When she isn’t busy slapping down pro-trans activists on social media, “Harry Potter” author J.K. Rowling is taking aim at authoritarian policies intended to silence speech.
Scotland’s government recently enacted the Hate Crime and Public Order Act 2021, which is ostensibly intended to address the “rising tide of hatred” in society. The law has stirred controversy due to its broad definitions and the implications for free speech.
The Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021 makes it a criminal offence to make derogatory comments based on disability, religion, sexual orientation, transgender identity or being intersex.
Stirring up hatred based on race, colour, nationality or ethnicity was already illegal in Great Britain under the Public Order Act 1986 but is now included in the new law.
Since the law came into effect on Monday Police Scotland has received more than…
