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New Scottish Law Would Criminalize “Hate Speech” Even in Private Homes
The New American ^ | October 29, 2020 | James Murphy

Posted on 10/29/2020 6:25:08 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum

A proposed new law currently wending its way through the Scottish Parliament would make it a crime to utter so-called hate speech, even in one’s own home. The speech-quelling bill is being championed by Scotland’s Cabinet Secretary for Justice Humza Yousaf.

Entitled the Hate Crime and Public Order Bill, the new law, if passed, would criminalize so-called hate speech and create a new crime for “stirring up hate.” Critics of the bill believe that it would have a chilling effect on entertainment, especially comedy, and could lead to entertainers, writers, and other public figures being arrested for offering opinions or jokes that the government deems offensive.

Not to mention the bill would basically disallow off-color jokes or opinions that the government does not officially sanction even in a citizen’s home.

During a Tuesday session, Members of Scottish Parliament (MSP) questioned Yousaf about the new law. Glasgow MSP Adam Tomkins questioned just how the law could punish offenders for a public crime when such “offenses” were committed in the privacy of one’s own home.

“When we are considering the scope of the criminal law in this Parliament, we’ve got to be careful not to under criminalize and also guard against over-criminalization and make sure we are not inadvertently rendering criminal that we think ought to be free to do,” Tomkins said.

Liam Kerr, an MSP from Scotland’s Conservative Party was much more blunt.

“The hate crime bill was a mess when the SNP (Scottish National Party) first brought it to parliament and it still contains serious issues that need to be fixed,” Kerr said. “Tinkering around the margins will not fix the most controversial bill in Scottish Parliament history.”

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To: impimp

Those were the days. :)


41 posted on 10/29/2020 7:00:02 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is thp at they are both death cults. N)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

That’s gay...


42 posted on 10/29/2020 7:01:41 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ....)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Sharia is imposed bit by bit.


43 posted on 10/29/2020 7:03:59 PM PDT by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Classic Scottish name: Humza Yousaf


44 posted on 10/29/2020 7:04:24 PM PDT by exinnj
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

So victims of Muslim rape gangs in Scotland could be charged with a crime for discussing their hatred of Muslims when the police didn’t arrest the Muslim rapists.

Scottish police kept silent about asylum seeker child rape gang
https://rmx.news/article/article/scottish-police-kept-silent-about-asylum-seeker-child-rape-gang


45 posted on 10/29/2020 7:05:57 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Only in the 21st century can a Muslim ever be considered a “Scotsman”.

This world has gone MAD!


46 posted on 10/29/2020 7:06:55 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything)
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To: HighSierra5

Scotland has now seen the formation of Muslim rape gangs that have plagued the rest of the UK. And this Muslim official wants to be able to persecute victims for complaining about Muslim migrants in their homes ... when police couldn’t bother to arrest child rapists.

Scottish police kept silent about asylum seeker child rape gang
https://rmx.news/article/article/scottish-police-kept-silent-about-asylum-seeker-child-rape-gang


47 posted on 10/29/2020 7:07:00 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: Roman_War_Criminal

Is Haggis Halal?


48 posted on 10/29/2020 7:07:36 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: Uncle Miltie

Scotland has now seen the formation of Muslim rape gangs that have plagued the rest of the UK. And this Muslim official wants to be able to persecute victims for complaining about Muslim migrants in their homes ... when police couldn’t bother to arrest child rapists.

Scottish police kept silent about asylum seeker child rape gang
https://rmx.news/article/article/scottish-police-kept-silent-about-asylum-seeker-child-rape-gang


49 posted on 10/29/2020 7:08:06 PM PDT by tbw2
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To: exinnj

Just like the “classic” French names Mamadou & Djibril?

Or “classic” the classic Swedish name “Abshir”?

Europe is overrun by 3rd World Barbarians of the lower latitudes.


50 posted on 10/29/2020 7:11:16 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything)
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To: dfwgator
With enough new laws, it might be. The New Scotties...?
51 posted on 10/29/2020 7:14:18 PM PDT by Roman_War_Criminal (Jesus + Something = Nothing ; Jesus + Nothing = Everything)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

all the Scotsmen with a backbone emigrated to the US before 1900. Ditto the Irish. We have them all over here. My Scot/Irish Daddy told me so.


52 posted on 10/29/2020 7:22:20 PM PDT by elpadre
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

As I have always said, moose limbs are like less beins, they’re universal buzzkills ruining all the fun.


53 posted on 10/29/2020 7:29:16 PM PDT by GreatRoad ('In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act')
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
"And the brother shall deliver up the brother to death, and the father the child: and the children shall rise up against their parents, and cause them to be put to death." - Matt 10:21

Just another piece being set on the game board. We are on God's timeline.
54 posted on 10/29/2020 7:37:54 PM PDT by softengine
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To: simpson96

Radical Islam seems to infiltrate faster than Communism.


55 posted on 10/29/2020 8:08:00 PM PDT by DivineMomentsOfTruth ("There is but one straight course, and that is to seek truth and pursue it steadily." -GW)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

The U K and Scotland have no Bill of Rights as we have in the USA. They have some rights under the common law but no guarantees of free speech, gun ownership and the laws on search and seizure is weaker than ours.

Their form of government has no written constitution and is from various acts such as Magna Carta, rights of parliament and the sovereign’s power is more of a figurehead than a ruler now.


56 posted on 10/29/2020 8:16:45 PM PDT by RicocheT
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Arlen Specter would have been so proud. He could even enforce this in the US.


57 posted on 10/29/2020 8:18:54 PM PDT by Revel
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
Another big win for teachers.

Good luck teaching your kids almost any values now.

I know where it is. And I'm sure it's headed to schools
near us next. (if not already)

Yes, hello... is this the police department. I have two
children who told me that their parents said...

58 posted on 10/29/2020 8:34:27 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (If you're neverTrump at this point, drop the charade, you're just never the United States.)
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To: wildcard_redneck
Further proof that the best of Scotland emigrated and left nothing but pond scum in the gene pool of the home country.

More like the peasants got thrown out of Scotland during the Highland clearances. The lairds traded crofters (farmers) for sheep. This was not voluntary on the part of those ejected. Those left behind to tend to the sheep and woolen industry were not viewed as troublemakers and were content with a meager share of the pie. They became Scotland's modern socialists.

59 posted on 10/29/2020 8:34:37 PM PDT by LoneRangerMassachusetts (Behind enemy lines)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

l8r


60 posted on 10/29/2020 10:18:30 PM PDT by preacher ( Journalism no longer reports news, they use news to shape our society.)
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