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Old 13-05-2019, 07:05 AM #291
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Originally Posted by Oliver_W View Post
His picture wasn't a comment on the baby's race though. In his own words:
"I chose the wrong photo to illustrate a joke. Disastrously so.

"In attempting to lampoon privilege and the news cycle I went to a file of goofy pictures and saw the chimp dressed as a Lord and thought, 'That's the one!' Had I kept searching I might have chosen General Tom Thumb or even a a baby in a crown. But I didn't. God knows I wish had.
See, i don't think he is necessarily racist, but i do think he intended to hurt the royal family by poking fun at them because its fashionable. He can continue to refine his excuse (he has refined it 3 times already) ... it's not really the point. His post offended some people, the BBC couldn't be associated with that for obvious reasons, so he lost his job. That for me is the end of it
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