How J.K. Rowling is FIGHTING Scotland's CRAZY Hate Speech Law

Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling is publicly daring the Scottish government to arrest her for snubbing the new Hate Speech laws that went into effect at the beginning of April.
CHAPTERS:
0:00-0:55 J.K. Rowling
0:56-2:18 What the Bill Does
2:18-3:18 How It Passed
3:18-4:17 How It Will Be Enforced
4:17-5:24 Future Impact

[@MaryFerrier]

We are all behind you 100 per cent JK Rowling's

[@Nill757]

That right? So you’ll help defend her physically from McBrown shirt thugs trying to arrest her? Or just type more posts?

[@nickymclaren8349]

Iam not behind you she is just a typical mouth piece of a JOURNALIST TWO MUCH WAR PAINT ON FOR A START MUST TAKE AGES TO SCRAPE IT OFF😂

[@baldyray448]

​@@nickymclaren8349so how does she get more support than the snp

[@P.viridis]

​@@nickymclaren8349what?

[@wallacewhybrow2705]

They won't arrest her. They have enough egg on their faces already.

[@sbeasley1785]

I will stand by her side to fight such utter tyranny.

[@edwardTisk-ix8nj]

We need to Liberate Scotland. 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@mmcc5846]

Edward tisk we need to liberate Scotland from English and unionists

[@haraldtheyounger5504]

@@mmcc5846 Totally, as all Holyrood is doing is following Westminster's diktats. We need a Scottish Party for Scots and Scotland. That may sound like narrow Nationalism, but it is not. Simply that we must free ourselves from Globalism and the tyranny of the White House and Westminster.

[@lorraineelliot8620]

No we do not

[@haraldtheyounger5504]

@@lorraineelliot8620 Why not?

[@edwardTisk-ix8nj]

@@mmcc5846 First, the Marxists & Woke.

[@davidnoble1058]

JK Rowling represents Scotland, not Yousaf and his cronies.

[@ashwayn]

Yousaf cannot represent Scotland he is Muslim first Hate speech? what are they going to do when I read whats in Koran Hadith and bible in court? those books are full of hate death sex and ethnic cleansing (recorded) GO read them for your self never ever ask a Muslim they lie O yes thats in koran as well.

[@tommay1959]

Let them arrest her. I’m sure she has enough money to drag them through the courts and win destroying their bill

[@Eatmeat7459]

If you want to get out of prison just identify as a ten year old and if the judge doesn't believe you he will be guilty of a hate crime and get 7 years in jail?

[@stephenhorton]

Great work Maddie 🙂 Personally I wish the police had followed what the law had said and prosecuted JKR - "The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly", and this bad law is desperately in need of being repealed!! Not just for Scotland, but as a warning to Labour not to pass the same legislation UK-wide when they inevitably get into power. As a side note - it's always nice to be able to put a face to a voice - I wish the editors podcast was available in video format - I find faceless voices are harder to follow (especially since I still confuse Jim and MBDs voices...)

[@StimParavane]

This law is a false accusers dream.

[@user-pv1th1oy3s]

J.k. is saying it how it is that is called truth telling the way most people were raised to tell the truth this cannot be called hate

[@takh6806]

Shame on Scottish men for allowing this

[@dogsbestfriend90]

I'm a Scottish man and I don't take shame in this, every decent normal rational person can see this for what it is and can see it happening not just in Scotland, again we're the test ground, the UNelected FM has an agenda to follow, again WE didn't put him there, the lesson for us is not for his ilk to govern again, he could have left a legacy for him and of his people to be proud of but nope

[@highlandsprings5752]

@@dogsbestfriend90 This law was drawn up by the Scottish, for the Scottish and with the Scottish in mind, it's not a testing ground, England already has the malicious Communications Act so stop putting blame on everyone else, you're unelected first minister was not first minister three years ago, this is completely up to you and until you Scottish finally take responsibility and actually grow a backbone then this is what you deserve, it's just my bad luck that I have to put up with your Indignant and ungraceful selves.

[@edwardTisk-ix8nj]

All Men, everywhere...

[@TheNorthernUnicorn]

Shame! who tf are you to talk of shame you think we had a choice in any of this lmfao you are a bigger sheep than most of them

[@foedeer]

Seriously? Alot of deluded women contribute to this. I speak as a woman. Stop shaming men who play no role in this. It is this sort of accusation that gets us nowhere. Ridiculous

[@Nobby20]

Respect to JKR

[@oldgoat142]

A foolish piece of legislation implemented on April Fool's Day. How appropriate. Useless Hummus is the biggest fool of all. I am 1000% behind JK.

[@ronhope3970]

I think we are the fools for accepting it without a referendum to stop this rubbish and have it either clarified completely or thrown out as unable to implement fairly.

[@smkh2890]

In Australia, watch the case for female spaces ' Giggle v Tickle'. !

[@johnmay6090]

YES!!

[@reneprovosty7032]

Meanwhile 97percent of Scottland is white. :)

[@tommay1959]

It’s a Scottish act not a UK ONE so they can’t arrest her in England

[@haraldtheyounger5504]

Unless, she breaks the English hate law. Look at the stats for their one.

[@Maynards_so_blue]

They won't arrest her either way because shes too high profile and wealthy and they know this law is bullshit

[@ashwayn]

Hate speech? what are they going to do when I read whats in Koran Hadith and bible in court? those books are full of hate death sex and ethnic cleansing (recorded) GO read them for your self never ever ask a Muslim they lie O yes thats in koran as well.

[@gooderspitman8052]

They daren’t.

[@peteradams408]

We need to fight the snp and get them out.

[@user-st7wb3yf3d]

Well that's easy, but just remember, Labour, the Greens and Lib Dems drew it up voted this daft law through. Vote ALBA or another real Scottish Party who will fight for Scotland and for Us.

[@mmcc5846]

Peter Adams get fake SNP and unionists out

[@TheZanshen]

Vote SNP out and be done

[@raynicholl4446]

There will be an outcry if she is arrested

[@karenkennedy6331]

But these people putting out this law are not reasonable people! That is the problem!

[@stephengordon4405]

Brilliant

[@gala-kw7hw]

Same thing is happening here in Canad

[@tolor3254]

FOR SOME CLARITY!!! The stirring up hatred offence. Since 1986, there has been an offence of stirring up racial hatred. From 1st April 2024, a similar offence is being introduced in Scotland, to cover stirring up hatred on grounds of age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, transgender identity, or variations in sex characteristics (intersex). The offence of stirring up hatred on one of those grounds applies where someone behaves in a way that a reasonable person would consider to be threatening or abusive, and they deliberately intend their behaviour to stir up hatred. The law says it is not an offence if the behaviour was, in the particular circumstances of the case, reasonable. It also says that, when deciding whether the behaviour was reasonable, a court must bear in mind the right to freedom of expression, including that the right applies to expressions that offend, shock or disturb. The law also says that behaviour does not count as threatening or abusive solely because it involves discussion or criticism of matters relating to age, disability, sexual orientation, transgender identity or variations in sex characteristics. To be this offence, the behaviour must be specifically threatening or abusive (not just critical), and it must be done with the intention of stirring up hatred, and not be otherwise reasonable. To give an idea of what kinds of behaviour this might cover, in England there has been a similar offence covering sexual orientation for more than 10 years. A group of people were successfully prosecuted for that offence after they put leaflets through people’s front doors in an English city, calling for the death penalty for LGB people (and including a cartoon of a person being hanged. Now I can only assume that those who have raised concern about this bill (amendment) are either ignorant of the wording/meaning of it, or are scared/ worried about something in it. My view is that, I can't imagine that I'd ever do anything listed above, so it doesn't worry me. Why are so many people panicking about their freedom of speech? The above sets it all out very clearly. Can it be it's another opportunity to have a pop at Scottish government??? Sounds a bit too familiar !!

[@Roxy54J]

They wouldn’t dare arrest her she’s telling the truth🩷🙏🏻

[@Dss322]

The worst thing about this are the ones who turn a blind eye to it, shame on you.

[@JamesMcCown-yf3qf]

I am both a person of Scottish ancestry and an architectural journalist. It cannot be a coincidence that the Scottish Parliament Building in Edinburgh, designed by Catalan architect Enric Miralles Moya and opened in 2004, is one of the ugliest buildings in the United Kingdom. Much like the legislators it accommodates, the building celebrates tribal allegiances, dismissal of established social hierarchies and paganism.

[@bigglestornado3882]

Yusef should be put in jail - with HIS law - for 7 years!!

[@paulhickling4538]

She's white

[@drewhymer]

Why is hate against some groups bad enough to merit jail time while hate against others is not. If you really want a stupid law like this, it should apply to everyone.

[@frankparsons1629]

It really does make you wonder . . . .

[@386max1]

This is crazy

[@bobrobertson9547]

No, they won’t, because the whole house of cards will come down.

[@belleplummer2924]

"If mommy is a commie, then ya got to turn her in" Chad Mitchell Trio.

[@mulli4454]

Are you able to say against a cult or terrorist group. Are they protected?

[@georgeblackley6028]

JK Rowling is actually a man named Robert Galbraith.

[@iowastate358]

Scottland has the most trans per capita in the world for a reason. 😂

[@mmcc5846]

Iowa state that's because we have been infected English

[@iowastate358]

@mmcc5846 It is the same reason they elected a Pakistan Muslim immigrant who tells you he hates white people.

[@iowastate358]

Same reason you guys voted for someone who hates you for being white

[@franklefeuvre5096]

She got balls!!!

[@user-st7wb3yf3d]

What, are you saying she's a bloke?

[@Maynards_so_blue]

And a lot of wealth, that helps a lot

[@angryherbalgerbil]

🤣😂🤣

[@Steve-zh6zn]

Does this apply to the Muslim HATE PREACHERS as well?

[@ThePhobos100]

Humza has become the fool.

[@birdwatcher101gbh]

I note that religion is among the categories that are covered by the law. I would bet my bottom dollar that no anti-christian hate speech would EVER get the attention of the authorities. If you say some bad about Moslems, tho, get ready to meet some policemen and judges.

[@douglasreid9922]

Weird comments here. The same law has has been in force in England and Wales for a couple of years and Scotland are coming in to line with same law. While this policy was cross party turn it into an SNP bad story. Truth is that the London establishment is shaking in its boots that Scots will become independent and take control of its own assets and is using every opportunity to attach the SNP. Very sad.

[@user-pk1gp7iy2o]

I'm from London and I think it is about time Scotland was given its independence.

[@davidhowells-rl9li]

Why not comission a renowned portrait artis, to paint a lifesize portrait of a biological female! And a biological male! In the nude? And at the same time incorporate a portrait of a transgender male in the nude? And a transgender female in the nude? And display them in a public area in every town, and city, throughout the UK? ( I feel this will dispel any doubts about transgenderism for everyone in the UK as to the biological nature of humanity)?

[@tammailer6054]

JK Rowling, ironically, has 'cojones'. Good on her.

[@paparobbo62]

Its a sad spectacle that with the Empire now fully disintegrated the English are desperate now to hold onto their last colonial outpost and cash cow . The resentment that they feel Scotland is seen as deserting the sinking ship is there for all to see. They just cannot handle that a progressive Scotland is looking to join the other free Independent nations of the World. Pathetic really.

[@CdEmm50]

How utterly ridiculous. The free independent EU maybe?😂. You're not getting in anyway 😊.

[@ThePhobos100]

Probably not. She is too much of a public figure.

[@geoffwright9570]

If it goes to court and jk Rowling wins then it would signal the end of the snp completely. There's hope at least.

[@mmcc5846]

Geoff wright it Will be er go to court stop listening to unionist pish

[@geoffwright9570]

Not listening to union pish just my own opinion simply because I think jk is right.

[@Alien_O1]

Just talk gaelic instead. 🤣🤣

[@johnballantyne6853]

She was out of the country when she posted it so the Law doesn’t apply to her 🤔.

[@belleplummer2924]

Does this law mean that there won't be anti-Jew riots?

[@kk-qy4sc]

DISTRACTION TACTIC.

[@lorraineelliot8620]

Why is Scotland now a post Christian society? Not on your life, that is a hate crime against me.

[@AR-dn6kh]

Will the police act lf a.muslim complains about a pride flag, on the grounds homosexuality is against thier religion ? Becaue we know the police are honory members of both communites😂 That sounds a good test case at.court to me

[@normanmackenzie8130]

She will not be arrested, and the simple answer as to why is....SHE HAS SPOKEN THE TRUTH. YOU CAN FOOL YOUSELF WITH LIES BUT, YOU CAN'T FOOL ANYONE WITH TRUTH.

[@jedjones9047]

Why only 7 years what if someone is hateful to more than one person or you get a serial offender who's got a taste for it' and won't stop until they hate everybody' 7 years would be tieing the judges hands it needs to be life.

[@joancampbell9157]

This law simply brings Scottish law into line with England. I don’t know what all the fuss is about.

[@sidcrowe7301]

The Scottish hate law is just coming in line with that of England. Think people spouting hate , they should compare England and Scottish versions of the law..

[@therealhotchocolatecompany3962]

If she wants to test the laws, she should try talking about Mohammed and his child bride. She should try talking about Islam.