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EffieBlack

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47. Yup - families who claim to love their brown and gay members

Wed Mar 28, 2018, 01:56 PM

Mar 2018

But then add their votes to the votes of people who hate them to give them the numbers they need to elect people whose mission it is to make it government policy to take away their rights, dehumanize them and return to a time when it was fine to treat them like shit.

So, forgive me if I'm not impressed that they let the black kid and the kid with skirt stay in the family picture.

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The Roseanne revival is incredibly honest about life in Trump's America [View all] yallerdawg Mar 2018 OP

There are no MFM008 Mar 2018 #1

You're lucky. yallerdawg Mar 2018 #3

There are many in mine that we do. nolabear Mar 2018 #8

I love this Hekate Mar 2018 #109

It's hard for me too. My parents are becoming elderly TNLib Mar 2018 #135

I hear you. We all come in and we all go out. nolabear Mar 2018 #136

@#$% Roseanne. n/t Scurrilous Mar 2018 #2

Clearly! yallerdawg Mar 2018 #6

Except Carroll O'Connor was a liberal. He wasn't a Nixon humper in real life. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2018 #9

I remember a Roseanne who wasn't deplorable. yallerdawg Mar 2018 #30

I remember her, too. GoCubsGo Mar 2018 #106

ABC's Normalizing the Alt-right is going to get push back. -nt poboy2 Mar 2018 #72

Alt-right? Roseanne is now a white nationalist? Where exactly did you get that? Hekate Mar 2018 #110

Pics wellst0nev0ter Mar 2018 #115

That is a seriously fucked-up attempt at humor. VOX Mar 2018 #126

Did you know she believes Pizza-Gate and the Seth Rich hoax too? RhodeIslandOne Mar 2018 #118

And, who cares about the rest of the cast? GoCubsGo Mar 2018 #56

Good question. cwydro Mar 2018 #79

I'll watch for Laurie Metcalf and Sara Gilbert alone. B2G Mar 2018 #81

I really like John Goodman, too. GoCubsGo Mar 2018 #105

Oh g g...there are so many other things to watch. Tikki Mar 2018 #91

Not really. GoCubsGo Mar 2018 #99

I assume you entered that post above with a computer... Tikki Mar 2018 #100

I don't like watching TV on my laptop. GoCubsGo Mar 2018 #101

Then enjoy your shows :) Tikki Mar 2018 #103

Good for you. GoCubsGo Mar 2018 #104

Should I have watched Hannity and Colmes because Colmes was ok? RhodeIslandOne Mar 2018 #119

I don't give a shit what you watch. GoCubsGo Mar 2018 #124

Wow, such polite conversation RhodeIslandOne Mar 2018 #127

Bless your heart! GoCubsGo Mar 2018 #129

TV fight. Where's the remote? n/t rzemanfl Mar 2018 #128

So much ado about a damn sitcom. GoCubsGo Mar 2018 #130

Oh gosh! Oh Swoon! Oh my lucky stars there is such TV show!!! GusBob Mar 2018 #4

+1000000! SammyWinstonJack Mar 2018 #17

I'm With Ya, GusBob ProfessorGAC Mar 2018 #49

ABC's Normalizing the Alt-right is going to get push back. This is BS -nt poboy2 Mar 2018 #73

I'll pass DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2018 #5

+1 dalton99a Mar 2018 #13

The comparisons between her and Archie Bunker are flawed because... DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2018 #16

Also, the point of All in the Family was to show how ridiculous and backward Archie's views were EffieBlack Mar 2018 #42

Well, and liberals was well zipplewrath Mar 2018 #61

Exactly! lunatica Mar 2018 #132

Also Carol O'Connor was actually talented. BannonsLiver Mar 2018 #82

I see white people. ismnotwasm Mar 2018 #7

LOL. -nt Freelancer Mar 2018 #28

It's not a white homogenous family or show. yallerdawg Mar 2018 #31

Neither were plantation owners' families EffieBlack Mar 2018 #45

The character DJ's wife is deployed... yallerdawg Mar 2018 #48

You don't find it strange that they injected "color" into the show by casting a cute black child but EffieBlack Mar 2018 #60

There are a number of appearances and characters coming up in future episodes. yallerdawg Mar 2018 #64

You think that having a black child on the show isn't "tokenism" but having a black adult on is? EffieBlack Mar 2018 #67

The old I cant be racist became ismnotwasm Mar 2018 #65

+1 uponit7771 Mar 2018 #116

Heh. betsuni Mar 2018 #114

What garbage. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2018 #10

When I was a kid I remember my friend's father was reading The Gulag Archipelago, pretty dense stuff DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2018 #12

This right here leftstreet Mar 2018 #14

Late '80's, 90's? yallerdawg Mar 2018 #18

I don't get what you're saying. What are you saying? WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2018 #19

I think yallerdawg is pointing out that the writer of the article is talking about Demit Mar 2018 #90

Roseanne used to be progressive MountCleaners Mar 2018 #111

"Incredibly honest about life in Trump's America" What a load of shit GusBob Mar 2018 #22

Them DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2018 #23

I agree----except I would have said "bullshit" instead of "garbage". nt Atticus Mar 2018 #107

Yay, more Trumpanzees on TV dalton99a Mar 2018 #11

lol fail. stonecutter357 Mar 2018 #15

My 85-year-old mother is a Trump supporter. yallerdawg Mar 2018 #21

Unless it's billed as a sit-com. Which it is. So it is. LanternWaste Mar 2018 #87

I watched the hour. I laughed my ass off! yallerdawg Mar 2018 #96

I disagree. They portrayed Roseannes sister as an unhinged nutjob liberal woman. Trust Buster Mar 2018 #20

No. Its honest! Incredibly honest! Its real life in America! GusBob Mar 2018 #24

What's next ? DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2018 #27

They portrayed her the way they always have, the way she's always been. yallerdawg Mar 2018 #25

Can you explain to me how a TV show, a sit-com is "great social commentary" GusBob Mar 2018 #29

Just like "West Wing." yallerdawg Mar 2018 #34

Let me try a different approach GusBob Mar 2018 #52

You're conflating reality and fiction. yallerdawg Mar 2018 #59

/sigh/ you are dodging the question. Read your OP title GusBob Mar 2018 #62

That's the title of the Vox article. yallerdawg Mar 2018 #68

Huh? GusBob Mar 2018 #70

And yet here we are discussing it. Sit-coms have often been social commentary. nolabear Mar 2018 #38

'Roseanne' delivers big ratings in much-awaited ABC return yallerdawg Mar 2018 #40

Murphy Brown will be interesting as well. Im so sad Robert Pastorelli is gone. nolabear Mar 2018 #44

Maybe they're going with these old shows... yallerdawg Mar 2018 #46

LOL! Hey, I'm glad just to BE a demographic. nolabear Mar 2018 #77

Don't be too sad. At the time of his death, he was the prime John Fante Mar 2018 #83

Really? I had no idea! nolabear Mar 2018 #98

I believe this was up against a bunch or reruns on the other networks rurallib Mar 2018 #84

There are no "reruns" on broadcast network television anymore. yallerdawg Mar 2018 #89

That's fair GusBob Mar 2018 #55

It's filmed in front of a live studio audience. yallerdawg Mar 2018 #80

OK I am sorry I was so critical GusBob Mar 2018 #125

There is social media now... MountCleaners Mar 2018 #112

They certainly did. I'd forgotten about that. -nt poboy2 Mar 2018 #74

I was disappointed that Jackie was depicted as a kacekwl Mar 2018 #97

Who voted for Jill Stein. yallerdawg Mar 2018 #102

Makes me glad we cut the cord last July. Va Lefty Mar 2018 #26

Roseanne (the person, not the character) PatSeg Mar 2018 #32

Thank you MountCleaners Mar 2018 #113

You're welcome PatSeg Mar 2018 #117

This message was self-deleted by its author Freelancer Mar 2018 #33

Interesting. Can you elaborate a little? ecstatic Mar 2018 #85

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Is there a way to watch the episode? I missed the premier lunamagica Mar 2018 #35

You might try... yallerdawg Mar 2018 #36

Thank you! lunamagica Mar 2018 #37

It's also on Hulu Revanchist Mar 2018 #133

Thanks! lunamagica Mar 2018 #134

I'm still not watching this shit, period... mreilly Mar 2018 #39

I love how they stick a black grandchild in there to prove how so not racist Roseanne is EffieBlack Mar 2018 #41

What about the grandson sitting on the left wearing a skirt? yallerdawg Mar 2018 #43

Yup - families who claim to love their brown and gay members EffieBlack Mar 2018 #47

You are not describing the show. yallerdawg Mar 2018 #51

She's describing the show's namesake. DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2018 #53

I'm Not Impressed Either, Effie ProfessorGAC Mar 2018 #54

Google says Roseanne is 65, so frogmarch Mar 2018 #50

What about John Goodman... yallerdawg Mar 2018 #57

For the love of money DemocratSinceBirth Mar 2018 #66

I don't know about the others. frogmarch Mar 2018 #86

Do you have money invested in the show? RhodeIslandOne Mar 2018 #120

I "insist" you watch the show before you condemn the show. yallerdawg Mar 2018 #123

Didn't Watch It Then; Won't Watch It Now MineralMan Mar 2018 #58

THIS! Va Lefty Mar 2018 #76

Meh. They tried too hard. GoCubsGo Mar 2018 #63

l will make the bold prediction that I will not watch 1 second of the show. CentralMass Mar 2018 #69

It's hilarious vlyons Mar 2018 #71

So are all these threads. cwydro Mar 2018 #75

I'm curious now. Prior to this thread, ecstatic Mar 2018 #78

Meh, I'm rather tired of the recent trend of revivials of old shows on TV. Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2018 #88

Think about it. yallerdawg Mar 2018 #92

Millennials are a major group using antenna. NutmegYankee Mar 2018 #121

I've heard good things about that one. B2G Mar 2018 #93

It's absolutely hilarious. Tommy_Carcetti Mar 2018 #95

Thanks for the thread! I didn't know... LAS14 Mar 2018 #94

It's so "honest," ABC has scrubbed her Twitter account Adenoid_Hynkel Mar 2018 #122

Didn't watch it and never will. ananda Mar 2018 #131

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