| Daily Mail, February February 9, 2019: A mother was arrested in front of her children and locked up for seven hours after referring to a transgender woman as a man online. Three officers detained Kate Scottow at her home before quizzing her at a police station about an argument with an activist on Twitter ... The 38-year-old, from Hitchin, Hertfordshire, had her photograph, DNA and fingerprints taken and remains under investigation. More than two months after her arrest on December 1, she has had neither her mobile phone [n]or laptop returned, which she says is hampering her studies for a Masters in forensic psychology. Three officers detained Kate Scottow, 38, of Hitchin, Hertfordshire, at her home before questioning her at a police station on Dec. 1 over a Twitter exchange with transgender activist Stephanie Hayden ... Writing on online forum Mumsnet, Mrs Scottow – who has also been served with a court order that bans her from referring to her accuser as a man – claimed: 'I was arrested in my home by three officers, with my autistic ten-year-old daughter and breastfed 20-month-old son present. 'I was then detained for seven hours in a cell with no sanitary products (which I said I needed) before being interviewed then later released under investigation ... I was arrested for harassment and malicious communications because I called someone out and misgendered them on Twitter.' Read more |
What if her accuser had a Y chromosome and a penis? Would it still be a criminal offense to call him (her? it?) a man?
The Brits used to say:
Sticks and stones can break my bones, but words can never hurt me.Now, apparently, free speech is not a virtue and your friendly local PC sees it as a prime function to oppress users of un-PC speech. [Does anyone still deny that Political Correctness is the new religion of the West?]
I suppose that makes sense in a practical way. Unlike dealing with knife criminals or acid throwers, you're unlikely to lose blood or eyesight arresting a word criminal.
