[Jamie89]

Originally Posted by Pete.

Surely the whole point of debates is to listen to both sides of the argument, I get why people don't like Katie, but if that's the case don't turn up?

I think from their point of view it was more a show of protest, rather than them wanting to take part in a debate with her. Their way of sticking two fingers up her I suppose. And also to try and humiliate her. Personally I don't see the point though, it just gets her more attention. If they'd have done nothing we wouldn't be talking about her right now lol.

[MB.]

Originally Posted by Pete.

Surely the whole point of debates is to listen to both sides of the argument, I get why people don't like Katie, but if that's the case don't turn up?

It's a protest against her being booked for the event

[Pete.]

Originally Posted by MB.

It's a protest against her being booked for the event

So they protest against her by paying her?

[Jack_]

While Dezzy is of course right, the problem is that she isn't going to go away anytime soon, nor is she not going to continue to be paid to write columns and appear on downmarket television shows. It will continue for the foreseeable future regardless of however little attention people try to pay to her.

So as such, while ever she is still around spouting her bigoted bile, moves like this that are designed to humiliate her and every single person that for some reason follows her baseless, reactionary nonsense and show them up for the subhumans that they - are very much welcome.

Originally Posted by Pete.

Surely the whole point of debates is to listen to both sides of the argument, I get why people don't like Katie, but if that's the case don't turn up?

The point is she shouldn't have been booked in the first place, Katie Hopkins has no place in any kind of debate on anything. She isn't an academic, she isn't a social researcher, she isn't a politician, she's a human troll. She has no right to be in such an institution and the fact she was booked says more about the university than anything else to be quite honest.

[Jamie89]

Originally Posted by Jack_

While Dezzy is of course right, the problem is that she isn't going to go away anytime soon, nor is she not going to continue to be paid to write columns and appear on downmarket television shows. It will continue for the foreseeable future regardless of however little attention people try to pay to her.

So as such, while ever she is still around spouting her bigoted bile, moves like this that are designed to humiliate her and every single person that for some reason follows her baseless, reactionary nonsense and show them up for the subhumans that they - are very much welcome.



The point is she shouldn't have been booked in the first place, Katie Hopkins has no place in any kind of debate on anything. She isn't an academic, she isn't a social researcher, she isn't a politician, she's a human troll. She has no right to be in such an institution and the fact she was booked says more about the university than anything else to be quite honest.

But she only became famous in the first place because of people reacting to her, and when people hire her, that's all they want, a reaction, because like you say, she isn't an academic or expert etc in anything. She has nothing else to offer other than the potential to grab attention. The only way she'd go away is if people stopped reacting to her and stopped giving her attention imo

[Tom4784]

Originally Posted by Jack_

While Dezzy is of course right, the problem is that she isn't going to go away anytime soon, nor is she not going to continue to be paid to write columns and appear on downmarket television shows. It will continue for the foreseeable future regardless of however little attention people try to pay to her.

So as such, while ever she is still around spouting her bigoted bile, moves like this that are designed to humiliate her and every single person that for some reason follows her baseless, reactionary nonsense and show them up for the subhumans that they - are very much welcome.



The point is she shouldn't have been booked in the first place, Katie Hopkins has no place in any kind of debate on anything. She isn't an academic, she isn't a social researcher, she isn't a politician, she's a human troll. She has no right to be in such an institution and the fact she was booked says more about the university than anything else to be quite honest.

Stunts like this only help her, she isn't bothered by them so they're pointless.

It would have done her more damage if they just didn't go to the event.

[Vicky.]

Stupid, as if she will care, she has their $$$?

[DemolitionRed]

That voice of hers is so monotone. She's an emotionless bint.

[Crimson Dynamo]

Is that that University where I used to go the garden center nearbye, down Chiswick way?

or was it soft play and a butterfly place?

[Crimson Dynamo]

No that was Sion HOuse I am thinking of

[Dollface]

Did anyone else cringe when they all stood up?

[DemolitionRed]

Originally Posted by Dollface

Did anyone else cringe when they all stood up?

No, she's a social embarrassment who is motivated by her own self interest. Its not about the money, she's hungry for fame, regardless of how that fame comes about.

[kirklancaster]

Originally Posted by Dollface

Did anyone else cringe when they all stood up?

Dollface - please go back to the other more attractive type of Vamp avatar.

[MTVN]

Doesn't exactly look like a 'sell out', empty seats everywhere before anyone stood up

[Amy Jade]

There's like 20 people standing up and all they've achieved is giving her some press attention and her booking fee...if anything this is a win for Hopkins is it not?

[LemonJam]

as someone who went to this uni and knows a couple of folks in the video I can say this isn't solely a protest against Katie Hopkins, but also against the people who organised this event which is meant to celebrate Brunels 50th year. Considering that it's one of the most diverse universities in the UK and Katie's offensive comments involving race/disability she's really not somebody who represents the university very well.

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by LemonJam

as someone who went to this uni and knows a couple of folks in the video I can say this isn't solely a protest against Katie Hopkins, but also against the people who organised this event which is meant to celebrate Brunels 50th year. Considering that it's one of the most diverse universities in the UK and Katie's offensive comments involving race/disability she's really not somebody who represents the university very well.

That makes sense LJ. Shame on the University for booking such a revolting excuse for a human being

[joeysteele]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

That makes sense LJ. Shame on the University for booking such a revolting excuse for a human being

Well yes, there is the more appropriate question, I never can work out why this,(as you rightly describe the woman too), vile excuse for a human being gets any publicity at all, never mind people and places even booking her for anything.

[Kazanne]

Katies response
http://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/uknews...cid=FUJITSUDHP

[Kizzy]

Judging by the topic I would've walked out too

[Kizzy]

The inclusion of Hopkins on the west London university’s debate panel was met with widespread outcry from the student body. But the union did not want to undermine the principle of free speech by calling for her to be banned from the event. Instead, they came up with the ultimate show of peaceful disapproval: organised back-turning.

Union president Ali Milani explained in a blogpost: “It is important to note that the conversation at no point has been about banning Ms Hopkins from speaking on campus, or denying her right to speak. It is instead about saying it is distasteful and incongruous for our university, as part of a 50th celebration event, to provide a platform to someone who adds nothing to the intellectual or academic discourse; and an individual who publicly utters such overtly bigoted views.” Milani said “around 50%” of the audience were left in the auditorium after the walkout.'

http://www.theguardian.com/media/med...ideo?CMP=fb_gu

[Iceman]

What idiots. Nobody knew she was at this uni until they did the protest. Also what gob****es "we will stand and turn our backs but still take photos of her" absolutely pointless and just proves they only wanted a bit of attention themselves. Pathetic.

[empire]

left wing students, do not want to debate, on a balanced note, and they do not want to hear the harsh truth in what will hit them in the world, these students would refuse to listen to people who are on low wage, and how the open door policy has made it, less of a chance for their children to get jobs, these students would throw the people who need help in life, under a bus, because all they care about is taking center stage in the world, these students want britain to take millions of refugees, and tell the people that they must accept it, at the same time, many of them have said that the elderly should be forced from there homes, and placed into care places, what does not surprise me there is that many of them live in houses, that have up too 20 rooms, and if the government told them to house refugee families in every room in there parents house, and would they accept that, No, katie hopkins makes them students look like idiots, and she did not need to be vile or twist the truth, and alot of today's students use bullying and intimidation tactics, to stop you from telling your side of the story, these students want turkey to be part of the eu, when they are the main isis supporters, after the paris attacks, it shows that the left wing parties are an equal danger as much as isis, with its open door policy, and they want isis fighters to come back to euorpe,

[DemolitionRed]

Originally Posted by empire

left wing students, do not want to debate, on a balanced note, and they do not want to hear the harsh truth in what will hit them in the world, these students would refuse to listen to people who are on low wage, and how the open door policy has made it, less of a chance for their children to get jobs, these students would throw the people who need help in life, under a bus, because all they care about is taking center stage in the world, these students want britain to take millions of refugees, and tell the people that they must accept it, at the same time, many of them have said that the elderly should be forced from there homes, and placed into care places, what does not surprise me there is that many of them live in houses, that have up too 20 rooms, and if the government told them to house refugee families in every room in there parents house, and would they accept that, No, katie hopkins makes them students look like idiots, and she did not need to be vile or twist the truth, and alot of today's students use bullying and intimidation tactics, to stop you from telling your side of the story, these students want turkey to be part of the eu, when they are the main isis supporters, after the paris attacks, it shows that the left wing parties are an equal danger as much as isis, with its open door policy, and they want isis fighters to come back to euorpe,

And you know this because you went to university? or because you agree with everything Katie Hopkin says?

[Amy Jade]

The students look even more idiotic now, they do this to Katie Hopkins but stay and debate with a man who thinks rape is absolutely fine.

They're attention seekers just like KH.