Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling wrapped a week of battling trolls on Twitter — who were coming at her for her political beliefs — by implying that one of them has a small penis.
Warning: Some graphic language follows!
It all started when a Twitter user named Steve sent some hateful (and now deleted) messages to Rowling, who was in the midst of discussing the outcome of the U.K. election with followers on Friday morning:
@jk_rowling @Matthew_Ireson Fuck off you Labour CUNT. All you lefties are finished in this country, especially you JK bitchface.
— Steve Josiah (@sjosiah0) May 8, 2015
@jk_rowling You lefty Labour scum are finished in this country.
— Steve Josiah (@sjosiah0) May 8, 2015
Rowling, who has for some reason decided to give several of these trolls attention, came back with an amazing comment that we never would’ve expected out of her:
.@sjosiah0 The Internet doesn’t just offer opportunities for misogynistic abuse, you know. Penis enlargers can also be bought discreetly.
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) May 8, 2015
Steve replied with a weak response (in which he does not confirm or deny the existence of a small penis):
@jk_rowling Whereas having talent can't be brought you shitty lefty 'writer'. Btw what's it like living in SNP run Scotland and Tory UK?
— Steve Josiah (@sjosiah0) May 8, 2015
I reached out to Steve for official confirmation one way or the other but have not received a reply back:
@sjosiah0 do you have a small dick?
— Andrew Sims (@sims) May 8, 2015
Despite dealing with a lot of hate in recent days, Rowling was also reminded today that there are a lot of good people on Twitter:
If you could all see the amount of love and support flooding my timeline right now, you would be – as I am – overwhelmed. #FaithRestored
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) May 8, 2015
J.K. Rowling: Slamming people on Twitter with jokes about their dicks since 2015.
