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Originally Posted by RichardCoulter
In an attempt to sound clever, he quoted a Shakespearean quote on Twitter that contained the word 'ape' to two people. The second person was black (Martin Shapland) and he believed this to be a racist comment:
https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/a...-a4348261.html
Was he being racist? Should he have been forced to stand down?
Mr Stewart denies being racist, Mr Shapland says an apology would have sufficed and has received abuse and a death threat. |
No, he wasn’t being racist.
No, he shouldn’t have stood down.
Shapland is an inferior intellect (which is what the Shakespeare quote means), who was shown to be so in debate with Stewart, and then cried “racist” in order to shut down the argument. Shapland is a disgrace.
On the other hand I learned years ago, through participation in web forums long before the advent of twitter, that you can’t win an argument online. All you can ever do is exchange views and move on. If it becomes verbal tennis, the wiser course of action is to walk away. Stewart was not racist but he was unwise.