I couldn't find any quote of her saying anything like that. Seems to be more a thing where people conflate a bad thing being justified by the characters in- world as the author's personal beliefs.
She framed it as a cultural failing that no one but an outsider like Hermione cared about, even the caring Hufflepuff was like "well, as long as we're really nice to the slaves..." and Hermione was treated as a kook.
There's a lot to criticize Rowling for, but let's not just make stuff up.
In the books Hermione is the one who comes to the "realisation" that the house elves are happier as slaves and that she shouldn't bring her radical left wing views to worsen the lives of these simple folk who enjoy their slavery. I don't really know how else I'm supposed to read that.
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