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Who is the victim? The people who misconstrued the post are certainly not, has anyone experienced any negative effects from the post other than DB?

Probably Cassette Boy for his poorly thought out comparison.

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There doesn't have to be an actively aware and aggrieved person somewhere else for "but I'm the victim here" to turn an apology into a churlish non-apology.

Yeah, if you're inadvertently racist it's probably best to apologise rather than go on about your critics "diseased minds".

100% agree that last bit wasn't necessary, but I think your synopsis of his tweet;

"Sorry if people feel offended" non-apology. In fact, he's portraying himself as the victim. "My turn in the barrel".

is a long way from what he wrote.

I'm going to guess that he will probably receive at least one abusive message regarding this incident, so yes he is a victim of sorts. Def a victim of shitty media orgs looking for clicks.

What is he meant to be apologising for anyway? He was told it looks bad so he took it down and clarified his reasons for posting. Not sure a sorry to any individual or unknown group of offended internet citizens is required.

Anyway I don't even like Danny Baker.

Anyway the important thing here is that the royals have had a healthy child with a quirky name.

Ah, Twitter can be relied upon for sober appraisal:

I couldn’t give a fuck about what you think and how I’ve tweeted with
the grammar police on to me. THICK CUNTS I’ll say it louder.

Danny Baker has been fired.

He's now been fired, which seems a bit silly...

I think he’s been fired for being anti royal rather than racist. It’s generally OK to be a screaming racist at the beeb but dare to dis the royals and you’re out.

Oh God. The state of Twitter.

with a quirky name

Really? Sounds exactly like something I'd have expected as a royal name.

It's PG gone mad.

^ rep

can't believe I'm about to argue this... but as I'm killing time before a call.

It's an abbreviated name.

edit: followed by a surname as a second name. Ok so he's not called Yucca, but still it is non-trad.

Archie Harrison Mountbatten-Windsor. About as quirky as dry toast.

Edit: I see your point now @hugo7

Meh, it used to be, but it's now just a name in its own right I'd say.

Ha!

Anyway the important thing here is that we're no longer talking about a small chubby male with no hair.

Is the baby slim?

Yeah fuck you.

Doing blackface just the once is enough for me.

followed by a surname as a second name

Well, I've met at least one first-name Harrison. Oh, and there's Harrison Ford. It's perfectly acceptable as a first name, anyway, as it simply means 'son of Harry' (or variants thereof).

In England?

The US have strong form on using surnames as first names. Obviously it's now becoming more common here too.