Apart from being the best-selling author of the acclaimed Harry Potter series, JK Rowling is the queen of sass, the mother of wit and the destroyer of trolls. Rowling has been a charming personality to have on social media, with her Tweets shooting down everyone from sexists to just plain haters. She is on her toes to react to any breaking trends online, rubbishing over-the-top ideas and silencing mean trolls once and for all with her magic spells. And when President of the United States made a faux pass, you would expect Rowling to come down full force. Donald Trump managed to churn out a fiery tweet from the author when he apparently blocking author Stephen King on Twitter, for which Rowling had a quick-fix ready at hand.
Trump has blocked me from reading his tweets. I may have to kill myself.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) June 13, 2017
To which Rowling had a befitting retort:
I still have access. I’ll DM them to you. https://t.co/MhibEYDBTg
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) June 13, 2017
King was quick to swoop in with another remark to Rowling’s tweet:
Thanks. Maybe it’s a hoax. I’m good either way. I’ll always have Pence, hahahaha.
— Stephen King (@StephenKing) June 13, 2017
It is a pattern you see, if you look closely you may decipher that it doesn’t take much to provoke President Trump into blocking a follower on Twitter. Throw him an insult or an unflattering Meme or a GIF mocking his “covfefe” screw up, is enough to do the trick. So maybe there is no need to raise our eyebrows over this latest addition to the list of #BlockedByTrump. Stephen King has been one of Trump’s most consistent and creative Twitter critics even before he became President. Before the November election, he had been quoted by Ron Charles, editor of The Washington Post’s Book World, during a Facebook Live interview where he said:
A Trump presidency scares me more than anything else. I’m terrified that he’ll become President.
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And following the alleged blocking of the horror fiction maestro, Twitterati obviously had some expert comments to shed light on the incident. From people sharing their own incidents to the mocking parade, this is what Twitter had to say:
Good grief, it’s actually happened _ Mr Thin-skin strikes again! pic.twitter.com/PQSK60KRfa
— Mike P Williams _ (@Mike_P_Williams) May 31, 2017
The Commander in Chief can block @VoteVets, the voice of 500k military veterans and families, but we will NOT be silenced. pic.twitter.com/SaCN5hKU9R
— VoteVets (@votevets) June 13, 2017
Scene: J.K. Rowling and @StephenKing at tea –
Could you have made a character like Trump up?
Oh, Lord no. You?
Nope. Beyond imagination.
— Ryan Parker (@TheRyanParker) June 13, 2017
He’s firing everyone who disagrees with him in real life and blocking everyone who disagrees on the internet… modern day dictatorship. pic.twitter.com/k4NjUAMI1r
— AJ Joshi (@AJ) June 13, 2017
Happens to the best of us https://t.co/ufX7tSl3YY
— AJ Joshi (@AJ) June 13, 2017
— Matthew D’Ambrosio_ (@drmattdambrosio) June 13, 2017
After the initial tweet, he was quick to give a rebuttal with his “maybe, it’s a hoax” theory but now that we know how you really feel Stephen, we can offer our sympathies.
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