Posted on 03/19/2024 1:28:15 PM PDT by Twotone
JK Rowling has called Scotland's new hate crime laws 'ludicrous', as she vowed not to delete social media posts describing a transgender TV presenter as 'just a man'.
The Harry Potter author was cleared of any wrongdoing by police in England earlier this month over an online post about broadcaster India Willoughby, who complained she had been 'misgendered'.
But Ms Rowling has now been targeted by activists who claim she could be prosecuted under the controversial new Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act, due to be introduced on April 1.
The 58-year-old wrote on X that she would not be taking down any of her posts about Ms Willoughby.
She said: 'If you genuinely imagine I'd delete posts calling a man a man, so as not to be prosecuted under this ludicrous law, stand by for the mother of all April Fools' jokes.'
Ms Rowling was responding to a post from a user claiming to be a British lawyer who wrote: 'Delete the posts about India Willoughby as they most likely contravene the new law. Start deleting!'
Supporters of Ms Rowling praised her for 'standing up against the woke mob'.
And feminist group For Women Scotland wrote: 'Not sure anyone claiming to be a lawyer should be posting misleading info.'
Police Scotland has indicated that only incidents after April 1 will be investigated under the new law, meaning Ms Rowling would not face retrospective action.
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The gaystapo is very powerful.
They’ve gone from hiding in the closet to asking for tolerance to insisting on acceptance to demanding special treatment.
They’ve been raking her over what, seven years now, over telling a truth everyone knows is right? She should just marker “xx/xy” on her palm, put it in their face and say “Talk to the hand!”.
Schaeffer was right:
“Here is a simple but profound rule: If there are no absolutes by which to judge society, then society is absolute.”
― Francis Schaeffer,
from How Should We Then Live?: The Rise and Decline of Western Thought and Culture
JK has more “balls” than most of the UK’s ‘leaders’. Oh, and more “balls” than U.S. congress-critters, our media,and the vast majority of American Universities (which used to be institutions of learning).
I forgot to add, a quick translation of JK’s reply is:
“I didn’t misgender you, you misgendered you and I refused to play along.”
I love it when the Left eats their own
They’ll probably put her in jail.
Unfortunately, the 100 best attorneys in the UK are DEI Socialists.
Still, it is comforting to see a mature and financially successful woman trying to fight back, even if she has no idea how to do it.
Appropriate date.
..to demanding supremacy and all of our chidren.
You’re absolutely right, unfortunately.
“They’ve gone from hiding in the closet to asking for tolerance to insisting on acceptance to demanding special treatment.”
to demanding criminal prosecution and punishment of anyone not affirming their perversion
-fJRoberts-
Exactly right. Sure, Jo Rowling has "f' you" money to back up her belligerence, but there are plenty in comparable circumstances who never stand up for what's right. What distinguishes Rowling is her integrity. I may not agree with her on ideological grounds, but I admire her courage.
Let’s not get carried away, he may have the features of a man or even DNA but he is not a man in every other sense of the meaning.
He’s not a woman either.
There’s a reason why the Bible says to execute sexual deviants.
We are discovering that reason.
touche
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