ire of many when he spent over £1 million of his own money attempting to retain a clause in Scottish law that essentially forbade the mention of anything LGBT in schools. That, along with other controversial statements, have understandably caused many to see him as a homophobe.
He’s also given money and campaigned for a ‘yes’ vote in the upcoming Scottish Independence Election, with Rowling amongst the most prominent names in the ‘no’ campaign.
In case you were wondering, @halfelven55ff, doesn’t seem to have enjoyed the response to his tweet as he’s now removed his Twitter page completely.
@halfelven55ff I advise you to start following Brian Souter at once. He’s much more your kind of person.
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) September 6, 2014
Funny how she claims to be so pro-gay, yet the word “gay” would not be found anywhere in the HP series and the only way she could reveal Dumbledore’s sexuality, other than a random public statement, was subtly mentioning a “friendship” he once had with another male.