Do you think the negative attention JK Rowling has gotten for her opinions on trans people has been a good thing for her and those who think like her?

So for those who don’t know, JK Rowling has gathered a lot of attention online and in the media for her opinions on trans people, which she essentially rejects as interlopers and illegitimate. She does not recognize trans women as women and considers recognizing them as such to be a contribution to the erosion of the concept of “woman” by allowing men to be considered women. She has been steadfast in her opinions, doubled down, and offered no apologies.

This question isn’t really about her opinions and what you think of them. It’s more the backlash against her and the way in which backlash can be a good thing. She’s now being touted by some in the media as “brave” for speaking her truth, for standing up to “SJWs” and “cancel culture” and she’s becoming a bit of hero to the right-wing, seen as valiantly resisting the left wing mob that seeks to silence her.

So what I want to ask is: even if you disagree strongly with the opinions of someone like Rowling, do you think that a strong negative “cancel-oriented” reaction to her opinions makes a hero out of them? If someone doesn’t capitulate, then they’re praised as being brave and standing up to bullies and “trans-fascists”. Would it have been better to simply leave Rowling and her opinions alone?

On one hand, Rowling is a celebrity, so we pay attention her opinions more than we probably should. This might’ve been inevitable. On the other, when someone is “dogpiled” and it seems that everyone is against them, it generates sympathy.
I’m posing this in light of the BBC nominating J.K. Rowling for an award for her controversial essay clarifying her opinions on trans people. A spokesperson for the BBC said “offense is the price of free speech”. If there hadn’t been such an outspoken negative reaction to her opinions, I don’t know that she’d be nominated for an award right now.