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JKR exposing Scottish hate crime laws for what they are

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LargeSquareRock · 01/04/2024 12:14

https://x.com/jk_rowling/status/1774747068944265615?s=61&t=NHDSDk1MaF98_GOtcuLi0Q

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DoYouSmokePaul · 01/04/2024 13:46

We are so lucky to have this wonderful wonderful woman at the helm of our movement. She is just so fucking reasonable.

LoobiJee · 01/04/2024 13:49

Rainbowshit · 01/04/2024 13:40

I see India Willoughby is taking it well. 🤭

Oh and "they" seem to be implying MW is a sex offender. 🤭

I see India Willoughby is taking it well.

And is missing the point/ misrepresenting the point.

What JKR is saying in the thread is: these individuals are men; and the point she is making is: it shouldn’t be an offence to call them men. The thread does not say this is why males who claim to be female/ claim to be trans can’t be trusted.

For someone who claimed to be a journalist, IW doesn’t bother with facts and accuracy much.

RethinkingLife · 01/04/2024 13:53

Thingybob · 01/04/2024 13:45

Not just MW but also Beth Douglas, Guilia Valentino, Munroe Bergdorf and Katie Neeves

Happy Nikki Glaser GIF by ABC Network

Maybe they'll all report IW for stirring up hate and drawing incorrect equivalences?

FrancescaContini · 01/04/2024 13:55

RethinkingLife · 01/04/2024 12:45

JKR's images are well-selected in that thread.

Yes. “Knives and axes” 😲

Rainbowshit · 01/04/2024 13:57

Ha ha now JKR has picked up on IW calling everyone a sex offender. 🤭

I ❤️ JKR

JKR exposing Scottish hate crime laws for what they are
Rainbowshit · 01/04/2024 13:58

Do you think wearing an I❤️JKR tshirt would be considered stirring up hate under the new laws? 🤔

Datun · 01/04/2024 14:00

Rainbowshit · 01/04/2024 13:57

Ha ha now JKR has picked up on IW calling everyone a sex offender. 🤭

I ❤️ JKR

She's waaay too smart for Willoughby. She's the best selling writer on the planet, mate.

lechiffre55 · 01/04/2024 14:03
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loving the "himself" :)

LarkLane · 01/04/2024 14:05

IW's been champing at the bit to have a pop on this.
But too stupid to recognise that IWself is nowhere near JKR 's intellectual ability.

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Datun · 01/04/2024 14:06

lechiffre55 · 01/04/2024 14:03

loving the "himself" :)

I know the point of that is him falling off and looking like a twat, but personally, I think he looked like a twat anyway, making that aide run to keep up with him.

It's the sort of thing you put in films and comedies to show you who the baddie is.

SabrinaThwaite · 01/04/2024 14:08

JKR giving no fucks today. But with humour.

JKR exposing Scottish hate crime laws for what they are
meatandgreetretreat · 01/04/2024 14:13

JKR, you Queen! ❤

Runningupthecurtains · 01/04/2024 14:15

Oh dear Indy, try reading JKR's 6th tweet again. Perhaps try reading it out loud or ask a friend to read it to you. I wonder if calling innocent people sex offenders is a hate crime? 🤔

Karensalright · 01/04/2024 14:16

Them lot of hIgh profile G C ers have a cunning plan already cooked up in the cauldron me thinks.

HeChokedOnAChorizo · 01/04/2024 14:17

We are so lucky to have JKR in our corner.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 01/04/2024 14:20

Absolutely majestic.

LarkLane · 01/04/2024 14:20

If I get the train to Scotland and read again India Willoughby's transphobic tweets calling non convicted people who are covered by the legislation sex offenders.
Can I report IWself for a hate crime?

AlisonDonut · 01/04/2024 14:21

Fuck me that's hilarious, nice one India...beclowned yourself yet again.

RethinkingLife · 01/04/2024 14:23

Runningupthecurtains · 01/04/2024 14:15

Oh dear Indy, try reading JKR's 6th tweet again. Perhaps try reading it out loud or ask a friend to read it to you. I wonder if calling innocent people sex offenders is a hate crime? 🤔

Plausibly libellous but IANAL.

Datun · 01/04/2024 14:24

Runningupthecurtains · 01/04/2024 14:15

Oh dear Indy, try reading JKR's 6th tweet again. Perhaps try reading it out loud or ask a friend to read it to you. I wonder if calling innocent people sex offenders is a hate crime? 🤔

If they're on a list due to their trans identity, which they are, then I'm guessing it must be.

And of course anyone can report it, it doesn't have to be those on the list.

thirdfiddle · 01/04/2024 14:25

Poor India, too busy steaming at the ears to actually read the thread.

Ereshkigalangcleg · 01/04/2024 14:28

Pretty sure what Willoughby did there could count as "stirring up hatred" against the trans community. It doesn't matter that Willoughby is trans themselves, see Helen Islan v Miranda Yardley.

lechiffre55 · 01/04/2024 14:30

Datun · 01/04/2024 14:06

I know the point of that is him falling off and looking like a twat, but personally, I think he looked like a twat anyway, making that aide run to keep up with him.

It's the sort of thing you put in films and comedies to show you who the baddie is.

Snp GIF by The Scottish Conservatives

To me it's an incredibly apt and appropriate visual metaphor for the whole shitshow of SNP leadership, and what it's done to Scotland.
An out of his depth clueless moron thinking he's clever and inevitably comedicly faceplanting. At least on the scooter he knows he fucked up, but as for the effect on Scotland I think he's got his head up his arse. There's this very modern cart before the horse effect that seems to me to be getting ever stronger. The assumption that "I'm good for the people of Scotland, therefore everything I do is good" and a complete disregard for loooking back at your track record and thinking "Did I really make things better?" When they cock stuff up to the point it can't be ignored, and their first thought is they are the ones best suited to fix it. No, you made the problem, you are the problem, stand aside and let someone competent have a go.
The mealy mouthed wishy washy defenses of the new hate crime law quoted on other threads here is an example. They clearly know from their evasive answers that it's very unpopular, impossible to enforce, overly broad, shuts down free speech, etc... but they are in too deep to just admit how much they cocked up. They thought it would be a great way to score politcal points, but it's hugely damaging to both them and the people of Scotland, and the clueless authoritarian midwits who came up with it are unfortunately the best minds they have. I cannot wait for Scotalnd to be freed from the incompetence and corruption of the disgraced SNP.

Tropics4 · 01/04/2024 14:32

Apologies I haven't read the whole thread but what struck me about this new law effective today is that it pits one protected characteristic against another.
For example, religion is protected under this amendment and so is LGBT, but some Muslim and Christian religions are opposed to Lgbt, so if the new definition requires that espousing one's belief on either side is now 'likely' to stir up hatred rather than 'intended' to - just speaking freely could label anyone a criminal. Also I'm sure whatever way you look at each characteristic - your personal view could now be construed as somewhat dangerous?

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