It was clearly stupid but....

Sometimes when people try to be funny they make a mistake because they are thinking from a different perspective.
If people think he was genuinely trying to be racist then fine. Burn him a the stake....but if it's just a clear error in judgement....well we are all guilty of that in our lifetimes....I'm sure the faux outrage will spew forth....

Posted By: usacanary on May 9th 2019 at 14:44:55

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Oh dear Danny Baker... (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, May 9, 10:38:58
- It was clearly stupid but.... (General Chat) - usacanary, May 9, 14:44:55
  - It was a riff on one of his long standing, very non-racist jokes. Failed spectacularly. (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, May 9, 15:12:14
    - That's the problem.....you need context and.... (General Chat) - usacanary, May 9, 20:23:33
- Imagine what they’d have done to Saville if he knew how to tweet (n/m) (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, May 9, 14:08:12
  - OBE and Knighthood... (n/m) (General Chat) - usacanary, May 9, 14:38:48
- A presenter of DB's experience should know better (n/m) (General Chat) - revsimon, May 9, 13:10:43
- BBC Fucking Ridiculous! The hypocrisy is unbelievable (n/m) (General Chat) - Worthing Yellow, May 9, 12:10:30
- He's a tool (General Chat) - duke of york, May 9, 11:27:18
  - Absolutely. I genuinely do believe him, however... (n/m) (General Chat) - Yellalee, May 9, 12:34:38
    - VMT (n/m) (General Chat) - SCC 28, May 9, 12:48:35
      - Equally, I generally find him insufferable... (n/m) (General Chat) - duke of york, May 9, 13:46:41
  - It's almost impossible to believe he wouldn't have realised the implication (n/m) (General Chat) - paulg, May 9, 11:39:54
  - Just like Alan sugar was a few months back if I remember correctly... (General Chat) - Darren Eadie, May 9, 11:28:08
- Yet Nigel Farage is on QT tonight... (General Chat) - Darren Eadie, May 9, 11:19:16
  - Not employed by them (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, May 9, 12:16:10
    - Still appears on the bbc most days and clearly help to make his living. (General Chat) - Darren Eadie, May 9, 12:22:25
- what took them so long (n/m) (General Chat) - ghostof barry butler, May 9, 10:56:08
- Oh what can it mean (General Chat) - Old Git, May 9, 10:42:05
  - Haha! Very good. (n/m) (General Chat) - bird table, May 9, 10:54:58
- Oops (n/m) (General Chat) - Bungle, May 9, 10:41:11

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