JK Rowling has challengedĀ Scotlandās new hate crime lawĀ 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 āfreedom of speech and beliefā was at an end if accurate description of biological sex was outlawed.
Earlier, Scotlandās first minister Humza Yousaf said the new law would deal with a ārising tide of hatredā.
The Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021 creates a new crime of āstirring up hatredā relating to age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, transgender identity or being intersex.
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Ms Rowling, who has long been a critic of some trans activism,Ā posted on XĀ on the day the new legislation came into force.
Iām very torn on this issue, like I 100% agree on Polanski and Allen(especially Woody not that Polanski isnāt incredibly shitty too but most of his work isnāt about sexualizing minors, whereas the primary and ultimate love interest for Woodys stand in character in Manhattan is a child). I might, and big emphasis on might watch Chinatown or the Ninth Gate again after heās dead and in the cold cold ground, but I damn sure wonāt pay for any of them if I decide to make that call.
And I only say this because there have been so many shitty people in Hollywood and the movie making business in general I think itās impossible to watch most without supporting someone awful. Weinstein produced a ton of great films, Brando anally raped Maria Schneider in Last Tango and the scene we see is the one and only take if memory serves(I donāt watch that film anymore but I still watch the Godfather every few years), Kevin Spacey and Brian Singer are predators but Iām sure Iāll watch the Usual Suspects again at some point in my life.
I obviously donāt besmirch anyone that simply canāt bring themselves to engage in art by people we know to be bastards. But I kinda look at it the same way as buying a pair of Nikes, there is certainly a lot of profit from suffering that produced those shoes but I donāt necessarily think anyone is a bad person for wanting some new Jordans
Honestly learning everyone in Hollywood is a fucking creep explains a lot about how genuinely disturbing the actions of male leads in āRomantic Comediesā tend to be
Try half the shot in a āRomanceā movie in real life and even at the time most of them originally came out, youād go to jail and no one would feel sorry for you.
My bigger issue with Polanski is that he should have been extradited decades ago.
100% agree, he should be locked up
Edit: the following isnāt what I think about him, but I do think heād have been more likely to suffer the proper consequences had the Manson family not murdered Sharon Tate, it in no way should give him any sympathy or protection and itās pretty fucking gross that it does, but I donāt think itās a non factor