After the shocking attacks in Manchester, let's get hatred and division off the airwaves
UPDATE: We won! Just three days into our campaign, LBC has sacked Katie Hopkins. Thanks to everyone who gave their support.
LBC and Katie Hopkins have agreed that Katie will leave LBC effective immediately.
— LBC (@LBC) May 26, 2017
After the shocking attack on young people enjoying a concert in Manchester last night, most of us were preoccupied with grieving the devastating loss of life and supporting those affected in whatever way we could.
But Katie Hopkins, LBC host and professional troll, immediately began whipping up hatred — attacking Muslims and calling for a ‘final solution’.
This kind of hatred and division has no place in our society, especially after such a terrible event.
UPDATE: In less than a day, we’ve already had more than 2,500 signatures on this petition.
Meanwhile, here are some companies who have been advertising on LBC:
Tesco
Boots
AA
Indeed.com
EE
More Than
Ebay
BMW
Trainline.com
Amazon
HelloYouDating.Com
Have they considered where their money is ending up?
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40 Responses to “PETITION: Tell advertisers to boycott LBC until they sack Katie Hopkins”
Pascal
That is peddling hate and fear. I hope she faces charges
James Wood
I am 31 and have never asked for the sacking of anyone but firmly believe LBC should dismiss Katie Hopkins – a nazi shrill, who has just called for a “final solution” on a public media platform in the wake of a terrible tragedy.
Gail Wood
Completely unacceptable. Must go.
John Mcniff
Hopkins is a disgrace!
Fred
Every time there’s a terrorist attack we hear the same empty platitudes from the Left:
“We mustn’t let it divide us.”
“They hate our freedom.”
“Islam is a peaceful religion.”
“We musn’t allow extremism to flourish.”
“We should continue to welcome migrants.”
If this thinking worked, it would have worked by now. The reason it hasn’t worked is that it doesn’t reflect reality.
In 2007, a Pew Research poll in response to a question on whether suicide bombing and other forms of violence against civilian targets, to defend Islam, could be justified, found this:
70% of Muslims in Britain believed it could never be justified, 9% believed it could be justified rarely, 12% sometimes, and 3% thought it could be justified often.
In other words 18% of British Muslims support suicide bombing of civilians. There are 2.78 million muslims in the UK, so 18% = 500,000.
In mainly Muslim countries (i’m quoting Egypt but the figures are similar across the board)
45% of Muslims in Egypt believed it could never be justified, 25% believed it could be justified rarely, 20% sometimes, and 8% thought it could be justified often.
In other words, 53% of Muslims in Egypt supported suicide bombing of civilians.
This is the truth. The Left simply tries to sanitize the truth with its head-in-the-sand, political correctness. It’s exactly the thinking that led to the Rochdale child abuse scandal.
You may not like Katie Hopkins, you may not like what she has to say, or how she says it, but her truth is much closer to reality than the Left’s.