Likewise the targeting of J. K. Rowling for her uncontroversial comments was so disproportionate that it has become clear to me that something is up. In her case not only was there a campaign by the usual activists, but also the legacy gay press ganged up on her, most of the actors she had helped to make millionaires took turns to denounce her, and there was a threat of a strike by staff at her own publishers, Hachette.

