# 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:** 11\ **Page:** 5
**Author:** ![Baron\_Greenback](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/baron_greenback/32/48_2.png) [@Baron\_Greenback](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baron_Greenback)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 9:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imprison-katie-hopkins/787328/81 "2017-05-26T09:06:45Z")
She just lost her gig at LBC radio. > ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 4:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imprison-katie-hopkins/787328/82 "2017-05-26T16:26:37Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > She just lost her gig at LBC radio. > > [x.com](https://twitter.com/LBC/status/868028943659524096) Good. That is an appropriate response to what she said. Wishing her dead, not so much. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imprison-katie-hopkins/787328/83 "2017-05-26T17:54:51Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > She just lost her gig at LBC radio. > > [x.com](https://twitter.com/LBC/status/868028943659524096) Oh gee, what a pity. Heh. ---
**Author:** ![Mikeisskeptical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@Mikeisskeptical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikeisskeptical)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 6:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imprison-katie-hopkins/787328/84 "2017-05-26T18:46:31Z")
> [@FloatyGimpy](#): > > …Wishing her dead, not so much. From now on, every time you make this assertion without justifying it, I’m going to wish death on a random kitten. Their imaginary blood will be on your hands. ---
**Author:** ![Guinastasia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guinastasia/32/5751_2.png) [@Guinastasia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guinastasia)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imprison-katie-hopkins/787328/85 "2017-05-26T18:50:44Z")
> [@Mikeisskeptical](#): > > From now on, every time you make this assertion without justifying it, I’m going to wish death on a random kitten. > > Their imaginary blood will be on your hands. Kittens are pretty viscious, dude. Ever seen one kill a mouse? They’re furry little sociopaths. ---
**Author:** ![Mikeisskeptical](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/c0e974/32.png) [@Mikeisskeptical](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mikeisskeptical)\ **Post date:** [May 26, 2017, 7:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imprison-katie-hopkins/787328/86 "2017-05-26T19:05:53Z")
> [@Guinastasia](#): > > Kittens are pretty viscious, dude. Ever seen one kill a mouse? They’re furry little sociopaths. Fair point. Alright, I’ll wish for more of the little fuckers, just to terrorise the rest of the animal kingdom. ---
**Author:** ![FloatyGimpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/floatygimpy/32/7750_2.png) [@FloatyGimpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FloatyGimpy)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2017, 12:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imprison-katie-hopkins/787328/87 "2017-05-27T00:10:35Z")
Wishing death on imaginary, random kittens? Well now you’ve gone too far. ---
**Author:** ![Quartz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/quartz/32/267_2.png) [@Quartz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quartz)\ **Post date:** [May 27, 2017, 12:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imprison-katie-hopkins/787328/88 "2017-05-27T00:55:53Z")
> [@Baron\_Greenback](#): > > She just lost her gig at LBC radio. > > [x.com](https://twitter.com/LBC/status/868028943659524096) Too bloody right. I’m actually disappointed that they allowed her to ‘agree to leave’. While I believe in the freedom of speech, I also believe in responsibility for said speech. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2017, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imprison-katie-hopkins/787328/89 "2017-05-28T18:49:18Z")
> [@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. And economic pressure too. Letters to the editor (huge numbers of them from everyone), angry phone calls and letters to sponsors, boycotts of sponsors, etc. These things sometimes work. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2017, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imprison-katie-hopkins/787328/90 "2017-05-28T18:52:49Z")
> [@BigT](#): > > Osama bin Laden wanted people to die. Were people wrong to want him dead? I rejoiced when he was killed. My only concern was that it may not have been painful enough. Next question 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [May 28, 2017, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imprison-katie-hopkins/787328/91 "2017-05-28T18:56:19Z")
> [@Mikeisskeptical](#): > > Can you explain why wishing somebody dead is a morally bad thing? For all I care, Katie Hopkins, or anyone else for that matter can spend every waking moment wishing I was dead. They can wish as hard as they like. They can even recruit thousands of people to all wish at the same time. Why on Earth would I care?. Because one of them, or many of them, may ACT on it. That is why. You don’t need to be the one actually pulling the trigger. You just have to get someone ELSE to do it. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/imprison-katie-hopkins/787328.md?page=4)