The Harry Potter author described several transgender women as men in a series of social media posts.

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.

  • iLoveFishing@lemmy.today
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    11 months ago

    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?

    • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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      11 months ago

      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.

      • iLoveFishing@lemmy.today
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        11 months ago

        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.

        • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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          11 months ago

          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.

          • iLoveFishing@lemmy.today
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            11 months ago

            That is not holocaust denial. She did not deny the holocaust happened or that they were not victims. You are being purposely obtuse.

              • iLoveFishing@lemmy.today
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                11 months ago

                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

                • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
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                  11 months ago

                  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.

                  • iLoveFishing@lemmy.today
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                    11 months ago

                    You’re now resorting to personal attacks. Is this all you do on this website? Do you have any friends in real life?