JK Rowling hate law posts not criminal, police say

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[–]ClassroomPast6178 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (6 children)

I suspect that the law will be unenforceable with regard to trans.

However, I doubt anyone complaining about the law will stand up for someone who gets arrested for being racist. I suspect that had the trans stuff not been in the law then the likes of JKR would have been quite happy with it.

Lots of talk about freedom of speech, but I’ve seen the same people calling for an anti-misogyny law with the same provisions.

[–]Jiminy 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (5 children)

Doubt all you want but they have no 1st amendment there

[–]ClassroomPast6178 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

It’s not about that, it’s about the fact that a lot of the people complaining about the law are only doing so because it touched on their pet cause (troonery) but they were very silent when Count Dankula was being prosecuted for his Nazi Pug joke (under a different law regarding electronic communications).

There are people, like Andrew Doyle and Konstantin Kissin, who are talking about actual freedom of speech, but too many including JKR, would be silent if someone was being prosecuted for calling Muslims hurty names.

[–]Jiminy 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (2 children)

jk Rowling, who is obviously a man, is just helping Scotland test the law and see if people will support it. Count dankula was not the same.

It's funny how most people reported the prime minister for breaking this law, because he said racist things about white people and tried to stir up violence against them.

[–]wylanderuk 2 insightful - 2 fun2 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 2 fun -  (1 child)

It's funny how most people reported the prime minister for breaking this law, because he said racist things about white people and tried to stir up violence against them.

Its even funnier when you find out he had the highest number of reports against him.

[–]Jiminy 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Yeah that's what I meant by most people

[–]xoenix[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

To be fair, I think JKR's success is partly due to staying focused on the issue of preserving women's rights from troons. I don't have a problem with her sticking with that objective, and it's not only about speech.

If she flip-flops on the hatespeech laws in other cases then I'll lose respect for her.