Katie Hopkins has just written a piece so hateful that it might...

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    Katie Hopkins has just written a piece so hateful that it might give Hitler pause – why was it published?
    As Hopkins becomes more offensive to stay relevant and in work, it’s not ok for us to sit on our hands







    Two things have been clear for years: a) Katie Hopkins has cleverly built a popular, personal brand on provocative views that tend to to demonise people she doesn’t like, and get a rise out of people who don’t like her; b) the best way to respond is not to respond at all.
    That’s fine - Hopkins has children to feed and dress - and we can unfollow her, and avoid what she writes and says. Free country, free speech. Just look the other way.
    But when a national newspaper, which gives this brand an audience of two million people, happily prints language that might give Hitler pause, is that still OK? Or is it worth responding this time, even if she’ll love every minute?
    A bit strong to compare Hopkins to Hitler? Read her column on page 11 of yesterday’s Sun.
    “Rescue boats? I’d use gunships to stop migrants”. That was The Sun's headline, written apparently without concern.
    She then refers to migrants in Calais who try to board trucks heading to Britain as “a plague of feral humans”.
    She proposes an Australian approach to migrants on boats. “They threaten them with violence until they bugger off, throwing cans of Castlemaine in an Aussie version of sharia stoning”.
    She says we don’t need Save the Children “encouraging” migrants to make the journey. “What we need are gunships sending these boats back to their own country”.
    She adds: “Some of our towns are festering sores, plagued by swarms of migrants and asylum seekers, shelling out benefits like Monopoly money”.

    http://www.independent.co.uk/voices/katie-hopkins-when-is-enough-enough-10186490.html
 
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