JK Rowling has challenged Scotland’s new hate crime law in a series of social media posts - inviting police to arrest her if they believe she has committed an offence.
The Harry Potter author, who lives in Edinburgh, described several transgender women as men, including convicted prisoners, trans activists and other public figures.
She said “freedom of speech and belief” was at an end if accurate description of biological sex was outlawed.
Earlier, Scotland’s first minister Humza Yousaf said the new law would deal with a “rising tide of hatred”.
The Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021 creates a new crime of “stirring up hatred” relating to age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, transgender identity or being intersex.
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Ms Rowling, who has long been a critic of some trans activism, posted on X on the day the new legislation came into force.
They were, in fact, the first victims of the Holocaust. Which she denied. That’s what’s known as Holocaust denial.
https://www.gendergp.com/remembering-the-institute-for-sexual-research-and-lgbtq-victims-of-the-holocaust/
https://www.hmd.org.uk/resource/6-may-1933-looting-of-the-institute-of-sexology/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transgender_people_in_Nazi_Germany#Ransacking_of_the_Institut_für_Sexualwissenschaft
Believe it or not, admitting that the Nazis killed Jews but saying they only killed one million instead of six? Also Holocaust denial, not criticism.
By the way, if you had not been ridiculously lazy and had read the article which put those quotes in context, you will see that she still denied it after many people educated her on the subject.
Do you deny it?
I do not deny the holocaust. I am of Jewish descent. Surely you can see that saying someone is the first victim is not even close to the same as saying some is not a victim. Are you purposely being obtuse?
Yes, and saying the Nazis only killed one million Jews is not the same as saying the Nazis didn’t kill any Jews.
And yet both are Holocaust denial. You being of “Jewish descent” doesn’t change that denying parts of the Holocaust happened is Holocaust denial. You can be a rabbi, but if you say no Roma people were killed in the Holocaust, you’re a Holocaust denier. “I’m Jewish” is not a shield.
She was shown she was wrong and she doubled down on it. And now you’re supporting her because you refuse to look at the context which is also a form of Holocaust denial.
That is not hate speech and I do not support JK Rowling. I do support freedom of speech. Like I predicted, this law would be used to silence political opponents. Like you are in support of here.
Holocaust denial is considered hate speech based on the parameters I gave you.
She is not being silenced. She posted multiple tweets about this issue.
That is not holocaust denial. She did not deny the holocaust happened or that they were not victims. You are being purposely obtuse.
Yet again, saying only one million Jews died in the Holocaust instead of six million is Holocaust denial.
Why do you not know this? Please educate yourself on Holocaust denial, especially since you claime to be “of Jewish descent,” whatever that means. I’m just Jewish.
https://www.museumoftolerance.com/education/teacher-resources/holocaust-resources/what-is-holocaust-denial.html
You are comparing it to something that it is not. She is not saying that 1 million people died in the holocaust. Are you really denying that people can be of Jewish descent? Stop being a bigot
I didn’t deny people can be anything, although I have no idea what “of Jewish descent” is supposed to mean. Does it mean you had many ancestors who died in the Holocaust or does it mean you had a Jewish great-grandmother from Schenectady, NY?
And I know what part of the Holocaust she’s denying. The part that involves transgender people. You also appear to be denying it and hiding behind your “of Jewish descent” claim.