Ireland's lower parliament passes controversial hate speech law: Those caught "misgendering" someone will face five years in prison


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May 16, 2023

By Ethan Huff //

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A new hate speech bill is being pushed through the Irish parliament despite an initial public consultation revealing an overwhelming number of Irish citizens oppose the controversial reforms to free speech.

Passed through the Dáil, the country's lower parliamentary chamber last month, the Criminal Justice (Incitement to Violence or Hatred and Hate Offences) Bill 2022 was roundly endorsed across the political spectrum. Parties including Sinn Fein, Labour, the Green Party, Fianna Fáil, and Irish leader Leo Varadkar's Fine Gael all backed the bill, as it received 110 votes in favor to just 14 against.

However, as is often the case, the popular legislation among politicians is less admired by the electorate and has been widely criticized by huge swathes of the Irish public and free speech advocates.

The bill has also received international condemnation with high-profile opponents including Elon Musk; Donald Trump Jr.; and Canadian scholar Jordan Peterson, a former Harvard University professor.

The legislation aims to "amend the law relating to the prohibition of incitement to violence or hatred against a person, or a group of persons, on account of certain characteristics of the person, or the group." These characteristics include race, color, nationality, religion, national or ethnic origin, descent, gender, sex characteristics, sexual orientation, and disability.

There are several key portions of the bill where definitions and clauses suggest that merely "misgendering" someone is a punishable offense. Gender, for instance, is defined as such:

"The gender which a person expresses as the person's preferred gender, or with which the person identifies, and includes transgender, and a gender other than those of male and female."

Section 7 of the bill specifically makes it a criminal offense for someone to communicate anything in a public place that could be construed as "inciting violence or hatred" against someone with gender dysphoria.

"One need not intend to incite violence or hatred, but must simply have been 'reckless as to whether such violence of hatred is incited,'" /REMIX/ clarifies about how Bill 2022 was specifically designed to squelch free speech that triggers mentally deranged transgenders and other LGBTs.

Piecing the various sections of Bill 2022 together reveals a sinister plot aimed at stopping people from speaking out against child grooming, the transgender mutilation of children, the destruction of women's sports, and other forms of sexual violence and assault by LGBTs against normal society.

Section 10 of the bill further makes it illegal to "possess material that is likely to incite violence or hatred against a person or a group of persons." So even just having literature, articles, or podcasts in one's possession that in any way question the LGBT assault on humanity will be prohibited.