I think you misunderstand how I think the power is directed.
Corbyn's power is directed at *you* if you critise him. His gang will come and get you. Very directly if you are a Labour MP, they will try and have you deselected. Or if you are the Chair of the CLP, they will try and have you expelled from the Party. Or, if you listen to war stories about Militant, worse.
Rowling might be prayed in aid by some USian legislator but she ain't expelling any Labour Party members. JK Rowling is not going to make bad things happen to *you* if you go about calling her names.
So, I think part of the reason why Rowling got more grief, more directly, from some of the internets for her views than Corbyn got for his is that Corbyn would come after you if you gave him grief.
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Date: 2021-03-09 03:25 pm (UTC)Corbyn's power is directed at *you* if you critise him. His gang will come and get you. Very directly if you are a Labour MP, they will try and have you deselected. Or if you are the Chair of the CLP, they will try and have you expelled from the Party. Or, if you listen to war stories about Militant, worse.
Rowling might be prayed in aid by some USian legislator but she ain't expelling any Labour Party members. JK Rowling is not going to make bad things happen to *you* if you go about calling her names.
So, I think part of the reason why Rowling got more grief, more directly, from some of the internets for her views than Corbyn got for his is that Corbyn would come after you if you gave him grief.