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El Presidente Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Love mini-golf. Tiny Woods.

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Seabag Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I like Danny Baker as a broadcaster, and in the > past when he was on BBC Radio London, his shows > verged on genius. > > However, there?s always been this balancing act, a > verge of chaos with his way of broadcasting (and I > include his Twitter feed). He prided himself on > not conforming, not turning up with a running list > of how his show would run, all based on his past > ability to deliver, mostly or much of it > off-the-cuff. And for years he pulled it off, he > had form and could deliver on the day and of the > moment. In some ways he was a dream ticket for > producers, though I suspect a nightmare for > others. He was a broadcasters, broadcaster. > > But it?s a ?live by the sword, die by the sword > situation. Baker prides himself, styles his > reputation on nuance and the power of words, and > words are there to illustrate thoughts and > visualise them. He was trading on his > knowledgeable and knowing ways, and within the > world he created, he was king. Sadly though here > he?s hung and swung by his own petard, his own > standard. > > The litmus test is wether Baker would himself have > been understanding and/or forgiving if member of > the establishment he lampoons with such regularity > ( he admits he has a file of stock images to do > so) had made such an error of judgment. I?m fairly > sure he?d have been taken (rightly) to task, and > Baker knows this. > > But is Baker a racist? I?m not sure wholly, but > the post on Twitter hit all the notes of that > category. Though I?m not sure if ?racist? is a > 100% binary thing. I think most people in the high > percentile ?don?t want to be perceived as racists? > though there are deep seated and ingrained tropes > in the world that we work hard on removing, both > from society and ourselves. > > In this and other incidents it turns out thoughts > to ourselves, in a ?thank f**k I didn?t do that? > and maybe it?s a light shone on a before we even > moment, where we reflect and pause before we open > our mouths, or post about such things. Fair comment, well said.

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