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05-17-2016, 10:57 AM
J.K. Rowling shares powerful message about Donald Trump ... and those who oppose him
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She may have constructed a magical wizarding world, but J.K. Rowling (http://mashable.com/category/J.K.-Rowling?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)*wants to bring you back down to earth.
In a powerful speech made at the 2016 PEN (https://pen.org/) Literary Awards Gala on Monday night, Rowling called out presidential candidate Donald Trump (http://mashable.com/category/donald-trump/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) for intolerance and hateful speech.
SEE ALSO: PEN Literary Awards to the 2016 election: 'We need fewer walls and more book awards' (http://mashable.com/2016/04/12/pen-literary-awards-diversity/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
"I find almost everything that Mr. Trump says objectionable," Rowling said. "I consider him offensive and bigoted."
But Rowling's speech wasn't so much a take down of Trump as much as it was a lambast against those who would silence him. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/05/17/jk-rowling-donald-trump-speech/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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She may have constructed a magical wizarding world, but J.K. Rowling (http://mashable.com/category/J.K.-Rowling?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)*wants to bring you back down to earth.
In a powerful speech made at the 2016 PEN (https://pen.org/) Literary Awards Gala on Monday night, Rowling called out presidential candidate Donald Trump (http://mashable.com/category/donald-trump/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial) for intolerance and hateful speech.
SEE ALSO: PEN Literary Awards to the 2016 election: 'We need fewer walls and more book awards' (http://mashable.com/2016/04/12/pen-literary-awards-diversity/?utm_campaign=&utm_context=textlink&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=)
"I find almost everything that Mr. Trump says objectionable," Rowling said. "I consider him offensive and bigoted."
But Rowling's speech wasn't so much a take down of Trump as much as it was a lambast against those who would silence him. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2016/05/17/jk-rowling-donald-trump-speech/?utm_campaign=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial&utm_cid=Mash-Prod-RSS-Feedburner-All-Partial)
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