On April 1st, appropriately enough, new hate crime laws came into force in Scotland, despite significant oppositon from free speech activists and politicians who warned it would be used to silence legitimate comment and serve as a chilling effect on free speech.
Much as has happened in this country, those concerns were dismissed as being exaggerated and alarmist, with the SNP insisting that the law was required to provide protection from hate and prejudice.
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