Social Media Posted April 1 Share Posted April 1 In a bold challenge to Scotland's new hate crime law, renowned author JK Rowling has taken to social media, inviting authorities to arrest her if they believe she has violated the legislation. Rowling, a resident of Edinburgh, expressed concerns over the implications of the law, particularly regarding freedom of speech and accurate descriptions of biological sex. The Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021, which recently came into force, introduces a new offense of "stirring up hatred" based on various protected characteristics, including transgender identity. However, critics argue that the law fails to protect women as a group from hatred, prompting calls for additional legislation specifically addressing misogyny. Rowling's critique centers on what she perceives as a prioritization of the feelings of individuals identifying as transgender over the rights and freedoms of women and girls. She contends that the accurate description of biological sex is essential for addressing issues such as violence and sexual violence against women. In her social media posts, Rowling referenced specific criminal cases involving transgender individuals and emphasized her stance on describing individuals based on their biological sex. Despite her controversial statements, Police Scotland has not received any complaints regarding her posts. The new hate crime law in Scotland carries a maximum penalty of seven years' imprisonment for offenses involving threatening or abusive behavior intended to stir up hatred. While existing legislation already prohibits stirring up hatred based on race, religion, or sexual orientation, the new act expands these protections and introduces lower thresholds for certain offenses. Supporters of the legislation argue that it is necessary to address a perceived increase in hatred and prejudice in society. First Minister Humza Yousaf emphasized that the law is designed to combat a "rising tide of hatred" and assured that individuals who do not engage in threatening or abusive behavior have nothing to fear from the new legislation. The introduction of the Hate Crime Act has sparked debate and protests, with critics expressing concerns about its potential impact on freedom of expression. However, the Scottish government maintains that the legislation strikes a balance between protecting individuals from hate and prejudice while safeguarding individual expression. As Rowling's challenge brings further attention to the complexities surrounding hate crime legislation, the debate over the balance between protecting marginalized communities and upholding free speech rights continues in Scotland and beyond. 02.04.24 Source 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JonnyF Posted April 2 Popular Post Share Posted April 2 Very brave woman, standing up to the increasing tyranny of the authoritarian leftist government. History will be very kind to her. 3 1 2 1 2 6 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Chomper Higgot Posted April 2 Popular Post Share Posted April 2 22 minutes ago, JonnyF said: Very brave woman, standing up to the increasing tyranny of the authoritarian leftist government. History will be very kind to her. Nah, it’s a publicity stunt. 5 7 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JonnyF Posted April 2 Popular Post Share Posted April 2 13 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said: Nah, it’s a publicity stunt. Unlikely. Telling the truth about gender in 2024 doesn't generally result in good PR. 8 1 2 1 2 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post GarryP Posted April 2 Popular Post Share Posted April 2 16 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said: Nah, it’s a publicity stunt. She's been standing up for women's rights for ages. This is not a one off stunt. She has been voicing what the majority of men and women believe but can't voice due to possible negative repercussions. FYI, she has been receiving an insane number of death threats, doxing attempts, and the so called TRAs (aka AGPs) have even gone so low as to try to bring her children into the public arena. 5 2 1 2 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chomper Higgot Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 16 minutes ago, JonnyF said: Unlikely. Telling the truth about gender in 2024 doesn't generally result in good PR. It depends on one’s target audience. 1 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post scottiejohn Posted April 2 Popular Post Share Posted April 2 (edited) 8 minutes ago, GarryP said: and the so called TRAs (aka AGPs) Yet more three letter postings which are meaningless. If you search AGP (which I believe I should not have to do to make sense of posts) the first lot of hits are here; AGP - Search (bing.com) and range from the Attorney General of Pakistan to automated ground power!! What are the two acronyms referring to? Edited April 2 by scottiejohn 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 10 minutes ago, scottiejohn said: Yet more three letter postings which are meaningless. If you search AGP (which I believe I should not have to do to make sense of posts) the first lot of hits are here; AGP - Search (bing.com) and range from the Attorney General of Pakistan to automated ground power!! What are the two acronyms referring to? TRA is all over the place. Can't believe you don't know that one - Transgender rights Activists (gender added just for you to help your understanding). AGPs - blokes turned on by seeing themselves as women, i.e. blokes with autogynephilia. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chomper Higgot Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 (edited) 5 minutes ago, GarryP said: TRA is all over the place. Can't believe you don't know that one - Transgender rights Activists (gender added just for you to help your understanding). AGPs - blokes turned on by seeing themselves as women, i.e. blokes with autogynephilia. I think the over zealous fixation with transgender, particularly male transgenders to female is something thing that definitely warrants some research. Particularly when those exhibiting this odd fixation make reference to those upon whom they are fixated being ‘turned on’. Edited April 2 by Chomper Higgot 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottiejohn Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 (edited) 8 minutes ago, GarryP said: TRA is all over the place. Can't believe you don't know that one - Transgender rights Activists (gender added just for you to help your understanding). AGPs - blokes turned on by seeing themselves as women, i.e. blokes with autogynephilia. Never heard of them nor interested in them. PS; TRA etc may be all over the (place) sites you visit but I don't visit them and so I know nothing about them! Yet another example of "because you know the meaning then everyone else must also know and understand it!" Edited April 2 by scottiejohn 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GarryP Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 7 minutes ago, scottiejohn said: Never heard of them nor interested in them. PS; TRA etc may be all over the (place) sites you visit but I don't visit them and so I know nothing about them! Yet another example of "because you know the meaning then everyone else must also know and understand it!" BBC, Guardian, Telegraph, CNN, and numerous other news sites. Mainstream media is covering the topic, especially with the passing of new hate crime legislation in Scotland. I wasn't talking about astrophysics, blockchain technology or any other specialist subject. 1 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottiejohn Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 (edited) 7 minutes ago, GarryP said: BBC, Guardian, Telegraph, CNN, and numerous other news sites. Mainstream media is covering the topic, especially with the passing of new hate crime legislation in Scotland. I wasn't talking about astrophysics, blockchain technology or any other specialist subject. And when the BBC/CNN broadcast where do they say the acronym TRA etc? I just Googled Guardian TRA and got nothing! The Telegraph discuss the hate crime in detail here; Scotland’s hate crime law could ‘damage public trust’ in police (msn.com) and not a single reference! Edited April 2 by scottiejohn 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Yellowtail Posted April 2 Popular Post Share Posted April 2 The left has to shut down decent. 3 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post youreavinalaff Posted April 2 Popular Post Share Posted April 2 2 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said: Nah, it’s a publicity stunt. She doesn't need publicity. 6 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Wobblybob Posted April 2 Popular Post Share Posted April 2 Am I correct in thinking that JKR is being persecuted because she calls men......men. welcome to the world of lunacy. 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chomper Higgot Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 4 hours ago, Wobblybob said: Am I correct in thinking that JKR is being persecuted because she calls men......men. welcome to the world of lunacy. JKR isn’t being persecuted. Welcome to the world of reality. 2 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post youreavinalaff Posted April 2 Popular Post Share Posted April 2 33 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said: JKR isn’t being persecuted. Welcome to the world of reality. Maybe not persecuted but plenty of people making assumptions about her reasons for speaking her mind. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chomper Higgot Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 5 minutes ago, youreavinalaff said: Maybe not persecuted but plenty of people making assumptions about her reasons for speaking her mind. While others make their own assumptions. eh! 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chomper Higgot Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 Let’s be fair to JKR, perhaps she’s trying to distract from her last week’s idiot and historically illiterate offering that the Nazis didn’t burn any Transgender books. Maybe there’s a a pattern, ‘JKR’ has a problem with the existence of Transgender people and their existence, despite efforts to erase that existence, in the historical record. 3 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Nick Carter icp Posted April 2 Popular Post Share Posted April 2 54 minutes ago, Chomper Higgot said: Let’s be fair to JKR, perhaps she’s trying to distract from her last week’s idiot and historically illiterate offering that the Nazis didn’t burn any Transgender books. Maybe there’s a a pattern, ‘JKR’ has a problem with the existence of Transgender people and their existence, despite efforts to erase that existence, in the historical record. Her issue is that people born with a penis are male and people born with vagina are females Nothing to do with Nazis 5 3 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post riclag Posted April 2 Popular Post Share Posted April 2 The radicals on the left went to far this time,with their censorship of free speech. Shes almost got Musk money , so to speak. She could finance a lawfare campaign the likes nobody has seen before, me thinks. Good on her. 3 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Celsius Posted April 2 Share Posted April 2 While waiting for a train in Toronto, a woman who looked suspiciously like JKR needed to pee, but the female toilet was closed. She then goes towards the poor toilet cleaner and screams....today I identify as a man 🤣 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JonnyF Posted April 3 Popular Post Share Posted April 3 8 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said: JKR isn’t being persecuted. Just threats of rape, murder, beatings etc. Par for the course when dealing with radical leftist trans activists. https://www.mailplus.co.uk/edition/news/society/87313/jk-rowling-reveals-rape-and-death-threats-from-hundreds-of-trans-activists Her crime? Believing in biological reality. 2 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bamnutsak Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 Wouldn't it be better to wait until she has allegedly violated this new statute before arresting here? Has any of her "speech" to date violated this new law. Why does she want to be arrested if she hasn't done anything wrong. Strange behavior from this woman based on the fact that one of the major undertones of the HP arc is discrimination within the fictional "wizarding community". She comes across as a bit of a fraud. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pouatchee Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 seems the only ones not protected from hate crimes are caucasian males. its ok to call us racist, misogynistic, chauvinist but there is nothing we can do about it. i just HATE these new legislators with their woke take on life. pretty soon wont be anymore caucasian males left to continue the gene pool 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skipalongcassidy Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 8 minutes ago, bamnutsak said: Wouldn't it be better to wait until she has allegedly violated this new statute before arresting here? 8 minutes ago, bamnutsak said: Has any of her "speech" to date violated this new law. Yes... she has stated that persons with penises are males no matter what they identify as... and the scottish government has ruled that that is hateful to say. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Wobblybob Posted April 3 Popular Post Share Posted April 3 8 hours ago, Chomper Higgot said: JKR isn’t being persecuted. Welcome to the world of reality. Anything to start an argument eh Chomper, you are the same on every thread, why people entertain your belligerent ways is unbelievable! 1 1 2 3 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bamnutsak Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 5 minutes ago, Skipalongcassidy said: Yes... she has stated that persons with penises are males no matter what they identify as... and the scottish government has ruled that that is hateful to say. JK Rowling will not be arrested under new Scottish hate law, say police ‘No further action’ over posts by author and gender-critical activist despite complaints https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2024/apr/02/jk-rowling-will-not-be-arrested-under-new-scottish-hate-law-say-police 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JonnyF Posted April 3 Share Posted April 3 18 minutes ago, bamnutsak said: Has any of her "speech" to date violated this new law. Who knows? It's vague and open to interpretation. That's the whole point of it, to allow selective enforcement against certain groups of people. To control language. To keep people compliant with the "approved" opinions of those in power. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post JonnyF Posted April 3 Popular Post Share Posted April 3 16 minutes ago, Pouatchee said: seems the only ones not protected from hate crimes are caucasian males. its ok to call us racist, misogynistic, chauvinist but there is nothing we can do about it. i just HATE these new legislators with their woke take on life. pretty soon wont be anymore caucasian males left to continue the gene pool Exactly. It's fine to call a white male a Gammon. That's funny. But call a black woman uppity or a black criminal a thug? No no no, that is simply unacceptable. That's hate speech. That's Racist. Christians? Open season. Muslims? Don't even think about it. Expect lots of selective enforcement as and when certain people need to be silenced. That's what it's there for after all. 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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