One thing I've noticed du'ers are really getting good at is chasing shiny objects.

[shraby]

Nothing like 500 posts about the same thing when something happens.

[lame54]

1. join the conversation...

or continue to wine
either way

[NightWatcher]

2. discussion on a discussion board?

[Blue_Adept]

9. I'm shocked!

[MFM008]

15. Im more shocked

Gambling in a casino???!!!

[Blue_Adept]

17. waitwaitwait

[Texasgal]

22. Drinking in a bar?

What's next shitting in the toilet in a bathroom?

[lapfog_1]

3. I think this was news

ABC cancels a top rated TV show because the star of the show is a racist POS who tweeted a truly offensive statement all within about 10 hours.

[PJMcK]

4. What would you like to discuss instead?

There is some irony in your post, you know?

[LanternWaste]

5. That's the one thing you've noticed, eh?

That's the one thing you've noticed, eh?

Nothing like accurately illustrating the depths of your perception.

[demmiblue]

6. Racism isn't a shiny object. n/t

[Niagara]

13. Perfect response n/t

[NCTraveler]

7. Common sense with respect to discussion boards like this.

And overt racism isn't a "shiny object".

O for 2. Not too shraby.

[Eliot Rosewater]

26. No shit, shiny object MY ASS.

[tenderfoot]

8. Not you thought...

you're totally focused...

[janx]

10. I just don't understand why people can't post

under original OPs that are already there. A new OP for every thought on the subject (or even a similar thought) seems a bit unnecessary.

[onenote]

21. This is the second thread on GD in a half hour complaining about the number of Roseanne threads

So why did you post on this one and not the earlier one?

[Tommy_Carcetti]

11. Thanks for your input. nt

[anneboleyn]

12. Is your post meta as several other posters just posted the same comment?

And yes I am done with these pointless critical posts on a discussion board ffs.

[BumRushDaShow]

14. "Racism" is a "shiny" object?

Now THAT is white privilege at its best!!!!!!

[shraby]

18. Your putting a spin on my comment that is out of line. You know I meant nothing of

the kind. I was criticizing the post after post after post ad infinitum all about the same thing. I like to read about what's happening around the country or in politics but seems I have wade through everyone saying the same thing.

Guess I might as well go back to work on my website.

[onenote]

20. So post after post about a major tv star making a racist tweet and then getting cancelled

is chasing a "shiny object."

I suppose post after post of a mass school shooting also is chasing a shiny object.

And exactly how difficult is it for you not to read the threads about a particular subject. I just checked and of the first 40 threads on GD, half had nothing to do with Roseanne. Two (including yours) were complaints about there being too many Roseanne posts.

[BumRushDaShow]

31. You have been around DU long enough to know how GD is

I am not normally a GDer but usually hang out on the front page and watch for LBN updates (where no dupes are allowed).

But you should admit the optics of "shiny object" associated with the sudden "millions of posts of the day" on dealing with people who utter nasty racist remarks, did not look good.

[ProfessorGAC]

16. Hold On There!

A highly rated show is canceled in an under 24 hour reaction to a racist rant, and the cancellation statement is issued by none other than the president of the network!

And that's not worthy of conversation?

[shraby]

19. I didn't realize her show was that highly rated. I didn't watch her years ago when she was on

and wouldn't bother to watch her now. As far as I'm concerned she is a waste of time.

[lunasun]

24. Well it has very high ratings making her one of ABC's biggest stars and it was not just Jarret

she went after publicly

Barr went on A tweetstorm Tuesday morning, attacking Valerie Jarrett, Chelsea Clinton and George Soros.
First she claimed Clinton was married to his family then when corrected she
continued, "By the way, George Soros is a nazi who turned in his fellow Jews 2 be murdered in German concentration camps & stole their wealth-were you aware of that? But, we all make mistakes, right Chelsea?"

This is a conspiracy theory about Soros that has been debunked many times. The fact-checking site Snopes called it "false" back in 2016. He would have been age 9-14,at the time .

For a highly rated TV show to have it's star putting out all this hate in public should not be ignored imo
What else would you find OK to be ignored?

[Demovictory9]

23. For DUer's impacted by racism, her tweets aren't just "shiny objects"

Major star tweets something so racist. DUers don't want it swept under rug.

[denbot]

25. You know where the door is..

What’s keeping you here?

[oberliner]

27. Have you heard about what happened with Roseanne?

[rurallib]

28. Bayer and Monsanto got hitched today and everybody is watching SS Rosie sink

Bayer and Monsanto is a disaster on so many levels.

[GoCubsGo]

30. Thanks for the heads-up.

I guess it's time to start repetitive trashing threads, so pertinent news like this doesn't get lost.

[BumRushDaShow]

33. No, people are not ignoring Bayer and Monsanto

just because racism is being dealt with. There is a thing called "multiple tabs" in browsers.

In fact, just because the U.S. DOJ approved it, it still has to go through an approval process in a couple other countries before it is completely consummated. And realistically, there's not a damn thing that you or I can do about it other than point out the story and then create another dozen threads on that story... all while whining about why people create a dozen threads that point out racism and discuss ways to eradicate the things that perpetuate it.

[GoCubsGo]

29. That's not "chasing shiny objects."

It's "I can't be bothered to read through the threads to see if someone else posted on the subject, before posting myself." Same shit. Different day.

[Blue_Tires]

32. You must have missed the last time Bernie Sanders had a primetime interview/speech...

[sarcasmo]

34. Wait until the Bernie Bots return in full.

[treestar]

35. So much happened so quickly

Her disgusting tweet and her apology and exchanges with a few others like Chelsea Clinton. I came back a few hours later to find her show cancelled.

And it is a Trumpist getting her due. Now for the Dotard himself !

[CatWoman]

36. it's ALWAYS been like that

you should have been here on 9/11

[montana_hazeleyes]

37. Personally, I want to read everything I can on this here.

I don't watch tv much and didn't know about this until I came here. I'm finding out a lot of different aspects of that ASS Roseanne story from the many threads.

I also like to read the posters on the different threads because there are many different posters on different threads. And I want to find out everything I can.

Roseanne and those like her feel so empowered now. Good to have her racist shit slapped in her face.

As always, I can also easily read about other topics too. It's very easy to do. I read threads I want to and skip the ones I don't.