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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.

Ms Rowling, who has long been a critic of some trans activism, posted on X on the day the new legislation came into force.

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[–] [email protected] 27 points 7 months ago (3 children)

I’m always confused by people that are willing to tank their body of work and public image in order to yell on a soapbox for culture war bullshit.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 7 months ago

She has all the "fuck you" money one could have.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 7 months ago (2 children)

Tank? Harry Potter games are still selling incredibly well. The Fantastic Beasts movies have grossed $1.8 billion dollars. The Wizarding World at Universal Orlando continues to be a major attraction.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago (1 children)

She could have, and should have, fucked off to her own private tropical island after that but no she had nothing better to do than be an insufferable asshole to trans people.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 months ago

Tom from MySpace is the only rich person I know of that did the smart thing

[–] [email protected] 7 points 7 months ago* (last edited 7 months ago)

Actually Fantastic Beasts had the be shelved because no one likes the ones after the first one.. Grindelwald's Crime that made him "Literally worse than Voldemort!" was.... Wanting to stand up to the Nazis... That one was especially problematic

And given that JK Rowling is officioally recognized by the German Government as a holocaust denier, we can go ahead and assume the worst, that she's one of those "Our grandparents fought on the wrong side!" nutters

[–] [email protected] -1 points 7 months ago

I personally respect people that value their values above money.

She obviously thinks having a safe space for women is more important than having more money and she is willing to stand up for her views.

It's respectable that she is willing to waste money for her views, not the opposite.

Also I do think freedom of speech is exceptionally important. Possibly more important than anything.