ABC cancels "Roseanne" because of tweet

[LongTimeListener]

ABC Has Canceled "Roseanne" After Her Racist Tweet About Valerie Jarrett

Said Valerie Jarrett was the baby of Muslim Brotherhood and Planet of the Apes.

 

[LongTimeListener]

OK I see it's on Politics already. (I rarely go there anymore.) Mods can delete if they want. Thought it might be worth its own discussion.

 

[MisterCreosote]

She wasn’t arrested for the tweet, so no one can get mad at her.

 

[TheSportsPredictor]

Goes here: Twitter is AWESOME

 

[YankeeFan]

I would so pump my brakes if I saw Roseanne was in the car behind me.

That would show her!

 

[exmediahack]

This was like Bo and Luke Duke getting a second chance at fame, money and royalties from lunch boxes but refusing to take the rebel flag off the General Lee.

 

[playthrough]

This was like Bo and Luke Duke getting a second chance at fame, money and royalties from lunch boxes but refusing to take the rebel flag off the General Lee.

I had a Dukes of Hazzard lunch box! Standard equipment for a Georgia kid in the early '80s.

Love how some people are lauding ABC for the decision. Their execs made this bed to begin with, did they really think it would end any differently? They just hoped to at least get a couple years of decent ratings and ad revenue before the implosion, instead got nine episodes. Slow clap.

 

[JC]

Who do we have as the first to bring up the first amendment?

I've got @Rainman

 

[PCLoadLetter]

I had a Dukes of Hazzard lunch box! Standard equipment for a Georgia kid in the early '80s.

Love how some people are lauding ABC for the decision. Their execs made this bed to begin with, did they really think it would end any differently? They just hoped to at least get a couple years of decent ratings and ad revenue before the implosion, instead got nine episodes. Slow clap.

Good for ABC for firing her for calling a black woman an ape.... again. Apparently you get the one freebie.

 

[YankeeFan]

Who do we have as the first to bring up the first amendment?

I've got @Rainman

I'm assuming all the folks who support the NFL players' "right to protest" without consequence are outraged over this.

LOL.

I love this. Hollywood liberal takes a racist shot at a DC liberal, causing her network tv show to get cancelled.

And, liberals think they've got points top put on the scoreboard.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

They should give her the Valerie Harper treatment - have her die from her knee surgery, write her off the show and reboot at The Connors. The show was damn good in spite of her. She was the weakest actor in the cast, and seemed to be reciting more than acting.

Shame this is happening because the show hit on some themes that a lot of working class families are struggling with.

 

[JC]

I'm assuming all the folks who support the NFL players' "right to protest" without consequence are outraged over this.

LOL.

I love this. Hollywood liberal takes a shot at racist shot at a DC liberal, causing her network tv show to get cancelled.

And, liberals think they've got points top put on the scoreboard.

What was she protesting?

She is the people of your party now.

 

[YankeeFan]

What was she protesting?

She is the people of your party now.

I don't think she was protesting, but as you pointed out, a lot of folks though the NFL thing was all about free speech.

But, nah. A Hollywood liberal, letting fly a racist comment doesn't rub off on me at all.

I've literally never watched her show. Never thought highly of her, and found her national anthem act to be a disgrace.

 

[PCLoadLetter]

I'm assuming all the folks who support the NFL players' "right to protest" without consequence are outraged over this.

LOL.

I love this. Hollywood liberal takes a racist shot at a DC liberal, causing her network tv show to get cancelled.

And, liberals think they've got points top put on the scoreboard.

LOL. Dummy.

 

[YankeeFan]

Rosanne is the same person she's always been.

And, she was welcome in Hollywood the entire time.

 

[Justin_Rice]

I'm assuming all the folks who support the NFL players' "right to protest" without consequence are outraged over this.

What honorable cause was Rosanne protesting when she compared the person to an ape?

 

[JC]

I don't think she was protesting, but as you pointed out, a lot of folks though the NFL thing was all about free speech.

But, nah. A Hollywood liberal, letting fly a racist comment doesn't rub off on me at all.

I've literally never watched her show. Never thought highly of her, and found her national anthem act to be a disgrace.

She is now a redneck republican, deal with it.

 

[YankeeFan]

What honorable cause was Rosanne protesting when she compared the person to an ape?

You'll only support her right to speech without consequences if it's in support of an honorable cause?

LOL.

Look, to the degree I give two ****s about Rosanne, I agree with the decision to pull the plug on her show.

And, I fully acknowledge there is no free speech issue.

What I love is that folks who claimed there was a free speech issue when it came to the NFL, and who supported the players right to speech, without consequence, don't see a problem here.

 

[Justin_Rice]

You'll only support her right to speech without consequences if it's in support of an honorable cause?

Let's start right there.

No one has a right to speech without consequences, unless we're talking about government-enforced consequences. Put away your broad brush of stupidity, Rush. Otherwise, correct: I don't think black Americans protesting poor behavior by police officers is the moral equivalent of Rosanne's racist tweet.






.... and if Trump supporters don't want to be called racists, they should stop taking the side of the racists.

 

[outofplace]

I'm assuming all the folks who support the NFL players' "right to protest" without consequence are outraged over this.

LOL.

I love this. Hollywood liberal takes a racist shot at a DC liberal, causing her network tv show to get cancelled.

And, liberals think they've got points top put on the scoreboard.

I know you desperately want her to be something different from you, but she's a Trump supporter. Own your ****.