| | They support the [[Homosexual Agenda]]. One of the party's policies is to allow 16 year-olds to legally change their gender after just 6 months of applying to the government.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/12/18/children-in-scotland-will-be-able-to-legally-change-their-gender-after-just-six-months/ 16 Year Olds in Scotland to be able to legally change their gender after 6 months</ref> However, it appears that the SNP's "tolerance" for homosexuals applies only to those who support the party, as evidenced by an SNP parliamentarian defending the labeling of lesbian Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson as a "dyke".<ref>https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1810391/snp-mp-defends-homophobic-abuse-of-ruth-davidson-after-scottish-tory-leader-called-dyke-at-independence-rally/</ref> | | They support the [[Homosexual Agenda]]. One of the party's policies is to allow 16 year-olds to legally change their gender after just 6 months of applying to the government.<ref>https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/12/18/children-in-scotland-will-be-able-to-legally-change-their-gender-after-just-six-months/ 16 Year Olds in Scotland to be able to legally change their gender after 6 months</ref> However, it appears that the SNP's "tolerance" for homosexuals applies only to those who support the party, as evidenced by an SNP parliamentarian defending the labeling of lesbian Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson as a "dyke".<ref>https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/1810391/snp-mp-defends-homophobic-abuse-of-ruth-davidson-after-scottish-tory-leader-called-dyke-at-independence-rally/</ref> |
| − | The "woke" SNP recently declared that in dealing with drug addiction and alcoholism, it wants the terms "addict", "alcoholic" and "junkie" replaced with politically correct terms such as "person with problematic substance use" and to treat drug abusers as if they have a "health problem" instead of as people immersed in self-destructive and, at times, criminal behavior with their addictions, even though illegal drug use and some cases of excessive drunkenness are officially criminal offences in Scotland.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2021/12/08/woke-scottish-govt-to-replace-word-addict-with-person-with-problematic-substance-use/ Woke Scottish Govt to Replace Word ‘Addict’ with ‘Person with Problematic Substance Use’] at Breitbart News Network</ref> | + | The SNP has a radical agenda against [[free speech]]. In 2021, the party introduced legislation that creates a new offence of "stiring up hatred", prosecuting anyone who "behaves in a manner that a reasonable person would consider to be threatening, abusive or insulting", even if the behaviour took place in the privacy of the home.<ref>[https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-snp-s-radical-assault-on-freedom-of-speech The SNP’s radical assault on freedom of speech]</ref> The "woke" SNP recently declared that in dealing with drug addiction and alcoholism, it wants the terms "addict", "alcoholic" and "junkie" replaced with politically correct terms such as "person with problematic substance use" and to treat drug abusers as if they have a "health problem" instead of as people immersed in self-destructive and, at times, criminal behavior with their addictions, even though illegal drug use and some cases of excessive drunkenness are officially criminal offences in Scotland.<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2021/12/08/woke-scottish-govt-to-replace-word-addict-with-person-with-problematic-substance-use/ Woke Scottish Govt to Replace Word ‘Addict’ with ‘Person with Problematic Substance Use’] at Breitbart News Network</ref> |