World News Scotland's New Hate Crime Bill: Death of Free Speech in the North

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Explained: Scotland's new hate crime law and JK Rowling's issue with it

Scotland's new hate crime laws have stirred controversy - but why? Sky News looks at what the new rules mean and what supporters and opponents have to say - including one of the law's most outspoken critics, Harry Potter author JK Rowling.

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Why JK Rowling’s got it wrong over Scotland’s new ‘hate crime’ laws

I’ve seen how brutal the discourse can get – including (and especially) online, writes Philippa East. I regularly hear the person I love referred to in the most horrific ways. This new bill has the power to change all that

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If you haven't heard, once again a branch of the British government has made an effort to make life even more miserable and oppressive on this small and once great nation. Essentially the tl;dr for this new bill is not only does it work together with current British hate crime bill, which nabs people for putting up stickers (https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-leeds-68448867), but has the new addition of arresting those who are seen as stirring up hatred towards protected groups, and these groups are as follows:
• age
• disability
• religion
• sexual orientation
• transgender identity
• variations in sex characteristics

As you can already guess this is going to be abused by the British state to harass those who have no no opinions on topics they don't like being discussed and is just another attack on what is claimed to be liberal democracy where everyone's point of view matters. They have even done promotional material for this ridiculous new initiative:


But yeah, what your thoughts on this, Mariana? Crazy this is what they prioritize while crime soars up across the country.

 

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Man, we're really living in the Cyberpunk Dystopia that authors warned about decades ago, only now that it's here, it's way gayer and way lamer than they could have ever imagined. BOOOOO, THIS STINKS!