{"id":2210554,"date":"2024-04-01T12:13:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-01T16:13:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-look-forward-to-being-arrested-jk-rowling-torches-scotlands-new-hate-crime-law\/"},"modified":"2024-04-01T12:13:39","modified_gmt":"2024-04-01T16:13:39","slug":"i-look-forward-to-being-arrested-jk-rowling-torches-scotlands-new-hate-crime-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/i-look-forward-to-being-arrested-jk-rowling-torches-scotlands-new-hate-crime-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Excited to Face Arrest: JK Rowling Criticizes Scotland&#8217;s New &#8216;Hate Crime&#8217; Law"},"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\">24<\/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%2Fi-look-forward-to-being-arrested-jk-rowling-torches-scotlands-new-hate-crime-law%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=2210554&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>J.K. Rowling responded to \u2062Scotland&#8217;s\u2062 new Hate Crime Act by showcasing potential consequences \u2064through \u200ba \u2062series of tweets. She highlighted cases involving male criminal offenders, critiquing\u2064 laws&#8217; impacts on victims. Rowling also pointed out inconsistencies in protecting \u2064women. The author&#8217;s tweets emphasized the \u2064complexities surrounding gender identity and \u200bwomen&#8217;s rights. J.K. Rowling reacted to Scotland&#8217;s recent Hate Crime Act by using social\u2064 media to illustrate potential repercussions. By highlighting specific \u200dinstances of male criminal behavior, \u2064she questioned the effectiveness of the new legislation in safeguarding\u200c victims. Furthermore, Rowling\u2063 shed light on disparities in defending women under the\u2064 law, underscoring the intricate relationship between gender identity and women&#8217;s rights.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p>J.K. Rowling responded on Monday to the enactment of Scotland\u2019s new Hate Crime Act, delivering a brutal X thread showing just who such laws would protect.<\/p>\n<p>The author, making good on a promise to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/j-k-rowling-delivers-hilarious-translation-of-woke-trans-allys-x-post\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">deliver the goods<\/a> on April Fool\u2019s Day, laid out a list of biologically male criminal sex offenders, most of whom preyed on young women and girls \u2014 and without violating the new law by \u201cmisgendering\u201d a single one, she painted a disastrous picture of the consequences she says such \u201chate crime\u201d laws could have on female victims.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cScotland\u2019s Hate Crime Act comes into effect today. Women gain no additional protections, of course, but well-known trans activist Beth Douglas, darling of prominent Scottish politicians, falls within a protected category. Phew!\u201d Rowling began, sharing screenshots of Douglas posing with weapons while issuing threats to an \u201canti-trans\u201d company.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Scotland&#8217;s Hate Crime Act comes into effect today. Women gain no additional protections, of course, but well-known trans activist Beth Douglas, darling of prominent Scottish politicians, falls within a protected category. Phew! 1\/11 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/gCKGwdjr5m\">pic.twitter.com\/gCKGwdjr5m<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jk_rowling\/status\/1774747068944265615?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 1, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cLovely Scottish lass and convicted double rapist Isla Bryson found her true authentic female self shortly before she was due to be sentenced,\u201d Rowling continued in mocking tones. \u201cMisgendering is hate, so respect Isla\u2019s pronouns, please. Love the leggings!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Fragile flower Katie Dolatowski, 6&#8217;5&#8243;, was rightly sent to a women&#8217;s prison in Scotland after conviction. This ensured she was protected from violent, predatory men (unlike the 10-year-old girl Katie sexually assaulted in a women&#8217;s public bathroom.) 3\/11 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/13J5XfRo3a\">pic.twitter.com\/13J5XfRo3a<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jk_rowling\/status\/1774748047815135286?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 1, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cFragile flower Katie Dolatowski, 6\u20195\u2033, was rightly sent to a women\u2019s prison in Scotland after conviction. This ensured she was protected from violent, predatory men (unlike the 10-year-old girl Katie sexually assaulted in a women\u2019s public bathroom),\u201d Rowling\u2019s next post read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSamantha Norris was cleared of exposing her penis to two 11-year-old girls. Hooray!\u201d The \u201cHarry Potter\u201d author continued. \u201cUnfortunately she was then convicted for possession of 16,000 images of children being raped and sexually assaulted. Be that as it may, Sam\u2019s still a lady to me! \u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Scottish woman and butcher Amy George abducted an 11-year-old girl while dressed in female clothing. No idea why this was mentioned in court \u2013 of course she was wearing women\u2019s clothing, she&#8217;s a woman! Amy took the girl home and sexually abused her over a 27-hour period. 5\/11 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/xy3DmnqZrc\">pic.twitter.com\/xy3DmnqZrc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jk_rowling\/status\/1774748992317882717?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 1, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cScottish woman and butcher Amy George abducted an 11-year-old girl while dressed in female clothing. No idea why this was mentioned in court \u2013 of course she was wearing women\u2019s clothing, she\u2019s a woman! Amy took the girl home and sexually abused her over a 27-hour period,\u201d Rowling added.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut most women aren\u2019t axe-toters or sex offenders, so let\u2019s talk role models! Guilia Valentino (in red) wanted to play on the women\u2019s team \u2018because of sisterhood, validation and political visibility,&#8217;\u201d Rowling said, adding a post on biological males taking over women\u2019s spaces for political and cultural attention. \u201cNaturally, she was given some boring cis girl\u2019s place. Yay for inclusion!\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mridul Wadhwa, head of a Scottish rape crisis centre, says, \u2018sexual violence happens to bigoted people as well.\u2019 She has no gender recognition certificate, but was still appointed to a job advertised for women only. Time to be \u2018challenged on your prejudices\u2019, rape victims! 7\/11 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/YfxUhbh6cw\">pic.twitter.com\/YfxUhbh6cw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jk_rowling\/status\/1774749262934356448?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 1, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Rowling also addressed the trauma that she says victims might experience in being forced to allow biological males into spaces that were designed specifically to protect victims from further abuse.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMridul Wadhwa, head of a Scottish rape crisis centre, says, \u2018sexual violence happens to bigoted people as well.\u2019 She has no gender recognition certificate, but was still appointed to a job advertised for women only. Time to be \u2018challenged on your prejudices\u2019, rape victims!\u201d Rowling said.<\/p>\n<p>Rowling rounded out the thread with several political and cultural leaders who espoused a platform of protecting women and women\u2019s rights but could not define what a woman was.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMunroe Bergdorf isn\u2019t just a pretty face! Public campaigner for a children\u2019s charity until safeguarding concerns were raised, she was appointed UN Women\u2019s first ever UK champion. \u2018What makes a woman \u201ca woman\u201d has no definitive answer,\u2019 says Munroe. Great choice, UN Women!\u201d Rowling cracked.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Katie Neeves has been appointed as the UN Women UK delegate. She switched from straight man to lesbian at the age of 48 and, in a leaked 2022 webinar, described how she used to enjoy stealing and wearing her sister\u2019s underwear. A truly relatable representative! 9\/11 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VKzF7IuJTU\">pic.twitter.com\/VKzF7IuJTU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jk_rowling\/status\/1774749594926076218?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 1, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cKatie Neeves has been appointed as the UN Women UK delegate. She switched from straight man to lesbian at the age of 48 and, in a leaked 2022 webinar, described how she used to enjoy stealing and wearing her sister\u2019s underwear,\u201d the author mocked. \u201cA truly relatable representative!\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLast, but least, TV\u2019s India Willoughby proves we women can call a black broadcaster a \u2018nasty bitch\u2019 who \u2018wouldn\u2019t be anywhere without woke,\u2019 dub lesbians men, insult the looks of a female Olympic swimmer, \u2018joke\u2019 about kidnapping feminists, and STILL get airtime! What a gal!\u201d Rowling concluded.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83c\udf89\ud83c\udf3c\ud83c\udf38April Fools! \ud83c\udf38\ud83c\udf3c\ud83c\udf89<\/p>\n<p>Only kidding. Obviously, the people mentioned in the above tweets aren&#8217;t women at all, but men, every last one of them.<\/p>\n<p>In passing the Scottish Hate Crime Act, Scottish lawmakers seem to have placed higher value on the feelings of men performing their\u2026<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jk_rowling\/status\/1774749954629652873?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">April 1, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But then the author delivered the punch line: \u201cApril Fools!\u201d<\/p>\n<p><b><a href=\"https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" aria-describedby=\"sk-tooltip-9096\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/onelink.to\/dwapp&#038;source=gmail&#038;ust=1700760801843000&#038;usg=AOvVaw2PQrVSrJfhxNb4LcARqniG\">CLICK HERE TO GET THE DAILYWIRE+ APP<\/a><\/b><\/p>\n<p>\u201cOnly kidding. Obviously, the people mentioned in the above tweets aren\u2019t women at all, but men, every last one of them,\u201d Rowling declared. \u201cIn passing the Scottish Hate Crime Act, Scottish lawmakers seem to have placed higher value on the feelings of men performing their idea of femaleness, however misogynistically or opportunistically, than on the rights and freedoms of actual women and girls.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rowling then made it clear that she was not afraid of any possible repercussions she might face from speaking out against the new law.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m currently out of the country, but if what I\u2019ve written here qualifies as an offence under the terms of the new act, I look forward to being arrested when I return to the birthplace of the Scottish Enlightenment,\u201d the author concluded.<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>J.K. Rowling swiftly reacted to Scotland&#8217;s new Hate Crime Act, highlighting who such laws protect. 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