J.K. Rowling only needed 3 tweets to turn the tables on these trolls
Every time.
By
Sam Haysom
on
Sam Haysom
Sam Haysom is the Deputy UK Editor for Mashable. He covers entertainment and online culture, and writes horror fiction in his spare time.
Read Full Bio
Let the troll-bashing commence.
Credit: John Phillips/Getty Images
If Twitter history has taught us anything, it's that trolls are drawn to J.K. Rowling like angry moths to a Lumos'd wand tip.
They all have one thing in common, though: They never come out of the ensuing back-and-forth looking good.
It all started this time when Rowling responded to a tweet from Trump supporter Tomi Lahren.
Mashable Trend Report
Decode what’s viral, what’s next, and what it all means.
Sign up for Mashable’s weekly Trend Report newsletter.
By clicking Sign Me Up, you confirm you are 16+ and agree to our Terms of Use and Privacy Policy.
Thanks for signing up!
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
43,000 retweets later, and the right-wing trolls had inevitably come out of the wood-work.
And Rowling decided to troll them right back.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
Clearly some trolls are a lot better at trolling than realising when they're being trolled.
This Tweet is currently unavailable. It might be loading or has been removed.
She almost makes it look too easy.
