Katie Hopkins Strikes Again!

[andy-hughes]

"I couldn't give a monkeys if the CIA did terrible things to suspected terrorists. Kept in coffin sized boxes? Ant 'n'Dec did worse to 'Slebs..."

I am again intrigued by the notion of 'hate bait' in the media.

Katie Hopkins, who has turned hate bait into a profession, tweets the above observation regarding the torture of terror suspects by the CIA.

Now I don't for one moment believe that a woman of Ms. Hopkins' intelligence seriously believes that this piffle is a valid comparison - so why does she post things like this?

Can you really make a career out of poking the populace with a stick by Twitter, in the same way that one would poke a sleeping cobra, and then wait for the reaction?

Why do we as a culture allow this nonsense to go on - not that she posts, that bit I understand - but that people will rise to it and give her the publicity she craves?

[Svejk]

You mean people like you?

[Retrochic]

andy-hughes you are rising to it and giving her the publicity on here! -I don't even know who katie hopkins is! Think you've answered your own question.

[andy-hughes]

Svejk - "You mean people like you?"

No.

Putting forward a subject for debate is not the same as offering it publicity.

[Svejk]

Think you'll find it is.

[andy-hughes]

Retrochic - "andy-hughes you are rising to it and giving her the publicity on here! -I don't even know who katie hopkins is! Think you've answered your own question."

I disagree.

If I were to rant away on Twitter, or as a national paper columnist, that would be offering publicity - I am merely seeking some opinions and viewpoints.

[anneasquith]

putting her name in ' print' is offering her publicity .

[andy-hughes]

Svejk - "Think you'll find it is."

Publicity may be an unwelcome and unsaught by-product, but it is impossible to debate the subject without talking about it first in an OP - and that is what I have done.

[andy-hughes]

anneasquith - "putting her name in ' print' is offering her publicity ."

That really rather depends on where it is being put - doesn't it?

A name on a website like this is hardly 'publicity'.

[anneasquith]

I think it is :)

[RandyMarsh]

I thought she said this kind of stuff on TV.

[Svejk]

Oh right, if you want to debate what she said. I agree with her. I couldn't give a monkey's what happens to those vermin.

[Mamyalynne]

I see her name pop up and yawn.

[Zeuhl]

/Oh right, if you want to debate what she said. /

He didn't.

andy's question is clearly about KH and the issue of 'hate-bait' in the media.

that is probably why he posted in 'media and tv' not 'News'

/ I agree with her./

PMSL I don't believe even KH actually agrees with her own drivel so well done there svejk.

She posts stupid and inflammatory remarks simply to justify her miserable existence.

What's your excuse svejk?

[andy-hughes]

I'd like to be associated with the remarks of the last speaker.

[Svejk]

Oh dear, lol.

[mccfluff]

she posts to get attention & raise her won profile, more attention, more paid work

whether she believes everything she posts, I hope not

[Zeuhl]

Yo Ho Ho

:-)

[vetuste_ennemi]

Can someone explain what "hate bait" is, please?

[mccfluff]

its when you express something on the internet for the purpose of getting an extreme reaction. on something like twitter, you can end up trending so if you want attention & your name out there you can get it. You need a very thick skin

[Retrochic]

When someone posts or tweets an inflammatory remark to encourage people who disagree and are 'put-raged' to reply, thus getting publicity for the poster. It happens from time to time on AB