JK Rowling, Joe Rogan and Elon Musk are fuming over Scotland’s hate crime law. Here’s why.
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A legal shake-up aimed at protecting minorities angers high-profile opponents on freedom of speech grounds.

It was no April Fool’s joke.

Harry Potter author-turned culture warrior J.K. Rowling kicked off the month with an 11-tweet social media thread in which she argued 10 transgender women were men — and dared Scottish police to arrest her.

Rowling’s intervention came as a controversial new Scottish government law, aimed at protecting minority groups from hate crimes, took effect. And it landed amid a fierce debate over both the legal status of transgender people in Scotland and over what actually constitutes a hate crime.

Already the law has generated far more international buzz than is normal for legislation passed by a small nation’s devolved parliament.

  • PatFustyEnglish
    632·
    6 months ago

    He talks like a regular person would… if you think he’s stupid then you are basically saying “regular people are stupid cuz I’m a big smarty smart pants look at me with my big smart brain”

      • PatFustyEnglish
        721·
        6 months ago

        Check out Mr Brain over here

          • PatFustyEnglish
            312·
            6 months ago

            Wow only le big brains with the Idiocracy references. Mans your references are out of control, everybody knows that .gif

    • 5in1kEnglish
      102·
      6 months ago

      Yes, the average person is an idiot.

      • PatFustyEnglish
        316·
        6 months ago

        Imagine shitting on people just because they are AvErAGe

        Hurrrr I’m just a dumb average person who eats crayonss

        • 5in1kEnglish
          42·
          6 months ago

          If you’re eating crayons you’re way dumber than average.