«Utter bollocks» – Oslo is laughing at Katie Hopkins’ latest Islamophobic video

When former reality star and anti-Muslim activist Katie Hopkins took the stage before a crowd of mostly middle aged men in the immensely hot auditorium of Oslo Military Society last night, she had learned two Norwegian words by heart: «Vulgær bølle». The words, meaning «vulgar bully», was taught to her by editor of the far-right website Document, Hans Rustad, who had been referring to a recent headline in Norwegian daily Dagsavisen describing Hopkins as a «vulgar bully with racist provocations». But as Hopkins' recital of the two Norwegian words went down well with her supporters in the sparsely packed auditorium, the scattered chuckles could not compete with the massive outbreak of LOLs she got from posting a video to Twitter earlier the same day. [caption id="attachment_6783" align="alignnone" width="1100"] Hans Rustad from Document hosted the Katie Hopkins event Wednesday.[/caption]

«Overrun with somali gangs» - and blonde runners

In the video, Hopkins is seen standing outside the World Islamic Mission mosque in Grønland / Tøyen, a 15 minute walk east from downtown Oslo. https://twitter.com/KTHopkins/status/1131189199795838976 The area was made famous amongst right-wing trolls after another islamophobe (and Hopkins acquaintance), the conspiracy nut «Peter Sweden», made a similar video last summer, portraying Grønland as a intensely dangerous «no-go zone» (where he miraculously could go for a stroll and take pictures). Much like Peter Sweden, Hopkins is claiming to address «what no one really wants to talk about», namely that «the east is rapidly being taken over». «This place is starting to become kind of overrun with somali gangs, starting to get inside the local councils, po...

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