Arrest me.
Posted on 06/30/2023 1:20:23 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
In Canada “misgendering” an individual is considered a hate crime ever since the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code were amended in 2017 to include “gender identity” and “gender expression” as protected classes. In 2019, a father in British Columbia was found guilty of “family violence” for not referring to his daughter by her preferred pronouns.
We can’t write this off as Canadian craziness anymore. A recently passed bill in Michigan, HB 4474, seeks to make it a felony to “intimidate” someone by using the “wrong pronouns,” also known as “misgendering.”
According to the bill, “‘Intimidate’ means a willful course of conduct involving repeated or continuing harassment of another individual that would cause a reasonable individual to feel terrorized, frightened, or threatened, and that actually causes the victim to feel terrorized, frightened, or threatened.”
The bill does not define harassment but defines gender identity or expression as “having or being perceived as having a gender-related self-identity or expression whether or not associated with an individual’s assigned sex at birth.”
In other words, the state literally wants to force citizens to “affirm” the gender identity of transgender people. If the bill becomes law and you don’t affirm the gender identity of transgender or non-binary people, you risk a fine of $10,000 or as much as five years in prison.
Those accused of misgendering people could potentially get their sentence reduced if they submit to woke re-education. The bill states that a sentence can be reduced by no more than 20% if the defendant agrees to community service “intended to enhance the offender’s understanding of the impact of the offense upon the victim and wider community.”
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KISS the tourist industry GOOD BYE
Elect Democrats and see what happens.
This should be nationalized.
Gov. Gretchen Whitmer…
Who does he think he is?
Arrest me.
You know whats going to happen next if it becomes law. Much like the baker in Colorado, or elsewhere, sickos will go out to bait people and then get them arrested.
ummm... first amendment
If I declare my pronouns to be
“Creepy Ass Cracker”, and they refuse to use it I can have them Arrested and Charged for Mean Speech, and if the Do use it I can have them Charged with a Racist Hate Crime??
Pffft! Like our Left cares about outdated concepts like freedom of speech.
I’ve never met Miss Gendering.
I never hope to see one;
But I can tell you, anyhow,
I’d rather see than be one!
Speaking of Michigan...
Hard to feel sorry for the people of Michigan. They voted for it and welcomed it..
The slow boiling of the frog continues.
Those accused of misgendering people could potentially get their sentence reduced if they submit to woke re-education.
Of course this is totally unconstitutional and will eventually be struck down. But that could take years and in the meantime how many folks will be fined and/or jailed because some phagg gets it’s feewings hurt.
Imagine standing a line at the ball game waiting to buy a beer. You are talking to your neighbor about how his daughter brought home a phreak with pink hair and multiple piercings. You say “So was that loser a kwheer?” Unbeknownst to either of you the guy behind you overhears your conversation and leaves the line. Next thing you know you are being handcuffed and taken to in-stadium judge (this is Philadelphia after all) where a citation is issued saying that you have 10 days to appear in court and be ready to cough up $10,000. Jail time may follow. You are fooked and to top it off, you will never know who reported you because in civil cases the right to face your accuser is not guaranteed.
Here is a thought ... if the judge and the person who reported the conversation split the fine, you have the beginnings of very profitable cottage industry.
As opposed to Mistergendering? Missusgendering? Mizgendering? Reverenddoctorgendering?
When you enter a church, you sing an introit. When you leave, you sing a detroit. There will be lots of detroiting.
Every free thinking person in Michigan should designate “Misgendering Day” and call people what you want.
Are misgendering misgivings fully forgiven on Tanksgiving?
Government agents who lie, are a protected class.
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