...and not to overshadow their achievements with my own ill-conceived attempts at humor. I clearly failed, and I’m sorry. -DH [2/2]
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That's nice. Now - and I cannot overstress the importance of this part - He needs to practice his STFU for a while.
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Racist humour is not funny. It never is. You are a complete and utter joke, ruining someone's big moment with bigotry. #shame
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As a long time fan of your wit and wisdom, I was disappointed to see that this even happened. Thank you for apologizing.
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@somegreybloke a man of your age and intellect should know better then to make a joke like that on somebody's big day.
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now, can you explain what made you "conceive" that a watermelon joke during an awards ceremony might be funny to begin with?
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Took you long enough. You're too smart to put forth such pejorative imagery of a black scholar, or black anything.
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Maybe our tendency to share ill conceived thoughts on social media influences us to share these thoughts in person...