“Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling posted a lengthy response to late-night host John Oliver’s latest rant on guidelines for transgender-identifying athletes participating in sports.
“Nothing about this feels good, because John Oliver generously gave his time for my charity Lumos and I liked him very much when I met him, but God knows, if you ever need an example of motivated reasoning and confirmation bias, this video’s for you. An undoubtedly intelligent person spouts absolute bullsh** to support something he wants to be true, but isn’t,” the author shared on social media Sunday.
The “Last Week Tonight” host did a monologue on Friday about people who opposed biological males who identify as females participating in women’s sports. During his remarks, he claimed there was no evidence biological male trans athletes have an advantage when competing against…
