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The "Harry Potter" author slammed a newly enacted hate-crime law in Scotland in a series of posts on X  in which she referred to transgender women as men.

J.K. Rowling shared a social media thread on Monday, the day a new Scottish hate-crime law took effect, that misgendered several transgender women and appeared to imply trans women have a penchant for sexual predation. On Tuesday, Scottish police announced they would not be investigating the “Harry Potter” author’s remarks as a crime, as some of Rowling’s critics had called for.

“We have received complaints in relation to the social media post,” a spokesperson for Police Scotland said in a statement. “The comments are not assessed to be criminal and no further action will be taken.”

Scotland’s new Hate Crime and Public Order Act criminalizes “stirring up hatred” against people based on their race, religion, disability, sexuality or gender identity.

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[-] kaffiene@lemmy.world 19 points 8 months ago

Not everyone is a free speech extremist like many Americans. When the idea of free speech was developed, it was to protect political speech from legal consequences, not to guard some kind of right to incite hatred or violence towards minorities. These ideas are very different and shouldn't be conflated.

[-] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 15 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

I am not an American, in fact I am German, a country which actually has restrictions on free speech in place.

Nowadays we use it to squash anti Israel protests.

[-] Shake747@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 8 months ago

That's exactly how I'd expect a government to use this. It's not a good path

[-] kaffiene@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

Yeah thats not a free speech issue, that's a German national guilt gone mad issue.

[-] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip -1 points 8 months ago

Indeed, which only strengthens my point.

[-] anon987@lemmy.world 0 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago)

They are cracking down on the anti Israeli protests because antisemitic hate crimes have doubled.

[-] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 0 points 8 months ago

So its only antisemitic if its against Israel? We are arresting and silencing other Jews and Israelis who are against this campaign of genocide. That's okay with you?

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