How in the world does @ABC & @Disney justify this?

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Shaun King @ShaunKing 25m25 minutes ago
How in the world does @ABC & @Disney justify this?

Roseanne literally just said that Valerie Jarrett, who was Senior Advisor to President Obama, is like the Muslim Brotherhood & Planet of the Apes having a baby.

This is the gross normalization of bigotry in America.



twitter.com/therealroseanne/status/1001353729872773121

[DURHAM D]

1. She is as sick as Trump. nt

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2. the fact that she feels comfortable doing this openly

...is a symptom and consequence of the Trump presidency and the republican wink-and-nod party.

[Initech]

19. The GOP has gone full batshit conspiracy theory.

And there's nothing we can do to stop it really. Yes Trump did bring this out in the open, the conspiracy theorists have come out of the shadows.

[lancelyons]

31. Yep and to that degree.. the nasty GOP is winning the messaging. Not sure how this will change.

The GOP gets away with Nasty and lying.. The democrats sit idle like a fat sticky gummi bear, not doing anything and not capable of doing anything. No message from the DNC to counter. Fake is taking on truth and in some corners winning. Religion is on the side of Fake. Religion, Fake, GOP also have the guns. The media loves to cover fake over truth since it has trumps approval.

I guess the voters will have to decide on fake or truth.

[EffieBlack]

33. She does it openly AFTER being given her own show AFTER she made clear she has these views.

No wonder she thinks it's ok. ABC and Disney told her so.

[Ohiogal]

3. Thoroughly disgusting.

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14. Valerie Jarrett is such a gentle lady

...a beautiful person.

She's an intimate friend of the Obama family.

So much ugliness from Roseanne.

[Perseus]

22. When has Roseanne not shown ugliness?

And I am not referring at her appearance, I could not care less about that, but her show has always pandered to ugly America, her jokes have always been trash, even the way she talks is careless and trashy. Remember her rendition of the National Anthem? That is what she is, why people watched and still watch her comeback show I cannot understand, she perpetuates the "dumbing down of America" and people buy it with open arms.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. Where are the Roseanne apologists ?

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10. fans of the show?

Eric Slater @ericsslater
I will not watch any @ABCNetwork programming until they do the right thing and cancel Roseanne's show. Enough.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

26. They pop up in the most unusual places.

[dawnie51]

5. How does John Goodman.....

Sara Gilbert, Laurie Metcalf, etc. justify this. All supposedly liberal people, but willing to subsidize this horrible person and her TV mess. I can have no respect for anyone affiliated with Barr.

[mopinko]

11. laurie metcalf especially disappoints me.

she is a home town hero here. so many people have stories about her good works and deep friendships.

and i cant see her needing the work, but i dunno.

[Dave Starsky]

17. And why the fuck is John Goodman attached to this garbage?

The man has had a decent career in movies ever since the first show went off the air. He absolutely did not need this shit on his resume.

[lame54]

27. Goodman is in everything...

Check his wiki filmography
It's a mile long
He should walk from this garbage

[cwydro]

25. Sooo. We all need to complain about our coworkers?

Seriously?

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28. I speak up all the time

...I will, with predictability, put myself in between open racism, sexism, homophobic attacks at work, and throw down as if I'm the one affected - especially when it appears there's not going to be a defense from the target.

I also can be counted on to speak up and out when the target of the abuse is not present at the time, and also against any language in an open setting which could be overheard and construed as abusive or derogatory toward my co-workers.

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12. maybe they thought they could provide a counterbalance to her conservatism

...but you can't normalize hate and expect that it won't proliferate.

An equalizing farce/fail.

[Baitball Blogger]

6. Roseanne is racist to the core.

No question about it anymore.

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7. now she's got visibility, promotion

...funding.

[brush]

8. I will not watch that show so I don't know if she said it in a scripted...

scene or while being interviewed outside of the show.

Which is it?

Either way it's disgustingly racist and I don't know which is worse—that ABC allowed such racist dialogue to be green-lighted or that their re-ignited "star" feels free enough with her bigotry to blurt out such racist claptrap in public.

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9. she tweeted it

[leftyladyfrommo]

13. She apologized. But Roseanne has always been like a rabid dog.

Her idea of humor is just plain cruel.

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15. it's not as if this is her first offense

...she's a birther who has insulted a wide variety of individuals, races, religions, in personal, intentional diatribes.

It's certainly not an act, but it's quite a performance.

[leftyladyfrommo]

38. She is horrible to everyone. nt

[DesertRat]

16. She and other trump supporters

look for black women to go after to rile up the Trump base. ABC shouldn't turn a blind eye to this bigotry.

[Grammy23]

18. What a despicable thing for her to tweet.

You always have a moment to reconsider before you hit Send or Post. And you should do that when commenting anywhere. Having to apologize after the fact is risky since some of the offended will never see the apology. And like unringing the bell, you have to realize that you can’t take back your words, just try to explain and apologize as best you can. But your words are still out there to haunt you.

We’ve known for a long time that Roseanne is a very vocal, outspoken person, with not much of a filter to offer restraint on her more controversial comments. She has been out of the limelight for quite a while and only recently re-emerged to prominence due to the 2018 version of her old TV show. With comments like that, she may find herself relegated to the ashcan of former stars, which is probably right where she belongs.

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20. it's funny

...I would never consider saying anything like this, anywhere.

Knowing the history behind such a comment, as I'm quite sure she does - knowing her own history of very sincerely delivered bigotry - her apology strains credulity.

Her comment is more hateful, of course, than controversial.

[treestar]

21. What brought that on?

Did Ms. Jarrett say or do anything recently?

[homegirl]

23. D List former celebrity

will do or say anything for media coverage. They should ignore her!

[Firestorm49]

24. Deplorables

Roseanne Barr; One stupid person continuing the stupid dialogue to more stupid people. What the hell has happened to this country? This is what Republicans have fostered. To call them leaders in any sense of the word is an insult to leadership. Their legacy so far has been a disgrace to all that America stands for. They pass destructive, not productive legislation. Anybody with an iota of common sense can see plainly that their goal is the destruction of democracy for the promotion of fascism, oligarchy, anarchy, party and money, yet the minority of voters in this country, so blinded by partisanship, are too frickin stupid to see what is happening right before our eyes.
Every day I wake up and hope like hell that there are people of means, whether political, financial, or subversive that can stop these Nazi Republicans and their stupid followers from claiming America as theirs, and theirs only. Thousands have sacrificed their lives to keep America safe and free ,yet we still have Republicans hell bent on our destruction.
I think it stinks and I’m mad as hell.

[Loge23]

29. Stupidity has become "normal"

I totally agree that this deplorable behavior should not and can not be ignored nor accepted.
America has to wake up - the people who are fostering this shameful behavior are not patriots and are only damaging the country.
An easy first step would be firing, and marginalizing Barr.

[RockRaven]

30. All of those actors knew what Roseanne was like when they signed up for the reboot

shame on them for participating in giving her another turn in the spotlight. They chose to work on a garbage project with a garbage person. The stench will cling to them -- as it should!

[Iliyah]

32. Money, profits . . .

out weighs love thy neighbor . . . logic.

When you have a government and supporters of the government who thrives on total hate to keep in power, a government and a major political party who doesn't give a rats ass about the country nor her people, and pursues chaos while making profits then it time to vote them out and as the RWers always say . . . "take our country back".

ABC knew Rosanne is a racist, hate everything about truth and facts, and is one who would love to see this country go into total destruction, but hey, it's about the money.

[workinclasszero]

34. "How in the world does @ABC & @Disney justify this?"

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$

[cungar2000]

35. And.... there goes Wanda

Link to tweet

If John Goodman stays on this shit show, I'll lose any respect I had for him

[Gothmog]

36. There is a pattern here

Link to tweet

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37. yes

...there certainly is.