[Puffer Fish]

https://summit.news/2020/10/28/scottish ... ersations/

Scotland's new odious hate crime bill would go so far as to criminalize dinner table conversations if their ‘offensive’ content is reported to police.

"Conversations over the dinner table that incite hatred must be prosecuted under Scotland’s hate crime law," reports the Times.

Such conversations were previously protected under the Public Order Act 1986, which includes a "dwelling defense" that shields conversations that take place in private homes from being prosecuted, however that would be removed under the new law.

The new bill would add an additional crime of "stirring up hate" against a protected group by "behaving in a threatening or abusive manner, or communicating threatening or abusive material to another person", as well as the crime of possessing "inflammatory material".

Critics have argued that the vague term "stirring up hate" could be broadly interpreted and could lead to people like JK Rowling facing criminal charges and up to seven years in prison for expressing views about transgender issues.

It also has dire implications for comedy and freedom of speech, given that anyone could choose to take offense to anything and complain that they have experienced "hate".

Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf said journalists, writers and theater directors could also be dragged into the courts if their work is deemed to have stirred up "prejudice".

To get an idea of Yousaf’s mentality, he previously gave a speech to the Scottish Parliament in which he complained that the vast majority of senior positions in Scottish authorities were filled by white people.

Demographically, Scotland is 96% white.

Muslim Cabinet Secretary for Justice Humza Yousaf says "Scotland is too White"

Anti-Whites Exposed, July 4, 2020

[Sivad]

They'll be training children in school to snitch out their parents for thought crime. We've seen this shit before, we all know exactly where these fascists are trying to take us.

[Black Consequense]

Again I don't think having an independent Scotland would make things better, if the leaders and party members think like this.

[MadMonk]

An independent Scotland would force its political leaders to act as actual leaders. I'm not an expert on Scottish politics but I would imagine that it is, should we say, infantilized in its current state, rubber stamping decisions made in London.

I don't have any evidence that politics are really any different anywhere else but maybe a different flavour. Scotland and England have a long history together, for better or worse. During the days of the Empire, Scottish nobles and traders were infamous in their success in places such as Hong Kong, mostly in selling opium to China.

They were so good at selling that even when the customer wanted to stop buying, they kept selling by adding "or else...".

[ccdan]

"Modern totalitarianism" at work. The US and the UK are at the forefront of this movement which involves absurd amounts of (over)criminalization(esp. victimless deeds) and increasing the power(and lack of accountability) of the state-triad: law enforcement, prosecutors and judges.