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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If people are going to take notice of a child’s birth, they might as well have the decency to not mock the child - it was just born and hasn’t had time to annoy anyone yet, you’d think it could be spared the scorn of some random jackass.
He could turn out to be a beautiful kid.. Or. Well... He does have the genes of Jughead. He is going to be raised gender neutral. They could put him in a dress as he gets older
Apparently your friend accepted nuts as accurate.
GWB was routinely depicted as a chimpanzee. Because of his facial appearance, I guess. But of course that’s not racist because it just another genetic characteristic that a person is born with and can’t change.
Has your friend never been to San Francisco? Tell them to take a ferry there and then get back to you. By the way - is your friend a fruit? Sounds like more of a nut.
I’ve told all my kids that they were monkeys. Guess I’m lucky my wife’s genealogy shows her curly hair comes from Jewish genes and not black.
No, you threw yourself in front of the bus.
That’s funny. I still remember watching J.Fred Muggs on the “Today Show” in the 1950’s.
Maybe he and Roseanne can get together and co-star
in a zany sitcom.
Meghan Markle did bring one incredible gift to the British royal family. Even though they are still one of the wealthiest and most influential families among the world elites, she has brought them the gift of victim status. They are oppressed now because of her. There is nothing a lefty craves and needs more than that status. Someone has to be oppressing them for something or they begin to worry that they are the oppressors. Problem solved!
That’s a fine how do you do.
Now if he called W a “chimp” that’s perfectly ok.
You have to admit, though, you have to be pretty stupid not to know in today’s environment, when you’re in a position like that, that posting something like that will get you into trouble.
Great post
Great thread
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