The author made fun of a critic for wearing glasses — you know, like Harry Potter does.

Following Rowling’s tweet, Shay faced a deluge of homophobic, racist, transphobic and Islamophobic posts. He tagged Rowling in many of the replies he received. Aside from calling @pup_shay numerous slurs, Shay says he also received death threats following Rowling’s highlighting of his profile picture and user name.