Katie Hopkins offensive tweets
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What's "real scots" please?Grumfutock said:
I see the petition has now been signed by 26,389. I wonder how many are Nats!
Frankly I wonder how they found 26k people smart enough to fill out their own name who would fill it in.Not just this, but I'm really fed up with this "I'm offended" nonsense and the determination to dictate by threat and force what can be said, as though it means something that someone was offended. Those determined to take offence (or to assume it on behalf of others) will find it meaning and cause in absolutely anything.
It's all ok to excuse it because it's 'just a daft woman', but that only works until it's something which is important that should be said and you belong in the minority, or even it's a minority which restricts what you can say.
Always reminds me fantastic speech Christopher Hitchens made in Canada about this in a debate. The first 12 minutes is well worth a watch (rest is specifically about the idea of legislating against anything critical said of religion) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyoOfRog1EM
KareemK said:
I'm half Scottish on my Fathers side but have no idea what you mean. Please explain.
Many of us won't forget in a hurry who told us we are all traitors, or 'not real Scots' for not voting yes for independence based on little to no actual evidence and a whole heap of wishful thinking.S13_Alan said:
Frankly I wonder how they found 26k people smart enough to fill out their own name who would fill it in.
Not just this, but I'm really fed up with this "I'm offended" nonsense and the determination to dictate by threat and force what can be said, as though it means something that someone was offended. Those determined to take offence (or to assume it on behalf of others) will find it meaning and cause in absolutely anything.
It's all ok to excuse it because it's 'just a daft woman', but that only works until it's something which is important that should be said and you belong in the minority, or even it's a minority which restricts what you can say.
Always reminds me fantastic speech Christopher Hitchens made in Canada about this in a debate. The first 12 minutes is well worth a watch (rest is specifically about the idea of legislating against anything critical said of religion) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyoOfRog1EM
Couldn't agree more chap. I blame the nanny state and the gawd awful litigation culture. Combined they have breed a nation of nabby pabby, soft skinned idiots.Not just this, but I'm really fed up with this "I'm offended" nonsense and the determination to dictate by threat and force what can be said, as though it means something that someone was offended. Those determined to take offence (or to assume it on behalf of others) will find it meaning and cause in absolutely anything.
It's all ok to excuse it because it's 'just a daft woman', but that only works until it's something which is important that should be said and you belong in the minority, or even it's a minority which restricts what you can say.
Always reminds me fantastic speech Christopher Hitchens made in Canada about this in a debate. The first 12 minutes is well worth a watch (rest is specifically about the idea of legislating against anything critical said of religion) - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyoOfRog1EM
Sacked by LBC after her 'final solution' tweet.
http://www.itv.com/news/2017-05-26/katie-hopkins-t...
http://www.itv.com/news/2017-05-26/katie-hopkins-t...
Mr. White said:
For all that she's an idiot, police investigations for stupid remarks on twitter is about five steps too far. It seems the de facto "right not to be offended" trumps freedom of speech. We're on a very slippery slope.
Where Hopkins is concerned I'd happily rescind 'right to breathe'.desolate said:
Jockman said:
This is a worrying development.
why?I would put a handsome sum of money on the use of 'final solution' being wholly deliberate (I am assuming everyone knows it was the Nazi Party official euphemism for the holocaust).
LBC don't want their brand, broadcasting equipment and bandwidth being dragged through the mud.
I thought PH was all in favour of private enterprise doing what it liked.
It's only worrying if its government censorship.
Mr. White said:
For all that she's an idiot, police investigations for stupid remarks on twitter is about five steps too far. It seems the de facto "right not to be offended" trumps freedom of speech. We're on a very slippery slope.
There is freedom of speech, and then there is what almost amounts to hate speech.The mention of "final solution" really was absurd, surely she knew where it would lead to - and editing it to try and hide the fact was hilariously inept.
clonmult said:
Mr. White said:
For all that she's an idiot, police investigations for stupid remarks on twitter is about five steps too far. It seems the de facto "right not to be offended" trumps freedom of speech. We're on a very slippery slope.
There is freedom of speech, and then there is what almost amounts to hate speech.The mention of "final solution" really was absurd, surely she knew where it would lead to - and editing it to try and hide the fact was hilariously inept.
Hopkins is 'famous' only because she was a failed contestant on a reality TV show and played on the 'shock' factor of whatever crud was churning through her brain that minute. She's not a famous journalist/broadcaster because she has something of merit or informed value to say. There are threads on here going back years about how she's only ever been hired to generate click traffic for ad revenue based on controversy.
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