{"id":2213144,"date":"2024-04-04T15:34:02","date_gmt":"2024-04-04T19:34:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-handing-out-jeremys-chocolate-now-illegal-under-scotlands-new-hate-crime-law\/"},"modified":"2024-04-04T15:34:28","modified_gmt":"2024-04-04T19:34:28","slug":"is-handing-out-jeremys-chocolate-now-illegal-under-scotlands-new-hate-crime-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/is-handing-out-jeremys-chocolate-now-illegal-under-scotlands-new-hate-crime-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Can Distributing Jeremy&#8217;s Chocolate Be Considered Illegal Under Scotland&#8217;s New &#8216;Hate Crime&#8217; Legislation?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/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%2Fis-handing-out-jeremys-chocolate-now-illegal-under-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=2213144&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>The recently enacted &#8220;Hate Crime and Public Order&#8221; law in Scotland raises concerns about\u2063 sharing Jeremy&#8217;s Chocolate potentially resulting in legal trouble. The law defines hate crimes \u200dbroadly, with punishments of up to seven years\u200d in prison for behavior deemed threatening or \u2062abusive. This legislation aims to protect various groups but could lead\u2064 to unintended consequences for those distributing the chocolate bar.  <\/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>Would you be willing to go to prison over a chocolate bar?<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully, that ridiculous question will always remain hypothetical and never actually affect you. But if you live in Scotland, unfortunately, that question now requires much more thought. Thanks to those in charge of making Scottish laws, you could get in some serious trouble for simply handing out the delicious and biologically accurate <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeremysrazors.com\/collections\/jeremys-chocolate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jeremy\u2019s Chocolate<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>No, this isn\u2019t satire.<\/p>\n<p>Scotland\u2019s recently enacted \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.legislation.gov.uk\/asp\/2021\/14\/section\/4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hate Crime and Public Order<\/a>\u201d law makes Jeremy\u2019s Chocolate a dangerous commodity to have on your person. Before you laugh that off as an insane notion, take a look at how the country\u2019s new law defines a hate crime:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>A person commits an offence if\u2014(a)the person\u2014(i)behaves in a manner that a reasonable person would consider to be threatening or abusive, or (ii)communicates to another person material that a reasonable person would consider to be threatening or abusive, and (b)in doing so, the person intends to stir up hatred against a group of persons \u2026 <\/em>(emphasis added)<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>It should also be noted that the punishment for the ghastly crime of offending \u201ca reasonable person\u201d who considers your offense \u201cthreatening or abusive\u201d is up to seven years in prison.<\/p>\n<p>The law was created to protect multiple categories and demographics of people, including based on their age, disability, and religion. But the law gets potentially troubling for our Scotch friends who consume Jeremy\u2019s Chocolate when it also considers you to be \u201cstirring up hatred\u201d if a person views your actions or words as \u201cthreatening or abusive\u201d toward people based on their sexual orientation or transgender identity.<\/p>\n<p>As Daily Wire host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/scotland-makes-it-illegal-to-hurt-a-trans-persons-feelings\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Matt Walsh<\/a> put it, \u201cThe problem is that, by the bill\u2019s own terms, the people determining what\u2019s \u2018reasonable\u2019 and what\u2019s \u2018hateful\u2019 are people who believe that biology isn\u2019t real.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since those of us here at The Daily Wire and Jeremy\u2019s believe in the fundamental truths of biology, the wording of Scotland\u2019s hate crime law could make our delicious chocolate bar \u201chateful,\u201d and make handing it out to the wrong person a crime.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeremysrazors.com\/collections\/jeremys-chocolate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>GET YOUR JEREMY\u2019S CHOCOLATE HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jeremy\u2019s Chocolate is extremely clear about the facts of biology with the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeremysrazors.com\/collections\/jeremys-chocolate\/products\/jeremys-chocolate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">He\/Him bar<\/a> that contains nuts made alongside the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeremysrazors.com\/collections\/jeremys-chocolate\/products\/jeremys-chocolate\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">She\/Her bar<\/a>, which of course, is nutless. Those earth-shattering allusions to the easily understood biology of men and women could very likely make some unhinged leftist with a Scottish accent go ballistic and claim the chocolate bar represents a threatening and abusive message that \u201cstir[s] up hatred\u201d against trans-identifying people.<\/p>\n<p>The new law begs the question: could someone in Scotland get thrown in prison for seven years for the kind act of sharing a He\/Him chocolate bar with his bearded neighbor who wears a dress and goes by \u201cLila\u201d?<\/p>\n<p>We hope that sort of judicial abuse never happens, but it\u2019s a warranted concern. Even here in the U.S., leftists <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/sweet-victory-prof-suspended-for-distributing-jeremys-chocolate-goes-back-to-class\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tried to destroy<\/a> a California professor for simply handing out Jeremy\u2019s Chocolate to students. Professor David Richardson was suspended from his position last year after some students and a trans-identifying colleague cried about his table of snacks that included Jeremy\u2019s Chocolate. Thankfully, Richardson won\u2019t face any criminal charges, and he was vindicated when he was allowed to return to class earlier this year.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jeremysrazors.com\/collections\/jeremys-chocolate\/products\/jeremys-chocolate-micro-aggression-sizes\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>GET JEREMY\u2019S MICRO-AGGRESSION SIZE CHOCOLATE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>There was some good news for Scots who want to continue enjoying Jeremy\u2019s Chocolate without hiding from the cops. On Tuesday, legendary author J.K. Rowling poked the bear following the enactment of Scotland\u2019s new law and found there was no bite. After writing numerous posts about the law and standing up for biology, police in Scotland received multiple complaints asking for them to take action against the \u201cHarry Potter\u201d author.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If you genuinely imagine I\u2019d 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\u2019 jokes. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZVZQ6CV47p\">pic.twitter.com\/ZVZQ6CV47p<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/jk_rowling\/status\/1769412494353678400?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 17, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Scottish cops said Rowling\u2019s social media posts on the reality of men and women didn\u2019t warrant them to take action against her.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s good to hear, but if Jeremy\u2019s Chocolate caused such a ruckus on an American college campus, what will it do in a country that now considers offending a trans-identifying person as a crime worthy of a seven-year prison sentence?<\/p>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Could you risk prison for a chocolate bar? Hopefully not. But in Scotland, the unthinkable might now be a reality. Recent changes in Scottish legislation mean even a simple act like sharing a chocolate bar could lead to legal trouble. It&#8217;s essential to stay informed and cautious in light of these new laws<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2877,"featured_media":2213145,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/JRchocolate_illegal-1-e1712257818723.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2213144","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/dw-wp-production.imgix.net\/2024\/04\/JRchocolate_illegal-1-e1712257818723.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2213144","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2877"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2213144"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2213144\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2213145"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2213144"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2213144"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2213144"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}