# Imprison Katie Hopkins! **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [May 24, 2017, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imprison-katie-hopkins/787328 "2017-05-24T07:12:16Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mikeisskeptical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@Mikeisskeptical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikeisskeptical)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 7:12am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imprison-katie-hopkins/787328/1 "2017-05-24T07:12:16Z")
In the wake of the Manchester bombing, this poisonous creature has taken to twitter to publicly call for genocide. In a contemptible effort to backtrack, it claims its call for a “final solution” was a typo. I suggest that due to its high profile, it be made an example of and prosecuted to the full extent of the law. I’m not a lawyer, but a quick googling suggests that a case could be made for incitement to religious hatred, section 29b of the Public Order Act 1986 carrying a maximum penalty of 7 years imprisonment. ---
**Author:** ![AK84](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/85e7bf/32.png) [@AK84](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AK84)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 7:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imprison-katie-hopkins/787328/2 "2017-05-24T07:33:57Z")
She will probably wet herself in delight at the prospect of being arrested…all the free publicity. ---
**Author:** ![Alessan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alessan/32/465_2.png) [@Alessan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alessan)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 7:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imprison-katie-hopkins/787328/3 "2017-05-24T07:34:18Z")
W&L. (Who? and Link?) ---
**Author:** ![Mikeisskeptical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@Mikeisskeptical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikeisskeptical)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 7:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imprison-katie-hopkins/787328/4 "2017-05-24T07:36:16Z")
> [@Alessan](#): > > W&L. > > (Who? and Link?) > **[Katie Hopkins reported to police after demanding 'final solution' following...](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/manchester-bombing-katie-hopkins-final-solution-muslims-arena-terror-attack-phillip-schofield-suicide-bomb-met-police-a7750656.html)** > > Calls for Mail Online and LBC radio to sack columnist after deleted tweet ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 7:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imprison-katie-hopkins/787328/5 "2017-05-24T07:45:57Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > She will probably wet herself in delight at the prospect of being arrested…all the free publicity. This. She’s a self-confessed attention-seeking troll and known idiot. Best ignored. ---
**Author:** ![Mikeisskeptical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@Mikeisskeptical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikeisskeptical)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 7:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imprison-katie-hopkins/787328/6 "2017-05-24T07:49:50Z")
> [@AK84](#): > > She will probably wet herself in delight at the prospect of being arrested…all the free publicity. No doubt. I’d prefer to see her in an unmarked grave than a prison cell, but that would require a change in the law. ---
**Author:** ![Aspidistra](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspidistra/32/3894_2.png) [@Aspidistra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspidistra)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 8:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imprison-katie-hopkins/787328/7 "2017-05-24T08:09:08Z")
I thought I recognised the name and, sure enough, her wikipedia list of tro…sorry, _controversial statements_ is a mile long [Katie Hopkins’ Prior Form](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katie_Hopkins#Columnist_and_controversies) ---
**Author:** ![Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/budget_player_cadet/32/205_2.png) [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Budget_Player_Cadet)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 8:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imprison-katie-hopkins/787328/8 "2017-05-24T08:47:26Z")
> [@RobDog](#): > > This. She’s a self-confessed attention-seeking troll and known idiot. Best ignored. I’d say when someone has a column in a national newspaper, they’ve moved past “attention-seeking troll”. They _have_ attention. They have a platform. The correct way to shut them down is legal persecution. ---
**Author:** ![Mikeisskeptical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@Mikeisskeptical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikeisskeptical)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 8:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imprison-katie-hopkins/787328/9 "2017-05-24T08:59:15Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > I’d say when someone has a column in a national newspaper, they’ve moved past “attention-seeking troll”. They _have_ attention. They have a platform. The correct way to shut them down is legal persecution. Exactly, she’s not saying these things in Youtube comments. She’s publishing them to a readership of millions. Her comments may seem absurd to any reasonable person, but she has genuine devotees who take her completely at face value. She succeeds in whipping up real hatred and seems positively gleeful at the actual misery she causes innocent people. Troll or no troll, it’s about time she faced some consequences. ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imprison-katie-hopkins/787328/10 "2017-05-24T09:18:52Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > I’d say when someone has a column in a national newspaper, they’ve moved past “attention-seeking troll”. They _have_ attention. They have a platform. The correct way to shut them down is legal persecution. > [@Mikeisskeptical](#): > > Exactly, she’s not saying these things in Youtube comments. She’s publishing them to a readership of millions. Her comments may seem absurd to any reasonable person, but she has genuine devotees who take her completely at face value. She succeeds in whipping up real hatred and seems positively gleeful at the actual misery she causes innocent people. Troll or no troll, it’s about time she faced some consequences. Fair points. Sent from my SM-T713 using Tapatalk ---
**Author:** ![kambuckta](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/53a042/32.png) [@kambuckta](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kambuckta)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 9:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imprison-katie-hopkins/787328/11 "2017-05-24T09:29:24Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > I thought I recognised the name and, sure enough, her wikipedia list of tro…sorry, _controversial statements_ is a mile long > > [Katie Hopkins’ Prior Form](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katie_Hopkins#Columnist_and_controversies) Classy chick. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![MrDibble](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mrdibble/32/114_2.png) [@MrDibble](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDibble)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 10:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imprison-katie-hopkins/787328/12 "2017-05-24T10:16:22Z")
Let’s be more sympathetic to her, she _literally_ doesn’t have a whole [brain](http://www.itv.com/news/2016-02-22/katie-hopkins-undergoes-brain-surgery-to-treat-epilepsy/). Although I don’t know what the shitstain’s excuse was before that. ---
**Author:** ![RobDog](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/f07891/32.png) [@RobDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RobDog)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 10:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imprison-katie-hopkins/787328/13 "2017-05-24T10:22:25Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > I thought I recognised the name and, sure enough, her wikipedia list of tro…sorry, _controversial statements_ is a mile long > > [Katie Hopkins’ Prior Form](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katie_Hopkins#Columnist_and_controversies) Highlight of that linked article: > [@](#): > > In the 2009 European Parliament Election, Katie Hopkins stood as a candidate for the South West England Constituency as an Independent candidate. She polled 8,971 votes or **0.6% percent** of the total votes cast. There’s hope for us yet. ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 10:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imprison-katie-hopkins/787328/14 "2017-05-24T10:35:23Z")
[Katie Hopkins] [Takes deep, deep sniff of this thread, sucking in every word, counting the number of times her name is written] MORE! GIVE ME MORE! MY NIPPLES ARE SO HARD RIGHT NOW! [/Katie Hopkins] ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 11:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imprison-katie-hopkins/787328/15 "2017-05-24T11:26:54Z")
So, Ann Coulter, but with human flesh? ---
**Author:** ![Princhester](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/3e96dc/32.png) [@Princhester](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Princhester)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 11:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imprison-katie-hopkins/787328/16 "2017-05-24T11:32:19Z")
Probably better to stop after the first three words. Last four? Maaaaybe. Wouldn’t want to bet on it. ---
**Author:** ![SanVito](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sanvito/32/2805_2.png) [@SanVito](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SanVito)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 11:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imprison-katie-hopkins/787328/17 "2017-05-24T11:57:53Z")
> [@Aspidistra](#): > > I thought I recognised the name and, sure enough, her wikipedia list of tro…sorry, _controversial statements_ is a mile long > > [Katie Hopkins’ Prior Form](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Katie_Hopkins#Columnist_and_controversies) And some Americans don’t think we have free speech in the UK! ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imprison-katie-hopkins/787328/18 "2017-05-24T14:20:47Z")
> [@Mikeisskeptical](#): > > No doubt. I’d prefer to see her in an unmarked grave than a prison cell, but that would require a change in the law. How does this make you any different from her? ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imprison-katie-hopkins/787328/19 "2017-05-24T14:25:00Z")
> [@Budget\_Player\_Cadet](#): > > I’d say when someone has a column in a national newspaper, they’ve moved past “attention-seeking troll”. They _have_ attention. They have a platform. The correct way to shut them down is legal persecution. Ah, yes. The National Socialistic solution from our German friend. The ideals of free speech and a free press still elude you. The way that you happily demonize people you disagree with would make your grandparents proud. ---
**Author:** ![madsircool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/madsircool/32/3432_2.png) [@madsircool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madsircool)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2017, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imprison-katie-hopkins/787328/20 "2017-05-24T14:28:21Z")
Ftr i dont agree with or approve of her comments, just her rights to speak them. Calling for her death and using the power of the government to persecute speech are more stupid than she is. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imprison-katie-hopkins/787328.md?page=2)