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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsHow the Ultra Far Right Defended Roseanne:
Roseanne Barr, the actress who has become a favorite of the right-wing pro-Trump movement for her role in promoting laughably untrue conspiracy theories as well as her undying support for President Trump, was fired from ABC today in response to public outrage over a blatantly racist tweet she posted.
Barr threw a racist insult at former Obama White House advisor Valerie Jarrett on Twitter this morning, claiming Jarrett is what would happen if muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby.
The internet rightfully exploded in outrage over the unabashed racism, so much so that Barr issued a public apology and said that she was going to stop using Twitter. But hours later, ABC announced that it was canceling Barrs recently revived show. ABC Entertainment president Channing Dungey told CBS News, Roseannes Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show.
Aside from todays casual racism, Barr has also been a vocal supporter of the #QAnon conspiracy theory, which alleges that a high-ranking intelligence sources have been ordered by Trump to publish a series of riddles on anonymous image boards that supposedly reveal that Robert Muellers investigation into possible foreign interference in the 2016 election is actually a secret mission to dismantle a global satanic pedophile ring.
Despite all of this, right-wing media figures charged into the arena to defend Barr and attack liberals who they believe unfairly criticized her racist tweet.
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/right-wing-media-rally-behind-rosanne-barr-and-her-racist-tweet/
Barr threw a racist insult at former Obama White House advisor Valerie Jarrett on Twitter this morning, claiming Jarrett is what would happen if muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby.
The internet rightfully exploded in outrage over the unabashed racism, so much so that Barr issued a public apology and said that she was going to stop using Twitter. But hours later, ABC announced that it was canceling Barrs recently revived show. ABC Entertainment president Channing Dungey told CBS News, Roseannes Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show.
Aside from todays casual racism, Barr has also been a vocal supporter of the #QAnon conspiracy theory, which alleges that a high-ranking intelligence sources have been ordered by Trump to publish a series of riddles on anonymous image boards that supposedly reveal that Robert Muellers investigation into possible foreign interference in the 2016 election is actually a secret mission to dismantle a global satanic pedophile ring.
Despite all of this, right-wing media figures charged into the arena to defend Barr and attack liberals who they believe unfairly criticized her racist tweet.
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/right-wing-media-rally-behind-rosanne-barr-and-her-racist-tweet/
Check out some of the tweets - just as nasty if not worse than she is. One even advocated that RW celebrities start their own network. Who are the real snowflakes again?
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How the Ultra Far Right Defended Roseanne: (Original Post)
Initech
May 2018
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Ferrets are Cool
(21,105 posts)1. They tried their own channel to rebutt The Daily Show and Colbert....
it was a HUGEEEEEEEEEEEEEE flop.
MrScorpio
(73,630 posts)2. That #QAnon bullshit is mind-numbingly bananas
Who thinks that crap up?
Initech
(100,060 posts)4. I tried to figure it out but it would involve stooping to their level.
You have to be a special breed of stupid to believe that bullshit!
billh58
(6,635 posts)5. If you read some of the
material, it sounds a lot like the signature Trump syntax.
ProudLib72
(17,984 posts)3. Hope they remembered to TEVO those couple of episodes
That's all they're ever going to get.
OilemFirchen
(7,143 posts)6. Styxhexenhammer666?
I swear this guy was bagging my groceries earlier this evening.
Takket
(21,552 posts)7. how does that work when she deleted it and admitted she ws wrong?