katie price n word outrage

Robsweezie

she's gotten stick over using the word ****** live on this morning, in describing the racist abuse her son harvey is getting.

http://www.itv.com/news/2017-04-26/katie-price-glad-to-make-headlines-using-n-word-on-live-tv-to-highlight-online-abuse/

video on her twitter in response
https://twitter.com/MissKatiePrice/status/857189712116596736



there's been more made of katie using the word herself than harveys bullying. I'm not a fan of hers but i stand with her on this. The intention was to highlight the abuse harvey is subjected to, merely repeating what has been said. Why shouldn't she say it, because she's white? you have to look at how it was said, the context, the intention. im glad people are shocked and appalled, if they put that energy into the trolls that have targeted her kid, it would serve them better. Ridiculous.

skankkuvhima

I'm confused. She can't even repeat the abuse her disabled child is getting in case she offends someone? WTF is wrong with the world. Poor woman, I genuinely feel for her, it's a tough life with a child with disabilities and to not even be able to repeat the abuse is yet another form of bullying.

neonsofa

I wouldn't be her biggest fan, but I really admire how much she does for harvey. She's regularly campaigning and highlighting issues and he seems a really happy confident funny young man any time I've seen him in interviews. She seems like a great mam. Yeah she has money and help etc but it's not easy and I wouldn't take that responsibility on willingly for any kind of money so fair ****s to her.

Are Am Eye

I'm going to follow her on twitter so I can keep abreast of what's
going on in her life.

Odyssey 2005

I heard words but I didn't see her mouth moving !!

Parchment

She was repeating what was said to her son. PC police on patrol again.

me_irl

So, After Hours is a Daily Mail echo chamber now is it?

hungry hypno toad

I'm surprised the resident antifa twats aren't all over this already.

Rekop dog

Why is she even telling her son about the online bullying, he can't read it himself. Ignorance bliss and all that.

skankkuvhima

me_irl wrote: »

So, After Hours is a Daily Mail echo chamber now is it?

Elaborate

skankkuvhima

Rekop dog wrote: »

Why is she even telling her son about the online bullying, he can't read it himself. Ignorance bliss and all that.

I believe blind people can also access the internet.

Cupcake_Crisis

Rekop dog wrote: »

Why is she even telling her son about the online bullying, he can't read it himself. Ignorance bliss and all that.

Would you like to be reading stuff like that about your child?

Rekop dog

skankkuvhima wrote: »

I believe blind people can also access the internet.

It's abuse on her social media. She doesn't have to make him aware at all. Using it to try keep herself relevant.

ScumLord

Rekop dog wrote: »

It's abuse on her social media. She doesn't have to make him aware at all. Using it to try keep herself relevant.

It's probably more likely he's hearing about it in places like school or just through his own browsing, there are solutions for blind people.

end of the road

given the context in which the word was used, the use of the word was necessary to hi-light the issue. people should be angry at the vermin who think it's okay to abuse this young lad rather then simply a word, which while it ideally shouldn't be used, is sometimes necessary in very limited contexts. i get people don't like katie price and that's fine, that's their issue. but there is no reason or excuse to take it out on her children.

KERSPLAT!

me_irl wrote: »

So, After Hours is a Daily Mail echo chamber now is it?

Fire up one of your cracking threads there

Little CuChulainn

It's ridiculous to have such a complete taboo on a word yet at the same time have it spouted constantly throughout music, tv and film.

Arghus

This is all nonsense.

I'd love to know how many people are genuinely up in arms about this - almost none I'd say. Surely not enough to warrant the coverage.

Outlaw Pete

Should be Dwight on there speaking up for his son. Excuse of a man.

Pac1Man

Is echo chamber the new fad phrase?

I get the feeling people just like the sound of it like the sound of it.

Are Am Eye

I think the people who use that abuse, like the idea that others
and their targets are shocked and cowed. That they'd flinch at the
language. So she's not flinching. To stand up very openly and
publicly and repeat their ugly slurs takes a bit of power from them.
She's saying 'I'm not shocked. I can say your poison words out loud'

Dignified and Honorable.

The_Valeyard

I dunno, All I see is banning words seems to give them power.

She was right to repeat the words, however horrendous they are, to show the world what her son is subjected to.

If you are offended by that, then you need to grow up.

Arcade_Tryer

She is severely misguided in her attempts to protect her son as evidenced by this petition she started.

https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/190627

This is a non story however.

Are Am Eye

Arcade_Tryer wrote: »

This is a non story however.

This is not a non story.
So it's a Non non story.

Dublin Pintman

Hate how it's referred to as the 'n word'. It's ******, an offensive word sure, but just a word at the end of the day. It's not some dangerous black magic incantation.

We don't refer to Mick as the 'm word' for example.

mzungu

I seriously doubt anybody is up in arms about this, bar a few random blowhards on social media.

snowflaker

me_irl wrote: »

So, After Hours is a Daily Mail echo chamber now is it?

Been like that for about 4 years now

Ulysses Gaze

me_irl wrote: »

So, After Hours is a Daily Mail echo chamber now is it?

There are more than just one set of opinions on After Hours you know.....

You also realise that those on the Right see AH as a Lefty Love-in?

It's probably somewhere in between.

Instead of a flippant remark, why not give your opinion on what Katie Price said?

Hector Bellend

I'd still ride her

Summer wind

Fair play to Kate. Why shouldn't she stand up for her son. The people who abuse others are the ones who should be ashamed.

BorneTobyWilde

Where is Dwight Yorke in all this? He seems to have shunned the kid.
What a big man he is .