What is ‘reasonable’ in a society losing its head?

Be reasonable! That’s a cry I’ve not heard for some time. Maybe ‘reason’ is out of style in our modern ‘what you feel is what you are society’.

But one aspect of the controversial Scottish Government Hate Crime Act is that it is predicated on what a ‘reasonable person’ would think what has been reported is hateful, likely to stir up hatred and cause ‘fear and alarm’. But there is the rub – what is a ‘reasonable person’?

A major worry about the Hate Crime Act is that it will be used as a political measure to punish those who do not follow the values of the current governing elites. That is why feminists, such as the brave and heroic J.K. Rowling, have stood up against the Bill. The trans activists would declare that it is ‘unreasonable’ and hateful to misgender someone. Others of us think that biology is a pretty reasonable basis for determining sex and gender! The trans ideology is promoted through the education system, corporate boards, and political parties. They all assume that their position is so reasonable that anyone who disagrees with them must be unreasonable… and therefore guilty.