[Withano]

http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-en...-a7756776.html

The announcement comes shortly after Hopkins said that a "final solution" is needed following the Manchester terror attack. A controversial tweet even by her standards, it appeared to imply that, in her eyes, there ought to be a genocide of Muslims

[Niamh.]

Good. Horrible Cretin

[DemolitionRed]

Good... disgusting woman.

[UserSince2005]

awww shes nice really, we saw the real her in the cbb house. lovely women.

[arista]

she is Stupid

[Greg!]

Bye bitch!

[Alf]

Just start your own podcast Katie.

[smudgie]

Shame All who employ her don't do the same.
The woman is an idiotic moron.

[Ronald.]

Good to hear, horrible woman she is. R.

[Alf]

Speak your mind, lose your job. What a wonderful liberal society we live in.

[Shaun]

Incite genocide, lose your job. What a peculiar set of circumstances.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Alf

Speak your mind, lose your job. What a wonderful liberal society we live in.

She is free to speak her mind and her employers are free to decide that they don't want someone with her opinions representing them

[Lostie!]

*employs someone known for spouting hateful crap*
*sacks her for spouting hateful crap*

I mean, I'm glad she was sacked because she's an absolute turd of a human but surely they knew what they were getting when they gave her the job in the first place.

[Rob!]

Originally Posted by Alf

Speak your mind, lose your job. What a wonderful liberal society we live in.

Yes because implying that killing off an entire religion should have indicated her promotion

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

She is free to speak her mind and her employers are free to decide that they don't want someone with her opinions representing them

I'm not sure you'd say the same thing, if your husband was fired from his job, for his opinion in a tweet. You might do, but I don't reckon you would.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by Alf

I'm not sure you'd say the same thing if your husband was fired from his job for his opinion in a tweet. You might do, but I don't reckon you would.

My husband doesn't use Twitter so he's safe enough

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Rob!

Yes because implying that killing off an entire religion should have indicated her promotion

I don't agree with what she said, but I'll defend her right to say it.

I'd rather know what extreme people are saying.

[Shaun]

Originally Posted by Alf

I'm not sure you'd say the same thing, if your husband was fired from his job, for his opinion in a tweet. You might do, but I don't reckon you would.

Considering her entire job was publicly issuing her opinion I wouldn't say it's quite the irrelevant quibble you're making it out to be.

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Shaun

Considering her entire job was publicly issuing her opinion I wouldn't say it's quite the irrelevant quibble you're making it out to be.

You mean one rule for some, a different rule for others?

[Lostie!]

Originally Posted by Alf

I'm not sure you'd say the same thing, if your husband was fired from his job, for his opinion in a tweet. You might do, but I don't reckon you would.

I think she had the good sense to marry a man who isn't a massive dickhead with a habit of saying outrageously offensive things in the first place.

This whole "FREEDOM OF SPEECH!!!" defence that gets trotted out every time the bigots say something completely indefensible is beyond tired.

[King Gizzard]

What happened to free speech? You can't allude to genocide in public anymore?!

[Withano]

Originally Posted by Alf

I don't agree with what she said, but I'll defend her right to say it.

I'd rather know what extreme people are saying.

How can you possibly defend her right to incite the murder of millions lol. Something something freedom of speech probably?

[Shaun]

Originally Posted by Alf

You mean one rule for some, a different rule for others?

I mean "hired as a talk show host / columnist / whatever her title was" on a talk radio station and getting fired for inciting genocide =/ "hired as a fireman" and tweeting that too. Although of course instances of people being fired for their conduct on social media are common nowadays.

As anyone with sense would agree: freedom of speech is not the freedom from repercussions.

[thesheriff443]

Only idiots take idiots seriously.

[Withano]

Originally Posted by thesheriff443

Only idiots take idiots seriously.

Why wouldnt a smart person take an idiot seriously. They're an idiot? Idiots do and say lots of idiotical things and mean it. Thinking about it, the opposite of what you said is true.