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'Harry Potter's J.K. Rowling Tweets Back at Trump Supporters

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Twitter was not a fun place to be last night, no matter what your political leaning. Emotions were running high on all sides, and anyone with a Twitter account basically lived out their anxieties in 140 characters all night long. It’s understandable that most people did not have patience for trolls in their mentions, but none so much as J.K. Rowling.

The Harry Potter author has been pretty active on social media throughout the entire election season. She took to Twitter yesterday evening to offer up a quick Internet prayer, expressing that she hoped that history would be made – but only the good kind.

You would think that a positive tweet like that might be left alone, but the Trump trolls were quickly all over her for it. However, J.K. chose not to ignore them this time – and so, she called them out, one by one. When a Twitter user cursed at her in response to her tweet, she quoted his reply, saying, “Pure class, these Trump guys.”

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She opened up later on, sharing that Trump supporters had been tweeting at her all night, calling her a b*tch and “libtard.”

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J.K. even screenshotted one of the insulting tweets, which referred to her as a “pasty b*tch.” Without losing her cool, J.K. wrote back, “In fairness, I am pasty. Not going to shut up though.”

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Some might wonder why J.K. took the time to reply to these bullies, rather than simply ignore it. She explained herself in a perfectly worded tweet. “The easy thing is to be silenced because you don't want the insults,” she wrote. “The easy thing is to look the other way when it's happening to others.”

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She also took time online to respond to her fans, and to encourage others. “We stand together,” she reminded us. “We stick up for the vulnerable. We challenge bigots. We don't let hate speech become normalised. We hold the line.”

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Honestly, we can’t help but feel like we’re trapped inside a dark chapter of a Harry Potter novel right now. J.K. is trying to remind us that good can conquer evil – we just have to remember this, even when it seems impossible.

Want more from celebrities like J.K. Rowling who are taking a stand? Read this: Lady Gaga Staged a Protest Outside of Trump Tower After the Election Results
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