Scotland spent 3 years considering the laws on hate crimes before the Bill was introduced in 2020. 4 more years, after being voted into law and police training to deal with complaints, it came into force. It took @jk_rowling less than 24 hours to demonstrate why it is ludicrous. Free speech and women’s rights must be protected Re-post if you agree. #freespeech
@dshensmith @jk_rowling People had been telling them how unworkable it was and lo and behold it breaks on day 1. Interestingly there's been many many complaints about Humza Yousaf, but of course it cant be applied retrospectively.
@dshensmith @jk_rowling And the paper it was written on? "WHHHITE!!"
@dshensmith @jk_rowling as a barrister I would have thought you would know there is no legislation in the UK dedicated to free speech and that we have a freedom of expression which comes with responisbilities...
@dshensmith @CatQQShadow @jk_rowling I would have reposted this except for the command to do so, so it's only getting a like.
@dshensmith @jk_rowling Some credit to Elon Musk for paying 44 billion to make it possible.