To ask what exactly Clarkson

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Feels Meghan has done to him to justify the vitriol and misogyny of that article he wrote where he’d like to see her naked and assaulted?

I mean WTF? How in earth did a major publication think that it was fine to publish his little sexual fantasy about hurting a woman like that?

I’m no fan of the Royals in any form, and could care less about their infighting, but why are we surprised that there is so much violence against women and girls when this kind of article by an influential man is seen as okay to write?
Where’s his description of a naked, vulnerable Harry being assaulted??

Sturgeon is trying to push through legislation that will leave women and girls very vulnerable, though, and take away a lot of the freedom of Orthodox Jewish,Muslim, Rastafarian women who are forbidden to share many spaces with men.
Bit of an oxymoron that really...
can't stand Meghan, think she is a self indulgent, narcissitic trouble maker fuelled by jealousy of William & Kate, who did everything to get back in control.
you know her then ? I really don't get the over investment like it's love island.

I’m pretty sure anything Clarkson says or writes is intended solely to create offence/controversy and thus keep him in the public eye. To be fair it’s worked out really well for him so far. One might think he’s gone “too far” this time but I’m sure he’ll be able to parlay this into a nice TV gig or book deal. The irony of the outrage/backlash is that it gives him the oxygen of publicity that he craves.

I'm sorry why does it bother you ? There should be more threads about this

Why are people saying this was an opinion. It was an articulation of a vengeful, sick misogynistic fantasy. An absolute eg of incel speech. It comes from a sick mind. The tabloids have set a woman up for this type of misogyny and racism which attracted real threats of violence against her. Why are so many women jumping on this bandwagon.

It’s not good enough to say ignore it, him and the publication.

For goodness sake they haven't commented on a 6hr Netflix show they're hardly likely to comment on something Clarkson said in the Sun

It would be their chance to refute the Netflix claims and demonstrate they will stand up for these family members in the face of disgusting press attention. It would be great PR for the palace.

But they can't do that. The fear of press retaliation is too great.

Perfect summary.

Clarkson is doing what he is being paid to do.

Being a controversial loud mouth oaf that gets himself publicity
I am surprised that anyone takes him seriously not that that ever justifies what he has said.

On the Camilla posts, she didn't host the party, and it was a few days before this all kicked off.

JC often writes articles that are over the top ie NHS workers should be shot, comments about Gordon Brown. Those comments are not intended to be taken literally.

That said I do think they are in poor taste and he should not use such "shock jock" language.

He's a disgusting pig. Where was his rage at Andrew?

Clarkson is doing what he is being paid to do. Being a controversial loud mouth oaf that gets himself publicity. I am surprised that anyone takes him seriously not that that ever justifies what he has said.

I expect people said that about the Flack press coverage also.

On the Camilla posts, she didn't host the party, and it was a few days before this all kicked off

The point being more about Clarkson clearly thinking this piece wouldn't be problematic for her and the deafening silence from the palace backing that up

It’s not fictional though, is it? Women were actually treated like this throughout history.

One of Game of Thrones USPs is the hideous fates dished out to the villains. If I were asked what I would like to see happen to Vladimir Putin/Donald Trump/Boris Johnson then the fates of Ramsay Bolton/the Freys/Cersei Lannister might leap to mind because they're the ultimate examples of evil people getting their comeuppance. But if I described them in detail to you and you didn't know the background I'd come across as a weird obsessive sadist.

Which is precisely why I would never do that, and an editor shouldn't print it if I submitted it. And certainly certainly not when applied to a woman whose worst crime is, what? Maybe bending the truth sometimes? Being American?

Why on earth has his opinion even been printed? It's vile and she doesn't deserve to be vilified in this way. I think that while I have sympathy for some of her issues with the RF I think that it could have been handled differently. To me she had the potential to have a role to protect and promote women's rights and I'm sad for her and Harry that their dcs aren't growing up knowing both their families.

I'm so disgusted about Clarkson

Yes his USP is being an offensive prat, he should be on the scrap heap not given a column in a paper.

It's a shame really, if he was intelligent he could have used his platform to critique the Netflix series a bit more subtly and sarcastically. This overt rubbish just fuels the whole 'they were bullied out of the UK' narrative.

He is a deranged dick, thinks he is cool, old fool.

Meghan and harry wanted to get people talking about them and make money. . Hence Netflix and so on. Clarkson wanted the same. Job done.

Explain it to me - how? I honestly don't get it.
What he is describing is medieval (and not so medieval) punishment for women, not black ones.
If he had talked about whipping or something similar which was more metted out to black women, then I would have seen the racism, but not in this?
Not defending him in the slightest, as I said, I think his comments are totally unacceptable, but whilst I see deep misogyny, I genuinely don't see racism - so please explain it to me.

I imagine he would like similar ‘opportunities’ and has anything but rage about Andrew and his ilk.

Don’t think for one minute that Clarkson will be punished for this. He has form, and gets away with it. For those too young to remember, these are his comments after the conviction of Steve Wright for murdering six prostitutes in 2006, and his subsequent sentencing in 2008. The apologists will say he is making fun of lorry drivers, not the women….

From 2008:
Ofcom has cleared BBC2's motoring programme Top Gear despite receiving 339 complaints about its presenter Jeremy Clarkson's joke about lorry drivers murdering prostitutes.

During a sequence in which he was driving a lorry in a November 2 edition of the show, Clarkson said to the other presenters: "What matters to lorry drivers? Murdering prostitutes? Fuel economy?"

A few minutes later Clarkson added: "This is a hard job [driving a lorry] and I'm not just saying this to win favour with lorry drivers: change gear; change gear; change gear; check your mirrors; murder a prostitute … "

The regulator said that the comments were justified by the context in which they were made and did not breach its programming code.

The palace also issued a statement to refute the idea that Kate had "baby botox" (which she absolutely has btw). So they will react when it matters to THEM. Hideous people.

It’s vile but honestly the best thing that could have happen for Megan and Harry.

Many people disliked Megan and thought she was over reacting or fabricating her experiences but this just proves that she was telling the truth.

If you don’t like someone it’s fair enough to say I don’t like this person because of X, Y, Z.

But to hate someone so much (and for no personal reasons) that you want her subjected to humiliation and violence and say she’s worse than an animal like Rose West is beyond vile and I worry for my own daughter that men not only feel this way but will happily publicly say it.

Imagine someone saying something so vile about your daughter, sister or wife.

The fact that his daughter who claims she’s against bullying and misogyny has fully supported his statement is disgusting and I hope she’s removed from media outlets too.

If she doesn’t like Megan (has she ever even met her?) then she could have said she agrees with the sentiment but not the way he said it - but instead she agrees with the humiliation and violence of a women who has never hurt anyone.

Ah so it's Meghan's fault for not shutting up and disappearing. Got it. Seriously hope you don't have daughters.

His own daughter Emily has come out against him .

The fact that his daughter who claims she’s against bullying and misogyny has fully supported his statement is disgusting and I hope she’s removed from media outlets too.

JC's daughter. She absolutely condemned it

The palace also issued a statement to refute the idea that Kate had "baby botox" (which she absolutely has btw). So they will react when it matters to THEM. Hideous people.

There was also something about hair extensions.

So no maintaining a 'dignified silence' when it comes to things that matter to Kate and Wills.

They'll protect some and not others. Crystal clear for all to see and exactly what H&M were highlighting in the documentary