Under Scotland's Hate Crime and Public Order Act, citizens may be prosecuted for speech in the privacy of their own home

Scotland's Hate Crime and Public Order Act 2021 came into effect on April 1^st 2024. Given how egregiously it violates the principles of free expression and limited government, it seems especially apt that it came into effect on April Fool's Day, like a cruel joke. While the 2021 Act keeps in place significant aspects of Scotland's hate crime laws, such …