Depends which way you view it

Correct, so there's no problem with people stating a negative opinion on Katie Hopkins, is there?

I wasn't aware of these comments. I find her even more repulsive than I did before now. "Time to restart the bombing campaign", really? Sorry, but "free speech" is no defense of saying things as offensive as this as far as I'm concerned. She truly is a revolting individual.

So you are totally ignorant in Law. Hate speech is a crime punishable in Law.

I'm not sure how many ways the phrase 'time to re-start the bombing campaign' can be viewed...

This is not from the house or is current news about her in BB?

As an housemate Katie is there to be judged

I hate to say it but since she hasn't said it or anything greatly offensive so far while in the house this cannot be held against her as a housemate.

She would never have been invited to be a housemate by me however because this is the problem with her, she just cannot keep a hold of her own vile tongue.

No she's not been 1 iota offensive in the house

Are you kidding - if we didn't tolerate hate speech the likes of certain Muslim clerics and other extremists would have had their arses kicked out of Britain years ago.

Yes, I agree, but with the celeb version its really difficult to throw out what we know about them, as that is part of the reason they are in there!

I'm not a Katie fan, but I cannot stand a 101 hate threads appearing, she hasn't broken any laws, lets see what she does in the house!

It's clear how you view it. Hate speech is totally acceptable for you.
How often must I remind yo? This woman said the Israelis should kill these "rodents". Need I remind you the Israelis are occupying Palestine land. They are controlling everything which enters and leaves Gaza. They are starving the Gazans bit by bit by ensuring there isn't enough food to live on. They are denying all sorts of essentials necessary to survive, medicine, building materials, and food.

Katie Hopkins thinks that does not go far enough. She wants to bomb them off the face of the earth because she is the worst kind of Zionist, a genocidist, no different than Hitler.

There are times when I would give a housemate the benefit of the doubt and judge them purely on the show, but her comments here are far too extreme and hateful to simply discard for me. I'm honestly horrified that some people are defending even this.

Besides, I think it's entirely fair to judge Katie in the house on both what she does on the show and what she's said beforehand. I mean, the entire reason she's in there is her controversial comments, so why is it that we should suddenly forget them when it's convenient for her fans?

No, but the law applies to all, not just those whose views you don't like. Hate speech comes from both sides - to single out Ms Hopkins is futile.

I repeat if she had broken any laws she would have been dealt with. Maybe you don't know as much about the law as you think.

no it is not

you are wrong

There are two sides to this story as we all know. Your emotional views on the subject are your views, not necessarily fact!

Nah of course not, old news dug up as usual

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I don't care about her snobbery or kitchen stove philosophy, but it's insulting and trivialising to measure those opinions with Palestine where people are being murdered by the 3rd biggest army in the world, "fighting", a bunch of youths with stones.

Point out where I'm wrong.

You're wrong ,hate speech is not acceptable to me, but FREE SPEECH and peoples opinions are, you have a picture of Bradley Manning on your photo and don't defend freedom of speech ?

No I'm not. Semites are the indigenous people of Palestine and its environs. Religion has nothing to do with it.

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When she said it is an utter irrelevence. The OP never suggested she said it in the house (actually, it was quite clear that they were referring to comments made before), and their point was reasonable.

If this was a thread dedicated to discussing things she's said in the house, then sure, people would have a point in bringing up how she said it beforehand. As it stands, though, that's not the case. It's quite telling, however, that the best defenses people can muster are "Well, she said it before" and "free speech".

Bradley Chelsea Manning is a champion of free speech, that's why he was sent to jail, for blowing the gaff on the "colateral murder" video. By leaking it he went to jail and risked the death penalty.

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But it is true though, Katie is at worse a bit annoying, and to be quite frank, creating loads of hate threads on her will increase her popularity and increase her chances of winning.

My take is this, if she is a boring housemate, i don't want her to win BB, that judgement will be made by her behaviour in the house. Simple.