It was no April Fool’s joke.

Harry Potter author-turned culture warrior J.K. Rowling kicked off the month with an 11-tweet social media thread in which she argued 10 transgender women were men — and dared Scottish police to arrest her.

Rowling’s intervention came as a controversial new Scottish government law, aimed at protecting minority groups from hate crimes, took effect. And it landed amid a fierce debate over both the legal status of transgender people in Scotland and over what actually constitutes a hate crime.

Already the law has generated far more international buzz than is normal for legislation passed by a small nation’s devolved parliament.

  • EnderMB@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Except for the fact that Scottish police already came out to say that she wouldn’t be charged for recent comments.

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        7 months ago

        that’s never stopped them. Jordan Peterson got famous by misinterpreting a canadian law to mean people would get jailed for misgendering trans people.

    • katy ✨@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      7 months ago

      because she didn’t actually say anything that should could be charged for. jk rowling just was desperate to be a martyr.