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To think this is (not) deserved

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brownlilly · 06/02/2020 20:25

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Katie Hopkins flown to Prague to win fake award - The London Economic

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dognamedspot · 06/02/2020 21:13

Yes, I'm very, very suspicious about the video as well. Do two wrongs make a right? A pair of rich boys pick on a rather unpleasant person and publicly humiliate them. Are they any better than she is or are they shitty little bullies?

SmallChickBilly · 06/02/2020 21:14

I do wonder if her bile is her meal ticket or if she truly believes what she spews.

Does it matter? I would argue that pretending to be racist for money is almost worse than actually holding those abhorrent views, so either way she comes out of it like scum.

lljkk · 06/02/2020 21:16

She's become a parody of herself.
I know it's vile what they did to her. Can't stand pranks at any time.
But then, she rose to the occasion, with such unique talent.
I can't quite find the ability to give a rats arse about it.

SonjaMorgan · 06/02/2020 21:18

@brownlilly have you listened to her acceptance speech? I felt a little bad for her until I listened and then changed my mind.

Winterwoollies · 06/02/2020 21:20

Please, please don’t defend the openly-racist and bigoted Katie Hopkins. Please.

Bezalelle · 06/02/2020 21:23

I watched her speech with my mouth literally hanging open. She is utterly vile.

C.U.N.T. is very apt.

Bluerussian · 06/02/2020 21:30

I don't like Katie Hopkins, abhor her views, but I think that was a calculated nasty thing to do.

brownlilly · 06/02/2020 21:31

@Winterwoolies, not defending her. She is horrid.
More a case of wondering if her public persona is really who she is.
If so, then the prank is well deserved. If not then, what a shame.

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MyFamilyAndOtherAnimals1 · 06/02/2020 21:31

@Shockers - I'd forgotten about that!

that's an interesting and possible theory...

Also weird that she can't respond to it on Twitter or anything.

GalaxyGirl24 · 06/02/2020 21:32

@brownlilly I did sort of feel bad for her initially, as it seemed excessive as we all know she is vile....however she then started her awful racist/islamophobic/ableist sppech and my sympathy kind of fell away.

Serin · 06/02/2020 21:32

She got a fraction of what she deserves.
No sympathy for her at all.

donquixotedelamancha · 06/02/2020 21:33

I do wonder if her bile is her meal ticket or if she truly believes what she spews.

She didn't know she was being filmed. She'd just been flown to Prague and received an award for uniting people (how she fell for that!). She was talking to a small group that (she thought) liked her and thought she is a good person.

She could have had no better motivation to be decent and generous in her acceptance speech. Instead she said monsterous things, worse than her usual public comments. I think even most overt racists would be uncomfortable listening to that speech.

I used to assume she was just attention seeking, but I think she believes every word.

GabsAlot · 06/02/2020 21:34

I noticed the editing looked very dodgy she has epilepsy so prob taking the piss out of herself

not that im sticking up for her in general

IronNeonClasp · 06/02/2020 21:35

She's a twat.

hennyspennys · 06/02/2020 21:38

She's a twat.

That's probably the nicest thing I've seen said about her anywhere Grin

7dayslater · 06/02/2020 21:47

She's vile. No sympathy from me.

PlanDeRaccordement · 06/02/2020 22:05

I hope she sues the con artist that conned her. Love her or hate her, she’s a victim of fraud. We should not be applauding this sort of thing happening to anyone regardless of their political views.

mummyway · 06/02/2020 22:15

Did you listen to her acceptance speech. Full of hate. So yes deserved the shame.

figandmaple16 · 06/02/2020 22:34

@brownlilly I agree with you. Although she is opinionated, and not that I agree with her at all. Are those who are laughing at her better than her for doing so? I think it sinks people down to her level to be honest. And I think that the whole notion of 'bullying' is lost when it comes to a pubic persona. Although bullies are bad, I wouldn't wish them to be bullied also.

Hadenoughofitall441 · 06/02/2020 22:36

Karma’s working its magic, she publicly humiliated soo many people it was bound to catch up with her. No sympathy whatsoever she is vile woman.

PhilSwagielka · 06/02/2020 22:42

She's a white supremacist scumbag. Don't ask me to feel any sympathy for her. She'd have happily been shoving Jews into ovens in Nazi Germany if she'd been alive 80 years ago.

Ponoka7 · 06/02/2020 23:04

I think she does believe what she says. I watched her on Big Brother and she said a few times that she was only picking on Alicia Douvall because she wasn't very intelligent. She said a few times that it was OK to persecute someone because they have a low intelligence score.

Having a daughter on the Spectrum doesn't give her the right to say what she does and use the term 'retard', as she does.

She defended what she said about migrants with a picture of the dead toddler washed up on the beach behind her.

That isn't play acting.

Raspberrytruffle · 06/02/2020 23:10

It makes a refreshing change for once shes not humiliating some poor soul. No I haven't got an ounce of empathy for the attention seeking whore

jelly79 · 06/02/2020 23:28

She deserved that. The acceptance speech was disgusting.

We need to cut her off from any media attention

RunForBurritos · 07/02/2020 08:32

" Are those laughing at her better than her?".
Sure. Laughing at a racist, hateful bully instantly makes us racist, hateful bullies.
Please. You might as well suggest that a prison sentence is as bad as the crime committed, cos you know, poor murderer in four walls for years against their will.
She didn't even get a taste of her own medicine, and she will find a way to use this as another attention-seeking, money-making stunt.
She makes a career of being awful, laughing at her is exactly what she deserves.

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