Writing on her personal website, the Harry Potter author, who was an outspoken opponent of independence during the Scottish referendum, said the EU referendum campaign had been “one of the most divisive and bitter political campaigns ever waged” and made her consider how fairytale villains had been created by political storytellers. [...]
Rowling said she did not believe all who supported Brexit were racist bigots, calling that view “shameful”. However, she said it was equally nonsensical to pretend racists and bigots were not flocking to the leave cause, or that they were not, in some instances, directing it. “For some of us, that fact alone is enough to give us pause,” she said. [...]
Rowling said she had been worried by strident nationalism across Europe and in the US, saying the US Republican candidate Donald Trump was a “fascist in all but name … the temperament of an unstable nightclub bouncer, jeers at violence when it breaks out at his rallies and wears his disdain for women and minorities with pride”.
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