Scotland's Free Speech Monsters
The Hate Crime Act is the latest attempt by our second rate political class to do what Scotland's bullying elites have so often done in the past: tell ordinary people what they can and can't say.
“We look to Scotland for all our ideas of civilisation.”- Voltaire
‘I believe this is the historical age and this the historical nation.’- David Hume
There was a time when young working class men were held up as heroes by the Scottish Establishment. When they were needed as cannon fodder. Or to save the bacon of idiot politicians who had appeased the Nazis and suddenly realised that was a mistake; as in this recruitment ad from 1938.
Roughtie toughtie young men have been an icon of Scotland since time immemorial. Now they are a problem. Or they are for the SNP who in the briefing for their new Hate Crime Act which becomes law on April Fool’s Day (for obvious reasons) tell us:
“We know that young men aged 18-30 are most likely to commit hate crime, particularly those from socially excluded communities who are heavily influenced by their peers.
“They may have deep-rooted feelings of being socially and economically disadvantaged, combined with ideas about white-male entitlement.”
Quite how young white men adopted “white male entitlement” in a country that’s 95.4% white and has a Muslim First Minister as well as a Hindu Prime Minister is unclear.
This tendentious information was provided as part of Police Scotland’s government approved launch of a campaign featuring the much-ridiculed Hate Monster who apparently stalks Scotland. According to the marketing the hate monster hides inside ordinary Scots, ready at any moment to take them over.
Watch this tax-payer funded ad and see if a hate monster doesn’t take you over too.
The Hate Monster was lampooned so cruelly it probably had to report a hate crime. It even disappeared briefly from Police Scotland’s website. Perhaps for counselling. But he’s now back. Maybe he had an outburst and had to be sedated. Or talked down from his white male entitlement.
Talking of white males, in less than a week’s time this old white bloke might be arrested. On April Fool’s Day (did I mention that) the Hate Crime Act becomes law and in anxious phone calls with friends I’ve been comparing what strategies to adopt. Have I got a lawyer on call, one asks. Should I film my arrest?
Colleagues tell tales of having seen leaked messages from trans activists with lists of people, me included, whom they intend to mass report. It’s tempting to scoff but the uncertainty has eaten away at even the bravest gender critical person. Some have kids and careers they have to protect. The problem is that even if they turn over a new leaf and refrain from the sort of overt criticism of trans extremists like India Willoughby which any sane person enjoys and makes life worth living….there is no guarantee they will be left in peace.