[quote WalkingOnTheCracks]@nicegerbil
Yeah, I agree. If it’s fair to judge people on their public persona, she’s awful. But then you’re not really judging a real person.
Same goes for anyone who makes a living out of exaggerating and theatricalising ine aspect of their personality.
I mean, you may not like it, but what you’re not liking isn’t a person - it’s a lucrative and useful caricature.[/quote]
Katie Hopkins is being deported from Australia due to her social media comments.
The idea that people especially in the public eye can say anything is of course up to them...
But then there may well and sometimes should be consequences.
This bloke-
I enjoyed the progs with Sue Perkins.
I remember something a few years ago he said something on SM (sexist?) and maybe I read on here. She replied saying she was unimpressed. I mean it was probably minor. So yes he does enjoy a bit of controversy (in that case I imagine it was at women's expense).
Anyway I read the thing about the holiday as it was linked on here and seriously it was creepy as all fuck.
I didn't know about the fake account antisemitism stuff.
Laughing at the death of a young woman for me goes beyond being 'contraversial'. That's just appalling.
I said earlier that I mean SM ok. Newspaper columns if they want to hire him ok.
I personally would be very dismayed to see him presenting a BBC (or any TV) prog aimed at a family audience.
That's not 'canceling'.
It's the point that laughing at the death of a young woman is totally fucking appalling behaviour from anyone. And I don't think someone capable of that is a good choice for being a personality etc for family programming. Especially the BBc as we pay for it.