JK Rowling in ‘arrest me’ challenge over Scottish hate crime law - eviltoast
The Harry Potter author described several transgender women as men in a series of social media posts.

JK Rowling has challenged Scotland’s new hate crime law in a series of social media posts - inviting police to arrest her if they believe she has committed an offence.

The Harry Potter author, who lives in Edinburgh, described several transgender women as men, including convicted prisoners, trans activists and other public figures.

She said “freedom of speech and belief” was at an end if accurate description of biological sex was outlawed.

Earlier, Scotland’s first minister Humza Yousaf said the new law would deal with a “rising tide of hatred”.

The Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021 creates a new crime of “stirring up hatred” relating to age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, transgender identity or being intersex.

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Ms Rowling, who has long been a critic of some trans activism, posted on X on the day the new legislation came into force.

  • buddascrayon@lemmy.world
    5·
    8 months ago

    I was using hyperbole but the intention is the same. If you use a public platform to intentionally cause harm to another person by way of their race, nationality, sexual identity, or other specificity then you have committed a crime.

    What you clearly missed was the point of the law. Hate speech isn’t about saying what you want about another person, it’s about using your speech to directly or indirectly harm another person or group of people.

    • gapbetweenus@feddit.de
      33·
      8 months ago

      I was using hyperbole but the intention is the same.

      Sorry I’m bad at reading facial expression over the internet. My mistake.

      What you clearly missed was the point of the law.

      I literally quoted the law: “where it is a likely consequence that hatred will be stirred up against such a group.”

      That goes beyond what you claim. While even a possession of such speech would be an offence.