Scottish First Minister Humza Yousaf has declared that extreme new hate crime laws that have come into effect in the country are justified because of graffiti about him near his home.
The graffiti was reportedly sprayed on three walls in Dundee, and was quickly painted over by the local council.
Yousaf posted the following on X, stating that “we must, collectively, take a zero-tolerance approach to hatred.”
An SNP spokesman parroted Yousaf, noting “This graffiti was sickening and completely unacceptable, it is a reminder why we need to take a zero-tolerance approach to hatred.”
The Telegraph reports that “Although offences involving stirring up racial hatred have existed since 1986, he suggested the graffiti helped make the case for his new hate crime laws.”
The backlash online was immediate:
The Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021, which came into force yesterday, created a new crime of “stirring up hatred” relating to age, disability, religion, sexual orientation, transgender identity or being intersex.
Even speech deemed merely to be “insulting” towards such groups could be punished by up to seven years in prison.
During their training program on enforcing the new law, police officers were taught that even the content of plays and comedy gigs should be considered as potential hate crimes.
Many have asserted that merely retweeting a Ricky Gervais joke about transgender people could amount to a hate crime in Scotland.
As we earlier highlighted, an SNP minister has admitted that the likes of author JK Rowling could be prosecuted for “misgendering” transgender people under the law.
Innumerable people are fighting back against the law by reporting Yousaf himself to the police for his infamous anti-white rant.
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