Posted on 04/01/2024 6:36:37 AM PDT 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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Ms. Rowling needs to learn her place - she is clearly inferior to Grand Mufti Yousef Hamza, the ruler of Scotland.
Sharia
[[Mufti Yousef Hamza, the ruler of Scotland.]]
A right proper Scottish name if ever there was one /s
The biggest crime of all is “hate crime” laws. They always have been, from the beginning, a route to attacks on the freedom of speech and worse, the freedom of thought.
Yep. They didn’t pass this to protect transgenders. Oh, at first it will seem they are but it will devolve into nothing but hate speech against Islam and Muslims. It’s what they do. It is how they roll.
Exactly. They’re misdirecting.
She's better be careful - these vicious lefties would be happy to arrest her, try her in a Star Chamber, convict her, heavily fine her, jail her and toss away the key.
They'll gladly do it to show their power and as a warning to others who might attempt anything resembling Free Speech.
Scotland is an authoritarian police state.
I’ll have to hold my tongue would HATE to be extradited!
That is the next shoe to drop
“Scottish Government instead promising to bring forward legislation to tackle misogyny...”
I thought Idi Amin was the last King of Scotland.
I thought Idi Amin was the last King of Scotland.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20w3XY1uMVE
[[ these vicious lefties would be happy to arrest her, try her in a Star Chamber, convict her, heavily fine her, jail her and toss away the key.]]
And fine her into bankruptcy
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