<p>Readers of the British newspaper, The Guardian, are accusing the outlet of deactivating <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/media/2021/dec/15/tell-us-who-is-your-2021-person-of-the-year">an online poll</a> that asked readers to vote on “Person of the Year” after it became apparent that J.K. Rowling would handily win.</p>
<p>“Tell us: who is your 2021 person of the year?” ran the headline, posted on Dec. 15, with the subtitle, “Time Magazine chose billionaire Tesla boss Elon Musk – but who would be your choice?” A short time later, when Rowling was far and away in the lead, the voting form disappeared, as did the results. A message in small print stated, “This form has been deactivated and is closed to any further submissions.”</p>
<p>Rowling has been at the center of numerous cancel culture storms this year for her refusal to deny the reality of biological sex. Earlier this month she stirred up controversy by mocking Scotland’s law enforcement policy that allows accused rapists to self-identify as female. “War is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength. The Penised Individual Who Raped You Is a Woman,” she <a href="https://twitter.com/jk_rowling/status/1470092815506063365?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1470092815506063365%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_c10&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.dailywire.com%2Fnews%2Fthe-penised-individual-who-raped-you-is-a-woman-j-k-rowling-slams-scotland-police-for-move-to-record-male-rapists-as-women-based-on-self-identity">tweeted</a> in reference to an article titled, “Absurdity’ of police logging rapists as women.”</p>
<p>As The Daily Wire previously reported, trans activists have retaliated against her refusal to capitulate to their agenda by threatening to send her <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/jk-rowling-blasts-trans-activists-after-death-threat-this-movement-poses-no-risk-to-women-whatsoever">pipe bombs</a> and <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/j-k-rowling-speaks-out-after-doxxing-so-many-death-threats-i-could-paper-the-house">publishing</a> her home address on social media. Showing the flair for dark humor that runs through her novels, the world&#8217;s richest author wryly joked that she&#8217;s received &#8220;so many death threats [she] could paper the house.&#8221;</p>
<p>The Guardian, which is generally known for being left-of-center, has so far provided no explanation for why it took its poll offline with Rowling firmly in the lead. But that didn’t stop the public from taking to social media to share their suspicions.</p>
<p>“JK Rowling was voted Guardian&#8217;s person of the year. Rather than acknowledge this, Guardian killed the competition. What utter cowardice, Guardian,” said one <a href="https://twitter.com/cubedreamer/status/1475872676077993985?s=20">tweet</a> that received nearly 3000 “likes.” Another, which more than 7000 people approved, read, “BREAKING: Guardian deactivated the poll on ‘Person of the Year 2021’ because JK Rowling was in the lead. Pathetic!”</p>
<p>One person even photoshopped a <a href="https://twitter.com/nikkicraft/status/1476068145571975169?s=20">fake Guardian article</a> that satirically reported:</p>
<blockquote><p><em>The Guardian has had to announce that cis-woman writer and notorious transphobe J.K. Rowling will be the 2021 Person of the Year. Rowling was awarded the honor after 112 recounts of the votes and will have the award reluctantly sent to her via second class post after a brief, secret ‘ceremony’ at the Guardian’s well-appointed and upmarket offices in King’s Place in London, which in no way betrays the paper’s working class roots.</em></p></blockquote>
<p>It seems the Guardian’s politically awkward popularity contest isn’t going to be easily forgotten. When the outlet <a href="https://twitter.com/guardian/status/1473716105415909383?s=20">posted</a> the question, “What’s the funniest thing you saw on the internet in 2021,” to Twitter, numerous people responded in the same vein as one user who <a href="https://twitter.com/AthenaNike4/status/1475769207694536706?s=20">replied</a>, “The Guardian closing its Person of the year award because JK Rowling got so many votes — that was totalitarian levels of funny.”</p>
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