Posted on 05/09/2019 4:25:04 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia
Broadcaster Danny Baker has been fired from his role at the BBC over a now-deleted tweet comparing Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's newborn son to a chimpanzee.
The widely-circulated post showed an image of a couple holding hands with a chimpanzee wearing a hat and coat, alongside the caption: "Royal Baby leaves hospital".
The BBC Radio 5 Live broadcaster was accused of mocking the Duchess of Sussex's African-American heritage, with Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor, who was born on Monday and will be seventh in line to the throne, becoming the first bi-racial British-American royal.
Following widespread criticism, Baker again took to Twitter in a bid to quell the controversy, apologising for the "gag" post.
"Sincere apologies for the stupid unthinking gag pic earlier," he wrote.
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Oops!!
dumbass
Yeah tweet and Facebook yourself. Out of a job, out of a marriage, in jail.
Put your name and face for all to see then watch what happens.
Sorry that’s funny.. and not because it’s racist.
Since few will read the article, he said his joke had no racist meaning, but since people were interpreting it that way, he would take it down. But that wasn’t enough for the BBC which threw him under the bus and fired him.
I thought it was a reference to Prince Charles and his big ears. The baby must resemble his grandfather.
LMAO.
Should take anger management treatments, and become employed at WalMart UK, if treatments work.
I don’t think he’s angry, he is an idiot
Monkeys don’t have big ears.
Those who see racism in this certainly deserve that label.
My Uncle Pat, ever the diplomatic sage, told my parents when I was born that I was all arms, legs and peter!
I’ve since added a rotund belly to the mix . . .
Understand, please, that for years, people have used that monkey thing as a slur. If he had photoshopped a little toddler wearing royal type clothing, that would have been funny. Monkey? No. It’s like the old saw about fruits and nuts in California. I put that on facebook and my California friend reacted adversely saying didn’t I know fruit was a slur on gay people. Which I had no clue about. But now that I do know, I surely will not make that mistake again.
Those who see racism in this certainly deserve that label.
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Those who don’t are uninformed.
All the chimpanzees I’ve seen on the internet have big ears.
Darwin’s theory
The outrage is over the supposed racial aspect. That is the unforgiveable sin. Threatening them with harm would produce much less outrage.
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