Pro-Trans, Pro-Palestine: Celebrities Condemn Harry Potter and his Mother

New English Review ^ | 5 Jan 2021 | Phyllis Chesler

[Rummyfan]

Comedian Jon Stewart, formerly of The Daily Show, has just accused J.K. Rowling of anti-Semitism. And why? Because her depiction of the “goblins” who run Gringotts, the underground bank where everyone’s gold is stored is, in his opinion, an anti-Jewish stereotype. He wonders why the “goblins” are the underground bankers… Get it?

Apparently, fiction, even fantasy, must conform to rigid speech code rules. But unlike Wagner’s Nibelungen, Albrecht, (a “dwarf” or a descendent of a “race of dwarfs’) who stole and who hoards the gold which can control the world in Wagner’s four part opera The Ring Cycle—Rowling’s “goblins” merely guard it and release it to its rightful owner—just like the Swiss do.

Call me crazy but once I read the comedian Jon Stewart’s allegation, I immediately thought that Stewart, born Jonathan Stuart Leibowitz, (changed his name, wonder why—nah, I know why) must also favor Palestine i.e. his anti-Semitism is anti-Zionism. Bingo! Even Al-Jazeera mourned his departure and bid him a “fond farewell” as one of the only Americans who told the truth about Israel and Palestine.

Stewart, a genuinely funny guy, is one of those “As a Jew” people who stand tall upon their own ethnicity in order to critique Israel. Well, he’s one of those dangerously crazy-funny guys.

[Rummyfan]

And she's certainly easier on the eyes than Jon Liebowitz.

Never liked Stewart. He wanted to be taken seriously, but when he received criticism for anything serious he said, he always retreated to 'I'm just a comedian'....

[Steely Tom]

Jon Stewart’s opinions mean less to me than did David Letterman’s.

And his father didn’t fill Captain Kirk’s shoes either.

[Paladin2]

Comedian Jon Stewart is not funny and is seriously deranged.

[mylife]

[GeorgianaCavendish]

Of course the left doesn’t like the story. It’s about an evil megalomaniac trying to control the lives of individuals by taking over the government. He attempts to kill a baby but fails. In spite of growing up in a terrible home being physically and emotionally abused, the boy grows up to be a brave, talented and wonderful human being who fights to save his friends and those he loves.

Stories about failed fourth tri semester abortions,and child abuse victims becoming great, happy human beings cannot be allowed to exist.

[frithguild]

John Stewart, report to the Headmaster

[throwthebumsout]

So any mythical creature that is obsessed with gold is considered a smear against Jews.

In Tolkien, Dwarves were obsessed with gold, so they must be Jews. But at the same time Dragons were also obsessed with gold, so they must also be Jews. Therefore:

Dwarves == Dragons == Jews

[golux]

I wouldn't have spoken publicly about it, but it did occur to me (as a Jew) that those hook-nosed dwarves in the Harry Potter movie looked smackingly like Goebbels' dark, hunch-backed Jewish stereotypes, or "the eternal Jew" stereotype.

[golux]

And then, of course, there's the Star of David as the centerpiece of the floor of the Bank...



Which is sort of odd. But anyway...

[suthener]

Just general information:

“David Jonathan Heyman (born 26 July 1961) is an English film producer and the founder of Heyday Films. In 1999, he secured the film rights to the Harry Potter film series and went on to produce all eight installments....His paternal grandparents were German Jews”

I doubt that J.K. Rowling had a lot to do with the appearance of these characters for the movie, but I would bet the producer had something to do with it.