Roseanne Reboot

[Jason Harvestdancer]

Damn, now we won't find out why DJ was denied reenlistment in the army.

My guess is Walleye Syndrome.

Neurological damage from having fought in the Mid-East?

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Damn, now we won't find out why DJ was denied reenlistment in the army.

My guess is Walleye Syndrome.

Neurological damage from having fought in the Mid-East?

Apparently it is too obscure of a reference for you, but figured it was a relatively universal for anyone over the age of 35 or so.

 

[braces_for_impact]

I can't imagine being SO angry that you walk away from a rewarding career along with a fortune just so you can burn the libs on Twitter. Saddening really.

 

[Jason Harvestdancer]

Neurological damage from having fought in the Mid-East?

Apparently it is too obscure of a reference for you, but figured it was a relatively universal for anyone over the age of 35 or so.

Then please elaborate.

 Strabismus is what I found.

 

[steve_bank]

Ever see performances of Carlin, Pryor, or Murphy? They got pretty crude and offensive and demeaning. They kept it on stage. You can go back to Lenny Bruce in the 60s. He destroyed himself.

I don't know if she is racists, she like Trump likes controversy. In the first series the show dealt with racism.

 

[Jimmy Higgins]

Neurological damage from having fought in the Mid-East?

Apparently it is too obscure of a reference for you, but figured it was a relatively universal for anyone over the age of 35 or so.

Then please elaborate.

 Strabismus is what I found.

Hot Shots reference.

 

[Jason Harvestdancer]

Oh. Never saw that move.

 

[Keith&Co.]

That's too bad. I hope this won't affect the careers of the other actors.

S'okay, Kramer only KOed Kramer's kareer

 

[Underseer]

Gee, a Trump voter turned out to be a piece of shit racist?

No!

You don't say!

I'm shocked. Shocked, I tell you! Can't you see how shocked I am? This is my shocked face.

I can't wait for the other conservatives and libertarians (who are completely different, but just happen to take the same positions on most things) to rush to her defense and claim that she is being "attacked" by "social justice warriors."

 

[coloradoatheist]

Gee, a Trump voter turned out to be a piece of shit racist?

No!

You don't say!

I'm shocked. Shocked, I tell you! Can't you see how shocked I am? This is my shocked face.

I can't wait for the other conservatives and libertarians (who are completely different, but just happen to take the same positions on most things) to rush to her defense and claim that she is being "attacked" by "social justice warriors."

Shouldn't the opposite be true, the people who say people should have free speech independent of their employer be complaining about how ABC shouldn't be canceling her show?

 

[jab]

That's too bad. I hope this won't affect the careers of the other actors. For instance, I'd love to see that guy from The Big Bang Theory parlay his role on Roseanne into a series of his own.

Also, reading about her twitter feed, isn't the one that she got fired for about the least offensive thing she's written in past couple of years?

Comparing a black person to an ape is an old old racist trope.
Roseanne Barrnold has been nutty for decades.

 

[Jason Harvestdancer]

Gee, a Trump voter turned out to be a piece of shit racist?

No!

You don't say!

I'm shocked. Shocked, I tell you! Can't you see how shocked I am? This is my shocked face.

I can't wait for the other conservatives and libertarians (who are completely different, but just happen to take the same positions on most things) to rush to her defense and claim that she is being "attacked" by "social justice warriors."

Gee, a libertarian commented about how he was disappointed that he'd never know how a particular plot point came out. And here comes underseer to tell us that he wants libertarians to join him in his conservative outrage instead.

Actually I really feel sorry for Sarah Gilbert. I heard that she is the one that got the show back together, and I really liked seeing her on screen. Yeah, she's showing her years, but she's still damn hot. Too bad she plays for the other team.

 

[braces_for_impact]

Gee, a Trump voter turned out to be a piece of shit racist?

No!

You don't say!

I'm shocked. Shocked, I tell you! Can't you see how shocked I am? This is my shocked face.

I can't wait for the other conservatives and libertarians (who are completely different, but just happen to take the same positions on most things) to rush to her defense and claim that she is being "attacked" by "social justice warriors."

Shouldn't the opposite be true, the people who say people should have free speech independent of their employer be complaining about how ABC shouldn't be canceling her show?

This will be hard to square for Trumpers. If they wish to have any consistency at least. Hard to say the NFL is right and ABC is wrong. Ironically, these were the same people clamoring for Kathy Griffin to go not so long ago.

 

[coloradoatheist]

Gee, a Trump voter turned out to be a piece of shit racist?

No!

You don't say!

I'm shocked. Shocked, I tell you! Can't you see how shocked I am? This is my shocked face.

I can't wait for the other conservatives and libertarians (who are completely different, but just happen to take the same positions on most things) to rush to her defense and claim that she is being "attacked" by "social justice warriors."

Shouldn't the opposite be true, the people who say people should have free speech independent of their employer be complaining about how ABC shouldn't be canceling her show?

This will be hard to square for Trumpers. If they wish to have any consistency at least. Hard to say the NFL is right and ABC is wrong. Ironically, these were the same people clamoring for Kathy Griffin to go not so long ago.

Good thing I agree that ABC had every right to cancel her show because of her comments.

 

[Trausti]

 

[SimpleDon]

Reactions on the cancelation of the show by my fellow Atlantians in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution behind a paywall,

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PHOTO BY JORDAN STRAUSS/INVISION/AP, FILE
FILE - In this March 23, 2018, file photo, Roseanne Barr arrives at the Los Angeles premiere of "Roseanne" on Friday in Burbank, Calif. Barr has apologized for suggesting that former White House adviser Valerie Jarrett is a product of the Muslim Brotherhood and the “Planet of the Apes.” Barr on Tuesday, May 29, tweeted that she was sorry to Jarrett “for making a bad joke about her politics and her looks.” Jarrett, who is African-American, advised Barack and Michelle Obama.
On Tuesday, ABC canceled ‘Roseanne’ after the actress sent a racist tweet comparing Valerie Jarrett, former advisor to President Barack Obama, to an ape.
Barr later apologized on social media, calling her statement a “bad joke,” but Channing Dungey, ABC Entertainment President, released a statement saying: “Roseanne’s Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show.”

Read more: ABC cancels ‘Roseanne’ after Roseanne Barr’s offensive tweet

After the announcment, a range of celebrities, media personalities, activists and politicians including Rep. John Lewis took to Twitter to chime in and they overwhemingly congratulated ABC on their decision to give Roseanne the heave-ho:


John Lewis
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@repjohnlewis
Thank you, @ABCNetwork. You did the right thing. There is not any room in our society for racism or bigotry.

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From Channing Dungey, President of ABC Entertainment: "Roseanne's Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show."
There was only one thing to do here, and that was the right thing.

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lisabugsy 13 minutes ago
This is beyond ridiculous. Roseanne is a comedian. If these things were said on SNL or The View the liberals would think it was hilarious. They're always laughing when Alec Baldwin spoofs Trump on SNL. Can't have it both ways.

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chimneypark 28 minutes ago
Forget who is responding. Consider the ugliness or what was said. Are you for it or against it?

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RonHughes 36 minutes ago
So the Democrat mascot has weighed in. Talk about racist. Everything he owns, including his Congressional seat is owed to the fact that he was born black. Whenever the Dems want to play the race card, they bring out Congressman Buckwheat. Name one piece of significant legislation that has benefited Georgia or the 5th district that he has been a part of in his decades in D.C? STFU!!!

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TomGaff 2 hours ago
Mr Lewis, what you said, I believe in also. It should also apply to liberal DEMS also! Good for the Goose, Good for the Gander!

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NeuUlmer 2 hours ago
So, the RACIST PIG, John Lewis weighs in? Gag me with a pitchfork.

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Re Al A T 4 hours ago
Karma bites another big pig in the trump. A more non talented waste of humanity that needs to find a cliff or a deep hole to fall into. Hope you enjoy your new found freedom and return to the fat, stupid and irrelevant lifestyle. It fits your personality or lack thereof.

 

[blastula]

Roseanne has tweeted about 30 times since earlier today saying she was leaving twitter. Most are retweets of people defending her in a variety of very stupid ways. She's also doubling down on her Valerie Jarrett bashing, including this retweet.



What Roseanne hates most of all is Snopes.

 

[repoman]

huh, there are some real things to question VJ about, but using flat out odd and ineffective lies is wackadoo.

ETA

I think that posting easily disproven bullshit facts about Valerie Jarrett is way worse than the Planet of the Apes thing. Bush was continually compared to a chimp and he looks like a dumb ugly one.



Jarrett does not look like a chimp is not even close to ugly, but she is actually looks a bit like a mix between the 1968 and the early 2000s planet of the Apes female ape in the caramel skin tone.

 

[Mumbles]

Personally, I find it easy to distinguish between Kaepernick's protests against police violence against black people on one hand, and Barr's centuries-old racism that's crafted to excuse violence against black people on the other.

But that's just me.

 

[ZiprHead]