Still claiming not to be racist, honest, pro-am motormouth Katie Hopkins is still somewhere out there producing moderately bigoted videos for Ezra Levant’s Rebel Media outfit, still harbouring an irrational prejudice against London Mayor Sadiq Khan, and still devoting her every waking hour to figuring out ways to extricate herself from the financial black hole into which she pitched herself as a result of her own avoidable actions.
Viewers may still want to look away now
Hatey Katie’s latest target, other than when she finds Scary Muslims™ to go after, is actor Idris Elba, but not because he’s black, oh no. The problem she has is that a rumour is now gong the rounds that the next man to play James Bond may be him. And that is a worrying prospect for all the Whitey Power™ enthusiasts out there. They want a good old fashioned English Bond, even though four previous Bonds haven’t been.
Katie WHO?
Yes, four: Sean Connery is Scottish, George Lazenby Australian, Pierce Brosnan Irish, and Timothy Dalton was born in Wales. But back to Ms Hopkins and her horror at the thought of Bond not being white. “Please can someone on your team come up with their own material #IdrisElba? Must we perpetually crowbar-in gender or colour where it doesn’t fit or belong?” she pleaded, as if Elba was going to listen to her.
It got worse, and indeed more personal, as she sniped “many people love you, almost more than you do yourself”. Pot, meet kettle. But in the meantime, Right Wing Watch had nailed the racism at work chez Hopkins. “[Katie Hopkins] was outraged at the mere suggestion that a black man might be cast to play James Bond in the next 007 film. ‘It’s not because you’re a gentleman of color. It’s because James Bond isn’t.’”.
Did she say that? Because if she did, she’s crossed the bigotry median in no style at all. Well, not only did she Retweet the Right Wind Watch Tweet, she also, for good measure, repeated the offending observation. “‘No, Idris Elba. You cannot be #JamesBond, no matter how many tweets you put out fishing for attention. It’s not because you are a gentleman of colour. It’s because James Bond isn’t..’”
Then it got a lot worse still, as the temptation to have a go at another of those hated politicians took over - but it’s only a coincidence that the one in question is black, honestly - as she proclaimed the viewing figures for her first Elba bashing attempt, trilling “A quarter of a million views. Or with Dianne [sic] Abbot as M... two one hundred and five-ty lots”. Just in case you thought it wasn’t really racist, she made sure you knew it was.
And just to add insult to injury, Hatey Katie then approvingly quoted the far-right Rural Conservative Movement, who had voiced “A note of appreciation to Katie Hopkins for all the hard slog she continues to put in listening to ordinary people and voicing their concerns”, claiming this made her a Real Journalist. It didn’t, and listening to ordinary people is something she is incapable of doing. Although she talks at people well enough.
You thought it was only about Scary Muslims™? Her adventures in South Africa and now the intervention in the “Black Bond” debate show that where Katie Hopkins is coming from is old-fashioned racism. So old-fashioned it should be left in the dustbin of history.
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