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J.K. Rowling will not be arrested for comments about transgender women, police say

www.nbcnews.com J.K. Rowling will not be arrested for comments about transgender women, police say

The "Harry Potter" author slammed a newly enacted hate-crime law in Scotland in a series of posts on X in which she referred to transgender women as men.

The "Harry Potter" author slammed a newly enacted hate-crime law in Scotland in a series of posts on X in which she referred to transgender women as men.

J.K. Rowling shared a social media thread on Monday, the day a new Scottish hate-crime law took effect, that misgendered several transgender women and appeared to imply trans women have a penchant for sexual predation. On Tuesday, Scottish police announced they would not be investigating the “Harry Potter” author’s remarks as a crime, as some of Rowling’s critics had called for.

“We have received complaints in relation to the social media post,” a spokesperson for Police Scotland said in a statement. “The comments are not assessed to be criminal and no further action will be taken.”

Scotland’s new Hate Crime and Public Order Act criminalizes “stirring up hatred” against people based on their race, religion, disability, sexuality or gender identity.

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But will she continue bitching about it like Jordan Peterson still does about the law in Canada that he didn't get arrested for supposedly violating?
A law is a strong as its enforcement. Without enforcement, it's just political posturing.
Hilarious that this wretched lump of hate is being a crybully about how she’s supposedly putting herself in legal danger, even though she sends legal threats to people in the UK who call her a TERF. And I do mean people posting shit on Twitter, not newspapers publishing stories about her. “Free speech” (the right to incite hatred against minorities) for me but not for thee.
The laws don’t apply to rich people
Notice how they said

Not assessed to be criminal

And not

Assesed to be not criminal

Scottish Cops are still Cops I guess
The tweet makes it plainly obvious where she stands regarding trans people. Disgusting.

Im ashamed to admit that I thought the previous allegations against her were wrong and only based on maliciously misinterpreted tweets.
This TERF needs to just accept that she's not relevant anymore. She is just a washed up, miserable person and not even her bottomless wallet can bring her happiness.
Now have a poor person say the exact same shit and report that
She should really check on the other laws to see if they’ll be enforced, too.
While i agree with the sentiment i am concerned by this idea of policing how other people talk to each other. It seems completely insane that a government should be able to legally punish people for talking disrespectfully with each other. That is the essence of freedom of speech. People are able to express themselves freely without fear of the state punishing it.
So the new law is not enforce? or is it only for the plebs?
This is literally not news. It's literally not something happening.
Arrest her anyway, call it the Rowling challenge.
On a side note, what is with all those fake, AI generated, car ads down at the bottom?
Crazy how many people in here agree that you should be punished by the government for things you say
"I disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it."

This whole law is absurd and draconian.
She looks like Putin in a wig and seems to share his views too.

Coincidence?

I've never seen them in the same room together, just saying.
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Sorry but is free speech dead or something? If this constitutes a crime then I have no hope for the human race anymore!
called it yesterday :P

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