Posted on 04/01/2024 6:42:46 AM PDT by RandFan
The new measures aim to tackle the harm caused by hatred and prejudice but have come under fire from opponents who claim they could stifle free speech.
Scotland's controversial new hate crime laws have come into force – with a Holyrood minister saying people 'could be investigated' for misgendering someone online.
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The Scottsmen need to obey Hamza, or else!
They didn’t misgender the sickos
The sickos misgendered themselves, and they didn’t play along.
Anyone think we should bother defending an insane asylum like this ever again?
islam is a totalitarian death cult founded by a child rapist.
Gotta love those fallacious “fallacies”. Without them “logicians” wouldn’t be able to peddle their dubious trade.
Corrected.
I hear Saudi Arabia is socially to the Left of Bela Kun [/sarcasm]
JK Rowling hits out at Scotland’s new Hate Crime laws as she sarcastically dares police to ‘arrest me’
London Evening Standard ^ | April 1 | Katrine Bussey
Posted on 4/1/2024, 6:36:37 AM by RandFan
JK Rowling has warned Scotland’s new hate crime laws are “wide open to abuse” as the country’s First Minister said he was “very proud” of the legislation.
The Harry Potter author, who has become a fierce critic of the Scottish Government’s stance on transgender rights, has been one of the highest profile critics of the legislation.
The Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act came into effect on Monday, consolidating existing hate crime legislation and creating a new offence of stirring up hatred against protected characteristics.
However, women have not been given protection under the law, with the Scottish Government instead promising to bring forward legislation to tackle misogyny.
But with the new Act giving protection to transgender people, Rowling, who does not believe people can change their gender, insisted: “Freedom of speech and belief are at an end in Scotland if the accurate description of biological sex is deemed criminal.”
In a social media post, the writer argued: “It is impossible to accurately describe or tackle the reality of violence and sexual violence committed against women and girls, or address the current assault on women’s and girls’ rights, unless we are allowed to call a man a man.”
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