I appreciate the accurate and incredibly sad understanding of radicalization
During the recording of the podcast The Show People, Fry, who previously narrated all seven Harry Potter audiobooks, said: "She has been radicalised I fear and it maybe she has been radicalised by TERFs, but also by the vitriol that is thrown at her.”
As reported by The Daily Mail, Fry continued: “It is unhelpful and only hardens her and will only continue to harden her I am afraid. I am not saying that she not be called out when she says things that are really cruel, wrong and mocking. She seems to be a lost cause for us.”
“I am sorry because I always liked her company,” he added. “I found her charming, funny and interesting and then this thing happened, and it completely altered the way she talks and engages with the world now.”
He continued by saying that Rowling’s “contemptuous” comments “add to a terribly distressing time for trans people.”
It saddens me to hear it sounds he has lost a friend- watching someone descend into radialization on a personal level is a distressing thing :(
If nothing else works, being called a sad disappointment by Fry should be the ultimate wake-up call for any human being. This is really sad.
Fry has been through so much shit (but always managed to come out of it with more empathy), that witnessing another psychological wreckage must be a tough but revealing experience.
