ABC cancels 'Roseanne' after racist Twitter rant

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:And Trump has now - of course - made Roseanne's cancelation ALL ABOUT HIM:

Bob Iger of ABC called Valerie Jarrett to let her know that “ABC does not tolerate comments like those” made by Roseanne Barr. Gee, he never called President Donald J. Trump to apologize for the HORRIBLE statements made and said about me on ABC. Maybe I just didn’t get the call?

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1001848460881035265

So SHS was lying yesterday about Trump being focused on NK, the military and trade deals? I’m shocked.

[Anonymous]

Trolled by BigPharma: racism is not a side effect of Ambien.

https://mobile.twitter.com/SanofiUS/status/1001824999496404992

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Trolled by BigPharma: racism is not a side effect of Ambien.

https://mobile.twitter.com/SanofiUS/status/1001824999496404992

And Dictionary.com

https://mobile.twitter.com/Dictionarycom/status/1001808486827810816

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And Trump has now - of course - made Roseanne's cancelation ALL ABOUT HIM:

Bob Iger of ABC called Valerie Jarrett to let her know that “ABC does not tolerate comments like those” made by Roseanne Barr. Gee, he never called President Donald J. Trump to apologize for the HORRIBLE statements made and said about me on ABC. Maybe I just didn’t get the call?

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1001848460881035265

My god! Doesn't he have more important things to do, like running a country, than whining on Twitter in the middle of the day?

He’s got a huge point

[Anonymous]

You all know that Roseanne ran for President under the Green Party with Sheehan as her Vice, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And Trump has now - of course - made Roseanne's cancelation ALL ABOUT HIM:

Bob Iger of ABC called Valerie Jarrett to let her know that “ABC does not tolerate comments like those” made by Roseanne Barr. Gee, he never called President Donald J. Trump to apologize for the HORRIBLE statements made and said about me on ABC. Maybe I just didn’t get the call?

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1001848460881035265

My god! Doesn't he have more important things to do, like running a country, than whining on Twitter in the middle of the day?

He’s got a huge point

No he doesn't, and he should be carrying out the constitutional duties that he swore to instead of whining over petty grievances.

[jsteele]

Anonymous wrote:You all know that Roseanne ran for President under the Green Party with Sheehan as her Vice, right?

Good point. So Roseanne is really a leftist and Trumpsters can quit crying. It's actually the far left, not conservatives who are being unfairly treated.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:And Trump has now - of course - made Roseanne's cancelation ALL ABOUT HIM:

Bob Iger of ABC called Valerie Jarrett to let her know that “ABC does not tolerate comments like those” made by Roseanne Barr. Gee, he never called President Donald J. Trump to apologize for the HORRIBLE statements made and said about me on ABC. Maybe I just didn’t get the call?

https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1001848460881035265

My god! Doesn't he have more important things to do, like running a country, than whining on Twitter in the middle of the day?

He’s got a huge point

No he doesn't, and he should be carrying out the constitutional duties that he swore to instead of whining over petty grievances.

Trump is the embodiment of petty grievances.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You have to wonder what prompted her vitriolic Twitter spree this morning. It seems self destructive. Yes, on one hand better that we all see her for what she is, but she seemed professionally on the upswing and so foolish for her to lash out in such an ugly way.

I was thinking the same thing. I am a middle-age Black woman. I loved the first iteration of the Roseanne show. There were two episodes in particular that really resonate with me 20 years later... 1) when DJ participated in teasing a Black girl in gym class; Roseanne let him have it, and 2) during the Rodney King riots in LA she and Tom Arnold's character were also looting AND she showed two Black characters from A Different World who weren't looting. I thought that those were very deliberate and thoughtful episodes and I really appreciated those storylines.

Fast forward... I just have a hard time believing that Roseanne was a closet, gross racist all those years. I didn't watch the "new" Roseanne because of everything that she's done and said since the first one went off the air. This whole thing makes me so sad. Valerie Jarrett, by all accounts, is a lovely, accomplished woman who doesn't deserve to be the focal point of her racist rhetoric; no one does. I mean... she literally DID NOT care about all of the people who earn a living working on her show. I'm sad because people like Roseanne just cannot process that the collateral damage does more harm to their ilk than their targets. Valerie Jarrett will be just fine. She will continue to earn a living. The people working on the Roseanne show that may have been out of work for a while or had an opportunity to resurrect a dormant acting career... she set those people back and affected their livelihoods.

Her racist views don't bother me as much as her disregard for how those views impact people that depended on her for a living.

I'm hopeful that this will be a shift that causes people to really rethink how they use their platform.

Seriously? You have a hard time believing this? I'm a black woman too and I have a hard time believing you believe this.
'She's so nice to me, how can she be racist?"
The chick is batshit crazy, and a big time conspiracy theorist, and it looks like black folk are front and center of some those crazy ass conspiracies.

Just because I have a hard time believing it doesn't mean that I don't believe it. Don't twist my words. Since you're so literal and outraged... hard to believe as in "wow... she kept it under wraps all that time".

Roseanne was batshit crazy when ABC signed up for the redux. She's been spouting conspiracy theories for years... did you miss the part where I said I didn't watch the new show because of what she's been saying? I'm sure you did. Anywho... ABC knew what they were signing up for but they didn't bet on her vitriol forcing them to choose between short financial gain and long term financial impact.

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You all know that Roseanne ran for President under the Green Party with Sheehan as her Vice, right?

Good point. So Roseanne is really a leftist and Trumpsters can quit crying. It's actually the far left, not conservatives who are being unfairly treated.

Even Breitbart supports the firing. We just want to know if you liberals will call your own out

[Anonymous]

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I hope this is real
Fox will probably take up the show though

And that assumes the other members of the cast would want to continue. I'm not so sure about that.

Wanda Sykes already jumped ship after the apology.

But Wanda is allowed to tweet

"White people don't steal wallets, they steal whole countries."

Isn't that racist?

Don't people call the President "a cracker wanna be Cheeto" on live TV?

Isn't that racist?


I can not stand Trump or Roseanne, but consequences have to run both ways. Kathy Griffin is already back doing stand-up and shows. Could you imagine if she did the same when Obama was president? There is a double standard here and racism will never end if BOTH sides are not held accountable.

Are you really suggesting that Kathy Griffin should never be allowed to work again? Since you believe in consistency, are you also suggesting that Roseanne should never again be employed for stand-up for a show?

Wanda Sykes' remark was not racist. Rather, it is an example of comedy being used to make a political point.

There is truly nothing sadder than white people struggling to demonstrate that they are oppressed.

Thank You Jeff.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You all know that Roseanne ran for President under the Green Party with Sheehan as her Vice, right?

Good point. So Roseanne is really a leftist and Trumpsters can quit crying. It's actually the far left, not conservatives who are being unfairly treated.

Even Breitbart supports the firing. We just want to know if you liberals will call your own out

You conservatives have no leg to stand on when it comes to calling your own out.

[Anonymous]

Ambien:

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

jsteele wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You all know that Roseanne ran for President under the Green Party with Sheehan as her Vice, right?

Good point. So Roseanne is really a leftist and Trumpsters can quit crying. It's actually the far left, not conservatives who are being unfairly treated.

Even Breitbart supports the firing. We just want to know if you liberals will call your own out

She’s not ours. Not when she’s in the tank for Trump. You guys are just annoyed that she tipped her hand too early.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You have to wonder what prompted her vitriolic Twitter spree this morning. It seems self destructive. Yes, on one hand better that we all see her for what she is, but she seemed professionally on the upswing and so foolish for her to lash out in such an ugly way.

I was thinking the same thing. I am a middle-age Black woman. I loved the first iteration of the Roseanne show. There were two episodes in particular that really resonate with me 20 years later... 1) when DJ participated in teasing a Black girl in gym class; Roseanne let him have it, and 2) during the Rodney King riots in LA she and Tom Arnold's character were also looting AND she showed two Black characters from A Different World who weren't looting. I thought that those were very deliberate and thoughtful episodes and I really appreciated those storylines.

Fast forward... I just have a hard time believing that Roseanne was a closet, gross racist all those years. I didn't watch the "new" Roseanne because of everything that she's done and said since the first one went off the air. This whole thing makes me so sad. Valerie Jarrett, by all accounts, is a lovely, accomplished woman who doesn't deserve to be the focal point of her racist rhetoric; no one does. I mean... she literally DID NOT care about all of the people who earn a living working on her show. I'm sad because people like Roseanne just cannot process that the collateral damage does more harm to their ilk than their targets. Valerie Jarrett will be just fine. She will continue to earn a living. The people working on the Roseanne show that may have been out of work for a while or had an opportunity to resurrect a dormant acting career... she set those people back and affected their livelihoods.

Her racist views don't bother me as much as her disregard for how those views impact people that depended on her for a living.

I'm hopeful that this will be a shift that causes people to really rethink how they use their platform.

Yes, vile racists who have a large public following should be more careful because it might have financial implications for those who choose to work with a vile racist. Thanks.

I did not mean to imply that her being a vile racist is OK. I just meant that people like Roseanne are so blinded by their beliefs and hatred that they really aren't thinking straight; like a mental block of some sort. EVERYONE has some kind of prejudice but most people are smart enough to know that publicly revealing those have consequences. I mean... how deep is her level of hate and venom that she just don't care about the people that are close to her and the people who relied on her for employment. She had NO regard for the consequences. You can't change people and you can't make them believe something that they don't believe. However, what ABC did to her should be a BIG deterrent for people like Roseanne; hateful people who have the power to employ hundreds.

The only people who believe and say everyone has some kind of prejudice are people who are trying to convince themselves that THEIR bigotry is normal .Speak for yourself