Author JK Rowling could be prosecuted for “misgendering” trans people under Scotland’s odious new hate crime law that comes into force today, an SNP minister has admitted.
Senior police officers are expecting a deluge of complaints over online posts after the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021 created a new crime of “stirring up hatred” relating to age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, transgender identity or being intersex.
A person could now be imprisoned for up to seven years if they engage in “insulting” behaviour towards ‘protected’ groups, and the prosecution only needs to prove that the hatred was “likely” rather than “intended”.
Siobhian Brown, the SNP’s community safety minister, initially stated that calling a “trans woman” (a man) “he” would not be a crime.
However, after the law came into force, Brown stated, “It could be reported and it could be investigated. Whether or not the police would think it was criminal is up to Police Scotland for that.”
Rowling has vowed to continue calling biological males men and says she will now be targeted for telling the truth.
During their training program on enforcing the new law, police officers were taught that even the content of plays and comedy gigs should be considered as potential hate crimes.
Many have asserted that merely retweeting a Ricky Gervais joke about transgender people could amount to a hate crime in Scotland.
As we previously highlighted, authorities admit that dealing with the expected flood of hate crime reports would prevent them from investigating real crimes.
A Police Scotland pilot in Aberdeen which was deemed a “success” and is expected to be implemented means “more than 24,000 offences a year will no longer be allocated to a front-line officer.”
Been a victim of burglary? Tough, the police are too busy clamping down on tweets that offend transgender activists.
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>A person could now be imprisoned for up to seven years if they engage in “insulting” behaviour towards ‘protected’ groups, and the prosecution only needs to prove that the hatred was “likely” rather than “intended”.
I don’t know why you get exercised about that. The current law on harassment is so vague that it could mean anything anybody wants it to mean, but in practice it means that whenever a rich person with good lawyers feels insulted, well, you may find what it means to be in the wrong end of the income scale.
So in the case of JK Rowling, no, there is no chance that she could be imprisoned for her views, because she’s rich. Same way there is no chance that a famous person engaging in a protest will get treated the same way that other protesters may get treated. And same way that rock stars only ever get slaps on the wrist for drug offences.
I hope that clarifies your doubts on legal issues.
Wow, the land of William Wallace is at an end…perhaps a new William Wallace needs to rise, Or perhaps she has in the form of a writer of books…
Well… cause if they were all black or some other color in between Scotland would be so much better!
Transtards misgender themselves. That’s the whole problem.
Yep. Free democratic governments at their finest
That’s what happens when the darkies run the government.
If you want to know who rules you, look at who you’re not allowed to criticize.
How can this ridiculous law be applied retrospectively? I thought laws weren’t retrospective. Awful law, awful party, awful person (Humza).
J K Rowling in jail? Probably will end up with the biggest shit storm in Scottish political history. The SNP won’t realise what hit them.
Yes and soon ALL of us Humans (Whites) can be imprisoned
simply for being Humans!
That’s what happens when you give your Homeland to
Foreign Nazis and let them do what they want!
Hey, Scotland – Say “No” to
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GFYS!
Rule Britannia, Britannia waives the rules……what a bunch of fucking fools…….!!!
It hasn’t for decades, except on tins of shortbread and in Mel Gibson films. If there was ever an award for moaning about things but doing nothing, hating the English because of Thatcher but loving Asians despite the grooming gangs, wanting independence so they can rejoin the EU and get shafted by them even worse, Scotland would win hands down.
Scotland The Brave no longer exists.