JKR exposing Scottish hate crime laws for what they are

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

Do be careful as Indy will testify it is literally a murder she wrote machine. Type in dogs are not cats and bam puppies die.

Lol

I've not actually heard that speech before. I knew he'd said something but..
It's the way he spits the word 'white' out.

Absolutely. She's not doing this alone, I like to think of her at the centre of all these brilliant women, many of whom we will know of, working things out like a game of chess.

While its great news she has shown what is not hatred, I'm just waiting for it to be framed as a one rule for the rich and famous, another for the unknown woman with everything to lose which undoubtedly will happen. Some think thats how the football act got so many spurious prosecutions.

JKR has said she will repeat the words of any women prosecuted so they have to prosecute her too. She has backed the police into a corner. If they try to take down any woman they will have to take on JKR too.

Another article in the Telegraph

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/columnists/2024/04/02/allison-pearson-farce-is-hot-on-the-heels-of-tragedy/

https://archive.ph/saWio ye may find that ye've a paywall burstin' ta be jumped

I'm not singling out this journalist but if

I stand with JK Rowling. That rapist is not a woman.

why do the newspapers keep reporting them as 'she'?

Oh come on now! He's in so far above his balls he's drowning already.

DEFIANCE

On April the first JKR tweeted
and god how the TRAs bleated.
They whinged and they whined,
they cursed and opined,
as they filed a complaint straight away.

Bet they were pissed off today!

We shall see < cough bobble hat cough >

This is horrifyingly accurate 😂

ETA: "Your guide to the elegant system by which new Scottish laws are created."

https://twitter.com/ExcelPope/status/1775223489043079451

The moment when India (and many other transwomen become Karens

I don't use that term for women, but at least I'm acknowledging India's gender.

I hope they're all on holiday together.
Being chronically online beside the pool, drinking cocktails and watching the shtf.

Well. I’d be, like, God then.
Go, gadget, go! Unlimited cosmic power 🥳

why do the newspapers keep reporting them as 'she'?

I think it's some sort of 'agreed' editorial code?

AIBU thread, not many posts as yet

JK Rowling and chamber of the new Scottish Laws http://www.mumsnet.com/Talk/amiibeingunreasonable/5041645-jk-rowling-and-chamber-of-the-new-scottish-laws

Oh joy! I wonder what percentage of those were about JKR and Humza

https://twitter.com/CalumA_Steele/status/1775224260874637646?s=19

”We say trans women are women and trans men are men”

Well they’re fucking well wrong, aren’t they? Eejits.

Over 3000 in less than 48 hours

That’s a busy few shifts 😂

The ridiculous yet deeply sinister Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act has criminalised any speech which could be construed as 'stirring up hatred'. It introduces offences for threatening or abusive behaviour which previously only applied to race, but is now extended to any “protected characteristic” including age, disability, sexual orientation and transgender identity.

Is age included?

It's not available for selection on the form

Yes precisely. This is someone with money putting herself in the firing line for people without it. She is a hero.

Any protected characteristic apart from sex.

I do hope she read these messages of support. I am so incredibly in awe of her. What an absolute powerhouse of a woman. I wish I was as brave as her.

Is it hyperbole about the near 3800 online complaints in the 'past 24 hrs' or ballpark?

Because if it's the latter, hats off to Police Scotland for rattling through near 2000 of them. Do we detect an AI support system at work to make these assessments and have them signed off by a human Hate Champion?

I noticed this too why are not all the protected characteristics listed? It's almost like there's a hierarchy. 🤔