This thought-provoking piece reflects on the controversial leadership of Humza Yousaf as the head of Scotland. It explores his political journey, the challenges he faces, and the broader implications of his leadership for Scottish society. The article provides a critical analysis of Yousaf's policies and their impact on Scotland's future, raising important questions about governance and representation.
https://wingsoverscotland.com/the-manipulation-of-perception/
This all arose because Elon Musk called Hamza Yuosuf a racist and a scumbag. Scumbag cannot be proven, but that he is a racist is true since his only objection to people in positions of power is that their skin is white - that is the conclusion of this article. Hamza Yusuf for his part claims that the Scottish system is institutionally racist, which is pretty ironic given that he is an Asian Muslim male and head of Scotland's Parliament with a long career in ministerial positions of power.
So then we get into the row over freedom of speech on Twitter. The old Twitter banned and cancelled people whose views the management disagreed with, and the new Twitter under Musk allows a more balanced freedom of expression.
The old Twitter was good for the SNP because it allowed the SNP to cancel people, but the new is not good because different opinions are encouraged.
Then we get into the freedom of speech article, which argues
- that hatred has always existed and is not a creation of social media. Suppressing opinions without addressing underlying issues is not a good idea because you drive people into the streets and eventually into Civil War. Yousuf Hamza could argue that non-whites' opinions are suppressed because they are under-represented in the Scottish Parliament, but this would be untrue because numerically there have been four Asian SMPs and that's about right for a population which is 96% white
- then the article suggests that individuals should take personal responsibility for managing content they find offensive. This includes using features like Mute and Block or reporting illegal content to the police, rather than expecting social media platforms like Twitter to do it for them.
- next, it is pointed out that criminal speech remains illegal, and defamation is still actionable, regardless of who owns Twitter. Opinions that one disagrees with are not a legal issue, they are a personal issue.
- the piece goes on to posit that the Left's criticism of Twitter under Musk is due to their loss of control over the platform, which they previously used to "cancel" people with whom they disagreed.
- new Twitter - X, if you prefer - is portrayed as a tool that makes it harder to lie to the public due to features like Community Notes, which allow quick corrections of misinformation, unlike traditional media.
- finally, this article suggests that politicians and media are trying to demonise and control Twitter because they fear the power it gives to ordinary people, rather than because they fear Elon Musk himself. Although the article doesn't say this, the authorities can see that major protest movements and the threat of civil war lie only a little further down the road and they need to control the people in order to assure the status quo.
It seems that this brown man got to be Scotland's First Minister for a number of reasons but one was not that he was elected by the people, he wasn't. Why is he Scotland's First Minister?
- First, his experience - Humza Yousaf is a member of the SNP and has built his career in the party over many years of holding various governmental positions
- He became First Minister of Scotland by being selected as a candidate by the SMPs or party members, not the general electorate - this is a widespread kind of "Electoral College" approach.
- So his base is the party's members, Scotland's elite, but in the country, his support must be very small indeed, especially after calling Scottish people and their system of governance racist, a fake news for which there is no evidence. Does anyone have any figures? I'd imagine he has no popular support - which begs the question what kind of democracy is this and why do the people of Scotland put up with this abusive person?
So I can understand why the SNP is popular: it is because of its focus on Independence. But I cannot see that its progressive, so-called progressive, policies have any support in the country and certainly useless Hamza must have 4% popular support maximum.
Where is the real "make Scotland great again" party? Where is the populist movement?
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