“And how can that be? Because Scotland represents Braveheart, one of the greatest movies of all time. How sad it is, William, that no one will come and take your freedom, your country will forfeit it itself and implode on it itself by restricting free speech.

“If Scotland wants to ignore freedom of speech, if Scotland wants to ban or lock-up those who disagree with them or forbid them from taking part in public discourse they can do so, but they are North Korea and they are China if they do that.”

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  1. By Ross Hunter

    AN American anti-abortion campaigner has compared Scotland to North Korea and claimed that Nicola Sturgeon is a “bully” and a “bigot”.
    Shawn Carney, the CEO of the 40 Days for Life campaign – which coordinates 40-day, non-stop prayer vigils outside abortion facilities across the globe – took issue with the First Minister’s intention to introduce protest buffer zones around abortion clinics in Scotland.

    In a YouTube video Carney said: “It is easier to do a 40 Days for Life in China and work with the Chinese government than it is the Government of Scotland.
    “And how can that be? Because Scotland represents Braveheart, one of the greatest movies of all time. How sad it is, William, that no one will come and take your freedom, your country will forfeit it itself and implode on it itself by restricting free speech.
    “If Scotland wants to ignore freedom of speech, if Scotland wants to ban or lock-up those who disagree with them or forbid them from taking part in public discourse they can do so, but they are North Korea and they are China if they do that.”

    The 40-year-old father of eight, who has previously said that “Scotland should be very proud” of Donald Trump for electing the Supreme Court justices that overturned the constitutional right to abortion in America, continued by lambasting the reasons behind Nicola Sturgeon’s stance.
    READ MORE: Anti-abortion campaigners target Scottish clinics with six weeks of ‘vigils’
    He said: “She is the First Minister for Scotland, she does not like 40 Days for Life, she is trying to ban 40 Days for Life. And why? What has happened?
    “I’m sure that everybody wants loads of evidence of what could have occurred. Somebody must have shot an abortion doctor, an abortion facility must have been bombed, surely there was assault and battery on the street. No, it’s none of those things. She does not think it’s moral.”
    The Texas-based anti-abortion organisation recently launched a 40-day prayer vigil targeting healthcare facilities in Glasgow, Edinburgh, Dundee, Aberdeen, and Falkirk.

    It comes as Green MSP Gillian Mackay prepares to introduce legislation to the Scottish Parliament that would impose 150-metre safe access zones around health facilities that provide abortion or give other sexual health and care advice.
    These zones would put an end to the protests that regularly occur directly outside of healthcare facilities in Scotland, which campaigners say cause intimidation and distress to those receiving care.
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    Carney went on to state that Nicola Sturgeon was a “bigot”. He added that anti-abortion activists “don’t need a bureaucrat, government official, whose supposed to be improving the economy, I guess there’s no inflation in Scotland right now”.
    He went on: “They’re supposed to be doing their job and instead they’re so blinded by their bigotry they’re targeting those they don’t agree with.”
    Carney said that his organisation intends to fight the buffer zone legislation legally “because we’re defending freedom of speech in the West.”

  3. Bold of him to call her a bully when he is asking people to stand outside abortion clinics and bully, harass and guilt people.

    Idiots make great projectors.

  4. Trust an American to immediately think of the Hollywood film starring Mel Gibson, instead of the actual real human being William Wallace 😂

  5. What a hypocritical piece of shit.

    He’s demanding the right to harass and intimidate vulnerable women who need a medical procedure. And he has the gall to call *someone else* a bully?

    If this guy’s God exists and thinks that that he’s doing the right thing, that’s a God who isn’t worthy of being worshiped.

  6. Pro choice all the way here but he’s absolutely correct. I feel very sorry for the people of Scotland that they have to live under such repressive conditions.

    Edit: Sadly, blocking stalkers only goes so far. They find a way.

  7. “We want freedom from persecution… and to be free to persecute others”

    – This prat and the many others like him

  8. >Because Scotland represents Braveheart

    Oh dear, who is going to tell him Braveheart is a work of fiction, but bearing in mind he gets his sense of moral superiority from the bible, would he care?

  9. >If Scotland wants to ignore freedom of speech, if Scotland wants to ban or lock-up those who disagree with them or forbid them from taking part in public discourse they can do so, but they are North Korea and they are China if they do that.”

    North Britain is best Britain

  10. > Somebody must have shot an abortion doctor, an abortion facility must have been bombed

    Obviously that’s how he would prefer it.

  11. Was really weird watching that. Ni cola fuck sake man can’t even speak English properly. Man chats utter shit goes on a tangent about braveheart that famously accurate depiction of the war of independence.
    Then chats more shit. Away and boil yer heed.

  12. > Because Scotland represents Braveheart, one of the greatest movies of all time.

    Was it though?

    >How sad it is, William, that no one will come and take your freedom,

    I mean…it was never about freedom in reality. It was about one lot of feudal lords and another lot of feudal lords having rights to land and taxation etc and it made fuck all difference to the average bloke at the bottom

  14. You know if he’s so concerned about children and feels that prayer helps. Maybe he should be praying outside those schools in his home state?

  17. I’m definitely no fan or Ms Sturgeon, but if she’s standing up against these absolute fucking loons seeking to restrict freedom of choice, good for the wee angry pixie.

  18. Big deal he’s probably being paid to cause a drama. He starts this religious pish on the streets of Scotland he’ll soon regret coming over.

  20. They want to ban people harassing others outside abortion clinics, not ban anyone speaking against abortion. There is a not so subtle difference there.

  24. >Shawn Carney, the CEO of the 40 Days for Life campaign – which coordinates 40-day, non-stop prayer vigils outside abortion facilities across the globe

    Maybe it’s me, but 40 days (obvious reference to that jewish man they claim to love) is a jolly long time to pray. Even king of the jews mandem himself didn’t do that. And he didn’t need to eat

    Obvious bullshit is obvious

  25. If he did some research he’d see that the UK does not have free speech protections like the US. The government can lock you up for publicly saying pretty much anything they deem offensive.

  27. These people are here, in the UK, now. His poor knowledge about Scotland aside 40 days for life are here and active in the UK and have many supporters here.

    My local area just got a buffer zone and they just moved to the boundary of it and continued their “work”. The whole UK should be following Scotland’s lead here.

  28. You know you’re a proper tosser when you’ve got me taking the side of Nicola Sturgeon. On this issue she is 100% spot on and I hope she stands her ground.

  30. The number of shits Sturgeon gives? Zero. Put them in an interview together and she’d wipe the floor with him. Not even Scottish, but just know any Scottish people here that over the border we are jealous of your scenery your competent, not embarrassing First Minister. Please don’t leave us 🥺

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