Tweet to Katie Hopkins: just say sorry next time
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Version 0 of 1. I like a row on Twitter. I’ve suffered some pretty high-profile abuse, but, by and large, it is the perfect platform for the whip-smart retort. Last week saw rightwing windbag Katie “please pay me attention” Hopkins looking more whipped than smart. She has been ordered to pay £24,000 in damages to the food blogger Jack Monroe following an online spat during which she accused Monroe of supporting the defacing of war memorials. I can see some problems on the horizon with this judgment and the freedom of speech warriors will no doubt be tooling up. The judgment hung on the issue of reputation and I struggle to imagine how my reputation wouldn’t simply be enhanced by Hopkins sending bile my way. Nonetheless, I couldn’t help but smile at Hopkins’s defeat. She deserved it, she courted it and then she refused to do what even a child would do and just apologise. It is easy to win a Twitter war with humour and the ability to punch a hole in pomposity and piety. You don’t need to be mean if you are clever. It’s no surprise that Hopkins fell flat on her face. |