Not a fan of her books but her persevering resistance to true moral and cultural bullies of our day is commendable- FrC
This year’s was a particularly memorable April Fools’ Day.
First, Scotland’s new Hate Crime and Public Order Act came into force, making it illegal to “stir up hatred” against people based on their age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, transgender identity or other protected characteristics.
It’s a fool’s errand to try to police hatred— a subjective and internalised feeling if ever there was one — not to mention the even more ambiguous “crime” of stirring up hatred.
But fools rush in, and thanks to the new woke law, anyone found guilty of sufficiently hurting another person’s feelings in Scotland, even in their private residence or online, will face up to seven years in prison. A fool’s paradise indeed.
Into the breach
In response to all this foolishness, bestselling author J. K. Rowling, who calls Scotland home, shared her own April Fools’ joke in the form of a lengthy X thread.
“Scotland’s Hate Crime Act comes into effect today,” she began. “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!”
Rowling’s words captioned two screenshots of social media posts made by Douglas that show the trans activist wielding knives and axes, and stating that “direct action gets the goods” and “you can take the change by force”.
But Rowling wasn’t done.
“Lovely Scottish lass and convicted double rapist Isla Bryson found her true authentic female self shortly before she was due to be sentenced,” wrote Rowling, posting photos of an evidently male criminal who apparently hoped for lighter sentencing with a newfound trans identity.
“Misgendering is hate, so respect Isla’s pronouns, please,” Rowling added sarcastically.
Eight more tweets followed, cataloguing an assortment of sporting opportunists, undeserving women’s rights appointees, and convicted criminals.
Then for the punchline:
“April Fools!” Rowling declared.
“Only kidding. Obviously, the people mentioned in the above tweets aren’t women at all, but men, every last one of them.”
She ended her post with a thoughtful critique of the new law, which, she argues, prioritises male self-identification over the rights of actual women, and that will inevitably hurt girls, incentivise abuse, scramble crime data, silence dissent and outlaw biology.
Read the rest:
https://www.mercatornet.com/j_k_rowling_stand_for_truth
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