Performers in Scotland could be punished for playing ‘offensive’ roles under a new hate-crime law.

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[–]wuzizname 21 insightful - 3 fun21 insightful - 2 fun22 insightful - 3 fun -  (1 child)

I bet it’s fine to masturbate on stage with a crucifix, say the Virgin Mary was a whore and demand that all white people be beheaded for offending Islam. But should you dare to draw a cartoon of Muhammad or suggest that Jews control the media then you’ll see these “hate speech” laws come into full effect. It’s not even like they’re trying anymore it’s so transparent.

[–]jet199 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You just described every crap drama school student play at the Edinburgh Festival to a T.

[–]Trajan 8 insightful - 1 fun8 insightful - 0 fun9 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

This is so bad that I have to assume this is a case of opening with a stupidly high price in order to make people more likely to accept curtailment off freedom than they would if the opening pitch were less restrictive.

[–]King_Brutus 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Exactly. They'll just "dial it back" to arresting anyone for saying no no words.

[–]bobbobbybob 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

nek minnit, 'jo-jo rabbit' lands the cast in jail.

[–]MrZak 4 insightful - 3 fun4 insightful - 2 fun5 insightful - 3 fun -  (2 children)

You cant make this up, Taika Waititi who was pushed as a great example of a black/pacific islander film maker for years revealed his actual name after he released and directed jo-jo rabbit.

His real name ? Taika Cohen

[–]AFutureConcern 4 insightful - 2 fun4 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 2 fun -  (0 children)

Every. Single. Time.

[–]bobbobbybob 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

i'm a cohen. lol

[–]Zednix 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Wow the UK is such a shit hole.

[–]sartorResartus 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The professional bodies of lawyers, police, the Secular Society and 2 of the major churches in Scotland have come out in opposition to this. SNP will still push it through because they are mental.

[–]The_Ded 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Are they burning the "offensive" books yet?

[–]jet199 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Scotland really needs to become independent so it can get on with doing all this woke nonsense without embarrassing the rest of us.

[–]iraelmossadreddit 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

someone call up mel gibson https://tenor.com/view/scotland-gif-5722286

[–]tootie 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

The idiots who hunger for government control always regret it eventually when they realize they're subject to their own rules unless they're one of the elites. How dumb would you have to be to think that a subjective emotion like hate could be codified anyway?