Posted 4/5/2024, 8:00:00 PM
Yousaf's Hate Speech Law Risks 'Witch Hunt' Like Reverend Hale's in The Crucible
- Humza Yousaf argued his new hate speech law is needed to protect Scotland from rising hatred
- Yousaf's zeal parallels Reverend Hale's pursuit of witches in The Crucible
- Hale was certain of a "misty plot" of Satan and the more he looked, the more witches he found
- Yousaf sees the 4,000+ hate crime reports filed since his law passed as confirming a "tsunami of hate"
- The text suggests Yousaf's law may create the problem it claims to fight, like Hale's witch hunts