Sue Perkins quits Twitter over Top Gear death threats
 

http://www.itv.com/news/london/updat...death-threats/

People don't have any brains, to do this

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I think whoever started this rumour knew they were stirring up trouble. You only need to look around Twitter and Newspaper's comment sections at the time Clarkson was fired to see to animosity behind the idea a woman might host the show (I forget the name that was mentioned at the time).

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Now I know why I can't be bothered with Twitter and the like.

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Why can't some people behave like proper civilised human beings for once.:(

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Civilisation depends, to a great extent, on peer pressure and fear of negative consequences.

Remove those (as the Internet tends to do), and you soon find out what people are capable of.

Welcome to the human race. :shrug:

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Death threats over a TV program - the person or persons want locking-up or see a shrink.

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I stayed out of the 'Clarkson' thread as I realised my views would bring down a raft of testosterone fueled wrath but I think this whole mess has been about an ageing presenter wanting to leave the show that made him famous without being criticised by all his loyal groupies.

Had he just not signed a new Top Gear contract and walked away along with his side kicks he would have had to face the anger of the shows followers but it served his purpose to leave Top Gear and keep his 'naughty boy' image intact.

The furore following Clarkson's sacking has been pathetic and I feel sorry for people, such as Sue Perkins, who are now in the firing line of a brainless mob just because the BBC did the right thing and didn't treat Clarkson as a sacred cow.

I left Twitter some time ago on a matter of principal and this has reinforced my decision.

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What is wrong with people today?

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Twitter is just full of keyboard warriors and brainless idiots these days.

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The same as always was. Platforms like Twitter just make it easier for sad, dangerous and pathetic people to get noticed. It's so easy to spout hatred, bile and nonsense from behind closed doors - it makes small pathetic people feel big and important. The hyped up media reaction to these so called 'death threats' simply gives these idiots the attention they crave.

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:tu:

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I thought that for a while now ,the last few series have been pretty bland and I thought Clarkson was on autopilot just waiting for a chance to escape.

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Well it has been rather samey for some time. That may be why they decided to go round insulting people in one place or another. No such thing as bad publicity...

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It's wrong, after all while I like Top Gear, it's just a TV show. It's not something important. Certainly not worth killing someone over.

However, while Twitter and Facebook have made it a lot easier for these people to threaten others over the most minor things, it's not a new phenomena.

My sister used to work for the DSS (as it was then) in the Social Fund. Part of her job was advising people on their claims and entering those claims into the computer, which then decided whether the claim would be accepted or not.

Despite the fact she had no control over whether the claim would be accepted or not, she regularly got threatened over the smallest amounts (even £10 or £20), and was advised by both the DSS and the Police to take the threats seriously.

The worst part about the Sue Perkins thing is that she has done *nothing* to deserve this. From what she said, she was never in the running to present it. This is based entirely on rumour.

Unfortunately, it's going to continue happening because while Facebook and Twitter can both act very quickly when they are aware of this kind of thing happening, their automated systems do not seem to pick this kind of thing up reliably, and it would not be feasible for them to employ anywhere near enough staff to vet their services thoroughly. Certainly not without them charging some sort of subscription, which they aren't going to do.

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I dislike that woman.
she's simply just not funny at all.

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No I don't like watching her myself, but the freedom of speech is just being abused by these sad pathetic little pillocks who like to do nothing apart from abuse others. Woe betide them if I ever came face to face with an internet troll.

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Im suprised no one mentioned her sexuality. Usually when something like this happens its the first thing they aim at.

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You just did.

I'm surprised nobody has mentioned how she's named after a brand of cigarettes. I just did.

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Well at least old May is waking up to the idea some peoples behaviour is not acceptable.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/cele...h-threats.html

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I cant see how Sue Perkins would be any good as a Top Gear presenter. Does she know anything about cars or is she gonna just read a teleprompter?

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There's a lot of people happy to hide behind a keyboard making threats who wouldn't do anything if you actually met them.. We get them from time to time here. Believe it or not, we usually get rid fairly quickly. I'll give an example. One ex member told Russ that if Russ ever ventured into Manchester, this member would personally meet him at the station and kick the crap out of him. He never explained how he knew what Russ looked like (Russ didn't have his photo on the site then), how he knew what train Russ would be on, or even how he knew what station. It did give rise to the amusing thought of this member hanging around various Manchester stations for weeks.

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Russ must have really peed that guy off :)

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More than likely but it was Chris the guy threatened, not myself.

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No I would not think Sue Perkins was suitable anyway.

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Sorry, it was a long time ago.

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As the story about her potentially being a Top Gear presenter was totally fictitious, her lack of knowledge (or otherwise) is fairly irrelevant, imho.

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Personally those people deserve to lose their jobs and serve prison time

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Course it's not. you can still say she'd be crap as a presenter because all she'll do is try and be funny every 2 seconds and annoy the hell out of you. even though it was totally fictitious her getting the job.

probably because she's annoying to watch and listen to. because she thinks she's funny and she's not.

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A common trait with most TV comedians.:(

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Well, my Dalmatian would be a crap Top Gear presenter, but I don't hold it against him.

I try to focus on things that are real and affect me, not vent my spleen on made-up irrelevant stuff - ymmv... ;)

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What Top Gear needs in order to restore an iota of credibility and relevance to society is a female presenter, preferably from an ethic minority, who has an incredibly annoying voice, knows nothing about cars and lives in Maida Vale...

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And actually makes it even more incredible that he thought he'd be able to find Chris, because, IIRC, Chris was not on facebook at the time, and has never put his photo on this site.

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Indeed. Top Gear is not important. It will not save lives. It will not be involved in a massive invention, and it's unlikely to educate anyone or initiate massive social change. It's not intended to do any of that. It's a TV programme that is intended to entertain people. Nothing more, nothing less.

As with other such programmes, there will be changes from time to time. Whether it's a change of presenters or cast, a change of format, a change of broadcast time/date or even cancellation. It can be mildly annoying, but it's nothing more that that. Even if the show's cancelled, there will be other shows.

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His dog hasn't even passed his driving test yet, Stuart. so I wouldn't worry about it.

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What are you on about?

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I can't see Sue Perkins anywhere on that page?

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You've got to wonder what you've been smoking to come up with that one!! Made me laugh all the same.

Cheers

Grim

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Never got the point of twitter and from what I've seen I'm not missing out on anything. I thought there were now laws in place to prevent this sort of stupidity, anyone that made or supported the death threat should be arrested and charged completely pathetic.