Scottish Hate Crime Bill: Atheists Plan to Target Christians for ‘Spreading Hate’
A leading atheist in Scotland has hailed the SNP’s proposed Hate Crime Bill as an opportunity to target Christians for prosecution.
A leading atheist in Scotland has hailed the SNP’s proposed Hate Crime Bill as an opportunity to target Christians for prosecution.
Famed British comedian and star of Blackadder and Mr Bean Rowan Atkinson has signed an open letter decrying the Scotland’s new Hate Crime and Public Order Bill, warning the law will infringe upon freedom of speech.
The Scottish government’s hate crime proposals could “devastate” the public’s relationship with the police, officers have warned.
Scottish YouTuber and comedian, Count Dankula, said that the impeding Hate Crime and Public Order law in Scotland — which criminalises ‘stirring up hatred’ — is a new form of puritanism, saying that “the same boomer level argument” that sought
Scottish Justice Secretary Humza Yousaf has complained of receiving “over 6,000 racist social media posts” after he delivered a speech denouncing Scotland for having too many white people in key positions.
Both secularists and Christians have come out against a proposed hate crime law in Scotland, insisting that the loosely worded law poses a threat to free speech.
Despite a number of Muslim activists, politicians, and others attempting to whip up hysteria over a letter calling on people to attack Muslims, few, if any, actual attacks were reported.