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bigtree

(94,701 posts) Tue May 29, 2018, 09:50 AM May 2018

How in the world does @ABC & @Disney justify this? [View all]

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

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How in the world does @ABC & @Disney justify this? [View all] bigtree May 2018 OP

She is as sick as Trump. nt DURHAM D May 2018 #1

the fact that she feels comfortable doing this openly bigtree May 2018 #2

The GOP has gone full batshit conspiracy theory. Initech May 2018 #19

Yep and to that degree.. the nasty GOP is winning the messaging. Not sure how this will change. lancelyons May 2018 #31

She does it openly AFTER being given her own show AFTER she made clear she has these views. EffieBlack May 2018 #33

Thoroughly disgusting. Ohiogal May 2018 #3

Valerie Jarrett is such a gentle lady bigtree May 2018 #14

When has Roseanne not shown ugliness? Perseus May 2018 #22

Where are the Roseanne apologists ? DemocratSinceBirth May 2018 #4

fans of the show? bigtree May 2018 #10

They pop up in the most unusual places. DemocratSinceBirth May 2018 #26

How does John Goodman..... dawnie51 May 2018 #5

laurie metcalf especially disappoints me. mopinko May 2018 #11

And why the fuck is John Goodman attached to this garbage? Dave Starsky May 2018 #17

Goodman is in everything... lame54 May 2018 #27

Sooo. We all need to complain about our coworkers? cwydro May 2018 #25

I speak up all the time bigtree May 2018 #28

maybe they thought they could provide a counterbalance to her conservatism bigtree May 2018 #12

Roseanne is racist to the core. Baitball Blogger May 2018 #6

now she's got visibility, promotion bigtree May 2018 #7

I will not watch that show so I don't know if she said it in a scripted... brush May 2018 #8

she tweeted it bigtree May 2018 #9

She apologized. But Roseanne has always been like a rabid dog. leftyladyfrommo May 2018 #13

it's not as if this is her first offense bigtree May 2018 #15

She is horrible to everyone. nt leftyladyfrommo May 2018 #38

She and other trump supporters DesertRat May 2018 #16

What a despicable thing for her to tweet. Grammy23 May 2018 #18

it's funny bigtree May 2018 #20

What brought that on? treestar May 2018 #21

D List former celebrity homegirl May 2018 #23

Deplorables Firestorm49 May 2018 #24

Stupidity has become "normal" Loge23 May 2018 #29

All of those actors knew what Roseanne was like when they signed up for the reboot RockRaven May 2018 #30

Money, profits . . . Iliyah May 2018 #32

"How in the world does @ABC & @Disney justify this?" workinclasszero May 2018 #34

And.... there goes Wanda cungar2000 May 2018 #35

There is a pattern here Gothmog May 2018 #36

yes bigtree May 2018 #37