Katie Hopkins suspended from Twitter

Wafty Cranker said:
I know very little about her. I just had a quick search and the first few interviews that came up I agreed with some of what she said.

Statements such as fat people should eat less, I agree with in a lot of instances.

Same with the view some women don’t want equal treatment, they want special treatment. I can’t say I disagree with that either.

Just to clarify I didn’t find the stuff on her twitter account as it’s no longer there. So I’m not saying I’m a fan and I agree with everything she stands for. However, reading the comments on here I wasn’t anticipating I’d be in agreement with her.

I’m sure I’m not the only on here who agrees with some of her viewpoints.
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bluethrunthru said:
PMSL

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Blue Hefner said:
Lots of this stuff can be attributed to mental health. People comfort eat, like people drink to the point of addiction

Advertising works. How many takeaways have you walked past today Vs how many fruit and veg stalls. How many adverts for fizzy drinks have you seen as opposed to those for tap water?

This is what they do. They get you on the hook and drip, drip, drip....
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Great post. Plus they pump junk food full of shite to make it addictive. Companies spend millions on finding ways to make you consume more and more of their products. Not as easy as just saying don't eat it.
 
Simplistic shite:
Murderers should stop murdering.
Rapists should stop raping.
Burglars should stop burgling.
Paedos should stop being nonces
Terrorists should stop terrorism.
Newspapers should stop telling lies and trying to influence people.
Politicians should stop spouting bollocks.
City should stop losing.

Nothing is ever that simple.
 
Blue Hefner said:
Lots of this stuff can be attributed to mental health. People comfort eat, like people drink to the point of addiction

Advertising works. How many takeaways have you walked past today Vs how many fruit and veg stalls. How many adverts for fizzy drinks have you seen as opposed to those for tap water?

This is what they do. They get you on the hook and drip, drip, drip....
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The pavement made me do it:-)
 
BrianW said:
Simplistic shite:
Murderers should stop murdering.
Rapists should stop raping.
Burglars should stop burgling.
Paedos should stop being nonces
Terrorists should stop terrorism.
Newspapers should stop telling lies and trying to influence people.
Politicians should stop spouting bollocks.
City should stop losing.

Nothing is ever that simple.
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And a partridge in a pear tree
 
Wafty Cranker said:
Statements such as fat people should eat less, I agree with in a lot of instances.
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Made me think of this:

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BrianW said:
Simplistic shite:
Murderers should stop murdering.
Rapists should stop raping.
Burglars should stop burgling.
Paedos should stop being nonces
Terrorists should stop terrorism.
Newspapers should stop telling lies and trying to influence people.
Politicians should stop spouting bollocks.
City should stop losing.

Nothing is ever that simple.
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Cunty Hopkins should stop breathing.
 
Blue Hefner said:
Lots of this stuff can be attributed to mental health. People comfort eat, like people drink to the point of addiction

Advertising works. How many takeaways have you walked past today Vs how many fruit and veg stalls. How many adverts for fizzy drinks have you seen as opposed to those for tap water?

This is what they do. They get you on the hook and drip, drip, drip....
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I agree, some of it can be attributed to mental health issues. However, I would argue in most cases the cause of being fat, the driver behind it isn’t because if some underlying issue, it’s simply the result of a poor diet and bad lifestyle choices.

Some people are lazy and choose to spend their evenings sat at home on their arses, stuffing their faces with takeaways whilst watching the latest Netflix release.
 
Can’t stand people that try and dictate what the likes of ‘twitter/Facebook etc should be doing - they’re social media sites and not compulsory and there’s hundreds of other platforms to spout shite - if Twitter or Facebook want to ban someone because they’re a twat then so they should, it’s their website and they can do as they please.
 
Ric said:
“Freedom of speech” is a bit of a misnomer that often gets thrown about, usually by the right. The idea that you can literally say whatever you like, wherever you like is patently untrue, particularly in the modern age. As Ms Hopkins has discovered.
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Spot on. There is not a single freedom or right that doesn't come with some restriction, condition or caveat, and for a good and simple reason; an absolute right/freedom inevitably infringes upon the rights and freedoms of someone else. This was properly understood and sorted out over 300 years ago by Social Contract theorists.

For example, an absolute freedom to go around hitting people would infringe upon other people's right to be free from physical harm. That's why we have laws against it. An absolute right to take ownership of anything we want would infringe upon other people's right to own things. That's why we have property laws to govern such rights.

The same goes for speech; if we had an absolute freedom/right to say whatever we wanted then we would risk causing harm to others in some way (directly or indirectly). And I'm not talking about criticising beliefs or opinions here; that's fair game. The rule is simple - no 'ad hominem'. Play the ball and not the man, basically, and don't use speech to deliberately inflict physical or mental harm. I suspect that Hopkins is probably smart enough to grasp that concept, but decides to ignore it anyway for money/retweets.
 
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