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How Terribly Sad For Alistair Stewart After Serving Itn As A Newsreader
That he’s been forced to step down because of a misjudgement when he called someone and ‘angry ape’ on Twitter
The recipient said he was racist and so ends an unblemished 30 odd years as a newsreader
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The recipient said he was racist and so ends an unblemished 30 odd years as a newsreader
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"...he’s been forced to step down because of a misjudgement when he called someone and ‘angry ape’ on Twitter" He didn't call someone an 'angry ape'. He used a well-known Shakespeare quote which essentially says a little knowledge is a dangerous thing. The quote has the words 'angry ape' in them, but it is a leap too far to suggest he called the other...
08:00 Thu 30th Jan 2020
A further thought on my earlier opinion - in my view, given the exchanges, and the context in which Mr Stewart posted his quote, I think he could have easily and robustly defended his position, been successful in reasoning that defence, and kept his post.
The fact that he has capitulated so easily does infer to me that there is much more going on, which may be revealed in the fullness of time.
The fact that he has capitulated so easily does infer to me that there is much more going on, which may be revealed in the fullness of time.
TheDevil - // Exactly, and who is to blame him in those days? They knew no better. So to quote a (known) racist, out of context of his arts, is surely racist? //
I think you have to look at context here, the devil in the detail so to speak.
If Mr Stewart wanted to quote a racist, there are plenty of them throughout history to choose from.
In my view, he chose the quote to illustrate a point about the assumption of mankind to know everything about everything, when clearly that is wrong, and Shakespeare is making that point clear.
The fact that the words 'angry ape' are used by Shakespeare as an illustration of his point is just that - clarification of the point he is trying to make.
For any black person to isolate those two words and construe intended racism is, in my view, utterly unreasonable, and should be rightly dismissed as the potential trouble-making that it clearly is.
I think Mr Stewart is more intelligent and decent than to descend into overt racist exchanges with a stranger in a social media debate.
Watch this space.
I think you have to look at context here, the devil in the detail so to speak.
If Mr Stewart wanted to quote a racist, there are plenty of them throughout history to choose from.
In my view, he chose the quote to illustrate a point about the assumption of mankind to know everything about everything, when clearly that is wrong, and Shakespeare is making that point clear.
The fact that the words 'angry ape' are used by Shakespeare as an illustration of his point is just that - clarification of the point he is trying to make.
For any black person to isolate those two words and construe intended racism is, in my view, utterly unreasonable, and should be rightly dismissed as the potential trouble-making that it clearly is.
I think Mr Stewart is more intelligent and decent than to descend into overt racist exchanges with a stranger in a social media debate.
Watch this space.
Just come in on this, having read that Stewart quoted a well-known Shakespearean excerpt. Totally ignorant of the complainant to complain on racial grounds and reflects badly on him and on the TV station. Talk about over-sensitive thin skins - I call my grandkids 'monkeys' - the Bard was citing the antics of genuine apes as an illustration. Words fail me...… A genuine thicko to complain - shown himself up. Has to be more behind this.
Mr Shapland seems to have history on matters of race.
He may yet regret his posturing if the papers decide he's worth a good, prolonged and in-depth look.
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He may yet regret his posturing if the papers decide he's worth a good, prolonged and in-depth look.
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// O Hamlet, speak no more!
Thou turn'st mine eyes into my very soul,...//
but of course it is Alistair shall speak no more
alistair shall speak not more for he hath murdered speech !
it is a mad world in which we live
do you call other people - greasy levantines in front of arabs and jews?
or in front of a jew or a bruvva - hey come here boy !
no we dont - nore should alistair
Thou turn'st mine eyes into my very soul,...//
but of course it is Alistair shall speak no more
alistair shall speak not more for he hath murdered speech !
it is a mad world in which we live
do you call other people - greasy levantines in front of arabs and jews?
or in front of a jew or a bruvva - hey come here boy !
no we dont - nore should alistair
it wasn't just the one tweet, douglas, it appears Stewart had been trolling him.
"Most of the tweets have now been deleted, so people now commentating think it's *just* 'the ape thing'. As I recall, AS went on a rant about Martin's education level, dismissed the possibility he could have a degree, really picked on him by quote-tweeting & encouraging a pile-on."
@KateMaltby
Of course if Shapland is that bad, he shouldn't be an ITV presenter either.
"Most of the tweets have now been deleted, so people now commentating think it's *just* 'the ape thing'. As I recall, AS went on a rant about Martin's education level, dismissed the possibility he could have a degree, really picked on him by quote-tweeting & encouraging a pile-on."
@KateMaltby
Of course if Shapland is that bad, he shouldn't be an ITV presenter either.
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