Language has consequences: J K Rowling to Trump on Kansas shooting

February 26, 2017 09:41

Author J K Rowling has never been one to mince words, especially when it comes to Donald Trump. With the Kansas shooting -- in which an Indian engineer was shot dead by a white man which is being touted as a hate crime -- grabbing eyeballs across the globe, the legendary author has once again lashed out at the United States President over the tragic development.

Re-tweeting a post by an Indian author Anand Giridhardas where he expressed shock at the murder of Srinivas Kuchibhotla, Rowling, maintaining her trademark candour, said, 'Why hate speech isn't funny. Language has consequences' and pointed to the thread of the former's tweet, where he went on to explain how it greatly matters what politicians says.

In regard to the Kansas tragedy, Giridhardas drew parallels with a similar crime in Texas, where the shooter thought that he was targeting people of Middle Eastern nationality, and went on to slam the White House for denying and links between the shooting and President Trump's rhetoric on immigrants.

'President Trump's administration has quickly leapt to say his talk and actions have nothing to do with this crime. I would like to explain why the president is dead wrong on this one. He has everything to do with this, and I can explain,' Giridharadas said in a series of tweets and went on illuminate the impact of Trump's words on masses.

Earlier, White House spokesman Sean Spicer said that any loss of life is tragic but it would be absurd to link the attack to President Donald Trump's rhetoric. -- ANI

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