[Twosugars]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

There's really no need for police involvement, he's been punished enough - he's lost his job and has wrongly been called racist, so just leave him to it now.

The police will decide that

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Twosugars

The police will decide that

Thought Police is the proper name.

[Twosugars]

Originally Posted by Alf

Thought Police is the proper name.

If you don't like the laws in this country that's your problem

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Twosugars

If you don't like the laws in this country that's your problem

Well if I don't like something, then of course it's my problem, that's why I speak out about it.

I'm not sure Mr Baker has broken any laws, show me the law that states that it's illegal to post a picture of a monkey holding hands with two humans, on twitter?

If that is a law, then it's worse than I thought.

[Matthew.]

Originally Posted by Alf

Well if I don't like something, then of course it's my problem, that's why I speak out about it.

I'm not sure Mr Baker has broken any laws, show me the law that states that it's illegal to post a picture of a monkey holding hands with two humans, on twitter?

If that is a law, then it's worse than I thought.

Yeah you forgot to add the part where “Mr Baker” said that that monkey was the newly born royal baby, who is mixed race.

[Alf]

Originally Posted by Matthew.

Yeah you forgot to add the part where “Mr Baker” said that that monkey was the newly born royal baby, who is mixed race.

Doesn't he deny that he knew the baby was mixed race? How you gonna prove him wrong, unless you take control of his thoughts? I don't even know if the baby is mixed race, has that been confirmed? I haven't been following.

[Matthew.]

Originally Posted by Alf

I don't even know if the baby is mixed race

Then you must be living under a rock

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Matthew.

Yeah you forgot to add the part where “Mr Baker” said that that monkey was the newly born royal baby, who is mixed race.

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.

[bots]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

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

[Livia]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

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.

He's wasting his time trying to explain. The hand-wringers have already got too tight a hold on this they'll never let it drop, he is damned for all time.

I thought it was both sad and ridiculous that the front page of a newspaper shared two stories... the birth of the royal baby and the fact that someone posted a poor-taste joke on Twitter.

There is a slither of a chance that he doesn't know anything at all about Meghan nor her heritage because she's not exactly Serena Williams, is she. Some people have no interest at all in the royal family and know nothing about them, did not watch the wedding, don't care whether they had a baby or not.

I don't know anything about Danny Baker. I'm neither a fan nor a hater, but I think the pitchforks can go away now.