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JK Rowling wonderfully defended Ireland against the Westboro Baptist Church

Yaaaaas queen.

HARRY POTTER AUTHOR J.K. Rowling is fast becoming the best celebrity on Twitter.

Her excellent comebacks are no surprise when you consider her imagination, but this one to the Westboro Baptist Church has to take the crown.

The notoriously anti-gay group have taken issue with Ireland’s choice to allow same-sex marriage, and Rowling has a few choice words for them.

Rowling tweeted congratulations early Saturday when it looked like the referendum would pass.

Sitting here watching the Irish make history. Extraordinary and wonderful.
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) May 23, 2015

J.K. Rowling / Twitter

The Westboro baptist church, however, took to slagging off the Ivory coast.

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They also took issue with this tweet, in which J.K used a meme when replying to an Irish fan

.@justaoifethings 💚🍀🌈💚 Then they could get married IN IRELAND! 💚🍀🌈💚 pic.twitter.com/yXedPavZfp
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) May 23, 2015

J.K. Rowling / Twitter

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She hit back

.@WBCsigns Alas, the sheer awesomeness of such a union in such a place would blow your tiny bigoted minds out of your thick sloping skulls.
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) May 26, 2015

J.K. Rowling / Twitter

When challenged about how replying and giving them attention may be counterproductive, she offered this reasoning

I don't care about WBC. I think it's important that scared gay kids who aren't out yet see hate speech challenged. https://t.co/XumjDmEjuw
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) May 27, 2015

J.K. Rowling / Twitter

Oh Jo, never change

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JK Rowling wonderfully defended Ireland against the Westboro Baptist Church

Whoops!

We couldn't find this Tweet

They also took issue with this tweet, in which J.K used a meme when replying to an Irish fan

Whoops!

We couldn't find this Tweet

She hit back

When challenged about how replying and giving them attention may be counterproductive, she offered this reasoning

Oh Jo, never change

JK Rowling couldn’t handle this Harry Potter star’s revealing magazine cover>

JK Rowling shared inspirational advice with a fan who wanted to ‘give up’>