Danny Baker sacked

danlightbulb said:
Surely being racially insensitive is by very definition meaning he is not racist and actually a very good thing! It simply means the potential racist implications in his tweet didnt cross his mind because he doesnt see any difference. He doesnt think about race as a differentiating factor.

We should see more racially insensitive stuff because that is equality.

Ive said this before about racism on here but the ones who see the racism are the ones who are truly racist. They are the ones who think enough about differentiation based on race to notice and interpret negatively.
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Apologists do this a lot.

When I was in Germany I was in a shop buying something and some old German woman let me go in front of here in the queue.

She was trying to be kind to make up for their past. But she wouldn't have done the same thing for someone who was white.

So was she being racist? No not in my opinion. However there are now a lot of apologists and coloured folk out there looking to misconstrue anything to make others look bad.
 
danlightbulb said:
Surely being racially insensitive is by very definition meaning he is not racist and actually a very good thing! It simply means the potential racist implications in his tweet didnt cross his mind because he doesnt see any difference. He doesnt think about race as a differentiating factor.

We should see more racially insensitive stuff because that is equality.

Ive said this before about racism on here but the ones who see the racism are the ones who are truly racist. They are the ones who think enough about differentiation based on race to notice and interpret negatively.
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in an ideal world where everything is black or white and ones and zeros, then that would be true. Life isn't binary isn't just And/Or there is a whole lot of Ifs and buts in there too.

about the bit in bold. Do you truly believe that? If some one had racist words used against them and then they see that happen and they say it's racist - are they really the racist ones? They'd be taking it from experience.
 
danlightbulb said:
Surely being racially insensitive is by very definition meaning he is not racist and actually a very good thing! It simply means the potential racist implications in his tweet didnt cross his mind because he doesnt see any difference. He doesnt think about race as a differentiating factor.

We should see more racially insensitive stuff because that is equality.

Ive said this before about racism on here but the ones who see the racism are the ones who are truly racist. They are the ones who think enough about differentiation based on race to notice and interpret negatively.
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The fella himself has said he didn't mean the joke to be racial but that it was "obviously shamefully racist" and that he "needed no lessons on the centuries slurs equating simians and people of colour. Racism at it's basest."
 
inogen said:
The fella himself has said he didn't mean the joke to be racial but that it was "obviously shamefully racist" and that he "needed no lessons on the centuries slurs equating simians and people of colour. Racism at it's basest."
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Didnt even know Megan had any black heritage until I read this thread. I dont think his post was at all racist. Its the racists / politically correct do gooders who have now got him fired. Bet they are pleased with themselves another mini victory.
 
danlightbulb said:
Didnt even know Megan had any black heritage until I read this thread. I dont think his post was at all racist. Its the racists / politically correct do gooders who have now got him fired. Bet they are pleased with themselves another mini victory.
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You didn't post the picture.

He knew. Of course he knew. That's why he, himself is saying that it was regretfully racist.

It's the racists that got him fired? come off it.
 
inogen said:
You didn't post the picture.

He knew. Of course he knew. That's why he, himself is saying that it was regretfully racist.

It's the racists that got him fired? come off it.
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He says he was trying to portray something totally different on twitter, perhaps read his posts. He is grovelling on there, its pathetic really. He is saying it was racist after the event, when he posted it judging by his posts it didnt even cross his mind that was/could be interpreted as being racist.
 
It seems to me he posted the picture with the intentions that he claims. He then realised how it could be interpreted and removed it. It was a simple mistake and an "Oh ****" moment of realisation.

It seems to me to be incredibly harsh to be fired for that, a simple mistake. If we are to truly believe that he is racist then why on earth would he post the pic on social media with full knowledge of the outcry and consequences? That makes no sense at all.

The BBC have overreacted in order to appease public outrage. By tomorrow the public have forgotten all about it and moved onto the next thing, but he has lost his job. That doesn't seem right.
 
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It seems to me he posted the picture with the intentions that he claims. He then realised how it could be interpreted and removed it. It was a simple mistake and an "Oh ****" moment of realisation.
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yup, that's how i see it. doesn't mean DB is a paid up member of the KKK just means he's a dipstick for not taking a moment to think through his actions.

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It seems to me to be incredibly harsh to be fired for that, a simple mistake.
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while his mistake shouldn't be a hanging offence his actions potentially brought his employers name into disrepute - that's always going to be actionable unfortunately. plenty of people lose their jobs for simple mistakes. if it's my responsibility to lock up the office before leaving and something distracts me and i forget and the office is subsequently broken into, that was a simple (but stupid) mistake on my part but there's a good chance i'll get the heave ho for it. now i know it's not a direct comparison but i'm sure you know what i'm getting at.
 
No one is stopping you saying anything. You have free speech, exercise it for all you want. But just don't be surprised when people say "you probably shouldn't be saying that" and explain why.
 
I just read his apology on Twitter... Honestly, I believe him and that his intentions were not racial at all - But you can't make a mistake like that in this age of social media. Peoples views have changed rapidly over the past 10 - 15 years - almost too fast for our older generation which are constantly putting their foot in their mouth...
 
JunglistE said:
Would've thought they're both of the same. Why people are nervous to describe skin tones I've always found bizarre. I think people find it offensive as it suggests you're not of the norm. You're a coloured in version.
Wouldn't be awkward to say if someone has black, brown, blonde or ginger hair but ask someone to say a skin colour and it's like you're trying to trick them!
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See, this is you being sensible again
Stop it!
 
Guy's a grade a moron anyway. Not entirely sure how he's ever been labelled as a comedian. In any case, something has still gone very wrong with the world when to apologise, you have to do so using the same social media platform. Did as many see his apology as the original offending tweet? No. So what was the point?
 
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