JK Rowling, an author and outspoken feminist, was arrested by police for criticizing transgender ideology as Scotland’s controversial hate crime bill came into force on Monday.
Rowling, who lives in Scotland, has warned that new hate crime and policing laws enacted by the left-wing separatist Scottish National Party government will have a stifling effect on free speech, saying men cannot be women. He vowed to stick to his belief.
“Freedom of speech and religion will be lost in Scotland if accurate description of biological sex is criminalised,” she said. I have written on social media.
“I am currently abroad, but if what I have written here constitutes a crime under the terms of the new law, I look forward to being arrested when I return to the birthplace of the Scottish Enlightenment.” I am.”
of Harry potter The authors argue that in passing hate crime legislation, Scottish local councils should “encourage men to put notions of femininity, however misogynistic or opportunistic, above the actual rights and freedoms of women and girls. “I put more emphasis on emotions.”
“The new law is being exploited by activists who want to silence those of us who speak out about the dangers of excluding same-sex spaces for women and girls, and the nonsense created by crime data when violence and sexual assault by men is recorded. The crimes of women, the grotesque injustices in allowing men to participate in women’s sports, the injustices in which women’s jobs, honors, and opportunities are taken away by men who identify as transgender. , and the reality and immutability of biological sex.”
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Rowling, once a darling of the left for her liberal politics and success as a female author, infuriated the woke crowd with her criticism of transgenderism, but continued to post: series She mocked a biological man by claiming he was a woman.
They include convicted double rapist Adam Graham, who claimed to be a transgender woman named Ira Bryson and was initially held in a women’s prison after being charged with sex crimes. It was The move to accuse the alleged rapist sparked an international scandal and is believed by many to be the cause of the downfall of former Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon, who could not say whether Graham was a woman. .
of Harry potter The author also cited transgender television personality India Willoughby as an example of someone who is “not a woman at all.”Rowling has fought before. attempt Activists arrested her after she publicly identified Willoughby as a man.
Rowling, marking the end of a string of prominent biological men claiming to be women, urged her supporters to share their posts with the hashtag #ArrestMe.
The Hate Crime and Policing (Scotland) Act came into force on Monday after years of debate. The new law makes it a crime to “incite hatred” on the basis of age, disability, race, religion, sexual orientation or transgender identity. Notably, this law did not target biological sex. In other words, biological women were not included as a protected class.
Scotland’s far-left First Minister, Humza Yousaf, insisted the bill did not violate freedom of speech and there were protections against it being weaponized for political purposes. However, the critics pointed It said the bill’s ambiguous wording, which includes “offensive” acts, is likely to lead to abuse. Prosecutors also don’t have to prove that the comments were intended to incite hatred, just that that was the “likely” outcome.
Those found guilty of violating the new speech law could face up to seven years in prison.
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