{"id":1178382,"date":"2022-01-01T18:35:13","date_gmt":"2022-01-01T23:35:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1178382"},"modified":"2022-01-01T18:35:16","modified_gmt":"2022-01-01T23:35:16","slug":"scotland-may-pardon-people-executed-as-witches-400-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/scotland-may-pardon-people-executed-as-witches-400-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"Scotland May Pardon People Executed As Witches 400 Years Ago"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fscotland-may-pardon-people-executed-as-witches-400-years-ago%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1178382&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Scotland may posthumously pardon people executed as witches \u2014 400 years after the fact.<\/p>\n<p>The history of witch trials in Scotland was rooted in a power struggle between the Roman Catholic Church and the aristocracy, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/scotland-moves-to-pardon-thousands-executed-as-witches400-years-later-11641042001?mod=hp_lead_pos10\">The Wall Street Journal<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>In all, until the Witchcraft Act was repealed in 1735, some 3,837 people were accused of the crime \u2014 the overwhelming majority of them women \u2014 with some two-thirds executed, more per head of population than anywhere else in Europe\u2026<\/p>\n<p>In some instances, people accused their neighbors of the crime to settle scores. Much of the Scottish aristocracy threw their weight behind the purges, hoping they would speed the decline of the Catholic Church and allow them to pick from its landholdings, say academics who studied the phenomenon.<\/p>\n<p>Others, including King James, believed in witches and developed what they thought were scientific methods to detect them, such as pricking them with long needles to see how much they bled. If there wasn\u2019t enough blood, it was held as a sure sign that the accused was a witch.<\/p>\n<p>Some of the campaigners are invoking other blotches on Scottish history. Claire Mitchell \u2014 who launched a #MeToo-inspired podcast called \u201cWitches of Scotland\u201d \u2014 said that \u201cIt\u2019s not dissimilar to how Scotland needs to face up to its role in the trans-Atlantic slave trade.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One may think that witchcraft has ended in the Western world. However, self-proclaimed witches in the United States repeatedly <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/real-witches-say-theyre-offended-president-trump-emily-zanotti\">butted<\/a> heads with President Donald Trump during the Mueller investigation. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/witches-to-trump-stop-calling-the-mueller-investigation-a-witch-hunt?ref=home\">The Daily Beast<\/a> reported in 2018:<\/p>\n<p>It may, on the surface, seem like a harmless way to trivialize special counsel Robert Mueller\u2019s investigation into Russia\u2019s interference in the 2016 presidential campaign. But to the actual community of witches, President Donald Trump\u2019s constant invocation of a \u201cwitch hunt\u201d is deeply problematic and, frankly, a bit hurtful. \u201cMany are mad, and the rest are rolling their eyes,\u201d said David Salisbury, a lead organizer at Washington-based witch community Firefly House.<\/p>\n<p>Witches are not a constituency with which politicians normally concern themselves. And there\u2019s little sense in the community that Trump actually cares about what they truly think. But for those who practice witchcraft, the president\u2019s words bring up a painful period in history, when men and women were accused of being witches and murdered, both in the American colonies and in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, J.K. Rowling \u2014 the mastermind behind the <em>Harry Potter<\/em> series, which centers upon a school for young witches and wizards \u2014 has herself been the subject of multiple witch hunts. Readers of The Guardian are currently accusing the outlet of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/british-newspaper-cancels-person-of-the-year-poll-after-j-k-rowling-runs-away-with-top-spot\">deactivating<\/a> an online poll that asked people to vote on \u201cPerson of the Year\u201d after it became apparent that Rowling would win.<\/p>\n<p>Rowling \u2014 who also happens to be Scottish \u2014 has been at the center of several cancel culture controversies for her rejection of transgender ideology. In December, she mocked Scotland\u2019s law enforcement policy that allows accused rapists to self-identify as female: \u201cWar is Peace. Freedom is Slavery. Ignorance is Strength. The Penised Individual Who Raped You Is a Woman.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\">member<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scotland may posthumously pardon people executed as witches \u2014 400 years after the fact. 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