Jeremy Clarkson is an appalling character
Thursday, March 12th, 2015 | Religion & Politics, Thoughts
It’s not that vile people like Jeremy Clarkson exist that makes me sad. It is that after he has been allegedly suspended for punching a producer, over half a million of you sign a petition to have him reinstated.
His antics over the years include:
- Making fun of Gordon Brown for being disabled
- Using the word “nigger” in a nursery rhyme
- A series of Nazi jokes at the Tokyo Motor Show
- A seemingly endless series of racist jokes with targets including India, Mexico, South Korea, Burma, Wales, Romania, Scotland and Japan
- Using derogatory terms for people with mental health issues
- Using derogatory terms for gay people
These are just a few of the most prominent. Wikipedia has many, many more. They even have a second page of it. This isn’t even the first time he has physically assaulted someone. Clarkson’s racist, homophobic, sexist, bigoted and violent personality has no place in civilised society, let alone the national media platform that he enjoys.
Stuart Lee does an excellent deconstruction:
NOTE: Since original publication, I have removed Clarkson’s joke about murdering public service workers in front of their families as such comments could be viewed as justifiable in context.
It’s not that vile people like Jeremy Clarkson exist that makes me sad. It is that after he has been allegedly suspended for punching a producer, over half a million of you sign a petition to have him reinstated.
His antics over the years include:
- Making fun of Gordon Brown for being disabled
- Using the word “nigger” in a nursery rhyme
- A series of Nazi jokes at the Tokyo Motor Show
- A seemingly endless series of racist jokes with targets including India, Mexico, South Korea, Burma, Wales, Romania, Scotland and Japan
- Using derogatory terms for people with mental health issues
- Using derogatory terms for gay people
These are just a few of the most prominent. Wikipedia has many, many more. They even have a second page of it. This isn’t even the first time he has physically assaulted someone. Clarkson’s racist, homophobic, sexist, bigoted and violent personality has no place in civilised society, let alone the national media platform that he enjoys.
Stuart Lee does an excellent deconstruction:
NOTE: Since original publication, I have removed Clarkson’s joke about murdering public service workers in front of their families as such comments could be viewed as justifiable in context.