Her tweets in this vein always come off as venomous. If someone wrote that about a friend, I would be mortified. So because it's a total stranger, why is it then OK? That said, I think she preferred it to be Katie Hopkins Visibility Day, so here I agree with Smithy. I don't think it should be put in a public forum or retweeted. But while on this topic, I did find some interesting things that might hint to her "motives" behind her tweet(s)...
I pulled the image up in TinEye before her tweets were deleted (I'm always curious how these things make their waves)...
it's from a 3 year old story of a woman who was fired from a nursing home for being trans.
It's re-featured in the SPLC (far left organization) article in their blog celebrating TransVisibilityDay, so that's possibly how it mades it way around social media... but still, for someone who lost a libel lawsuit, it's interesting she'd abuse the image for the sake of furthering her brand. I'd argue for financial gain... but I guess because SPLC is a US organization, it's less of a libel risk perhaps? Personally, I've stopped treating celeb accounts as personal soap boxes. They're all brands in my eyes fighting for eyeballs, but in some case, actual lobbyists...I mean it's like going after conservatives for saying conservative-like things... it's what they're paid to do, so retaliating only gives them more room for relevancy.
Anyway she is a writer.. so she should be writing (not tweeting, buh). Most people seem to know her from her social media quarrels, so that's saying too much right there... I've read her articles, so it's not like she's a crap writer, but I've noticed in industries that are niche and are heavily competitive (acting, writing, journalism, TV, media, etc)... this is where a vast majority of those "professional" tweeters are writing things on social media to grab attention, because there is always a danger of being taken out by competition and becoming irrelevant. So job security is volatile... and social media is a must apparently to compete in those spaces. But that also should tell us the shallow conditions of working these industries, how quality is more than likely rated... and what their personal aspirations are actually are, and it's not changing the world.
That said, Katie Hopkins might have some personal beef with the SPLC. Especially if she is trying to make a base for herself on Youtube... they're supposedly heavily involved with the demonetizing & cleaning up of videos there and they have her pegged as "far right".
(HateWatch) The following is a list of activities and events of anti-Muslim organizations. Organizations listed as anti-Muslim hate groups are designated with an asterisk (*).
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/...im-round-32618
posted March 26
Quote:
On March 27, U.K.-based far-right anti-Muslim provocateur and former Daily Mail newspaper columnist Katie Hopkins will be giving a talk at the David Horowitz Freedom Center (DHFC). Hopkins had left the Daily Mail “by mutual consent” after giving an inflammatory and anti-Muslim speech a few months earlier at the DHFC, calling London Mayor Sadiq Khan the “Muslim mayor of Londonistan,” said U.K. political institutions were controlled by a “Muslim mafia,” and called for people to “commit to arm ourselves, not just with the help of the NRA.”
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As to other reasons she may be taking a shot at the SPLC... they're fairly pro-Muslim on many issues, so she may have had other run-ins, especially since they are a lobbying group and are prone to their own smear tactics as well.
Stop treating the Southern Poverty Law Center like it's a respectable and responsible organization
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/s...rticle/2650327
Anyway, interesting stuff if you're ever curious where things originated from... Tineye or Google Image Search the images and sort by date. The lady in that picture likely didn't involve herself and is probably from this SPLC tweet (
probably)...