Discussion: ABC Cancels 'Roseanne' After Barr Sends Racist Tweet About Obama Staffer

I do have a question…and I don’t mean to imply that anything would justify this…but why Valerie Jarrett? This seems so out of left field. Had Valerie been in the news recently???

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I was surprised that ABC greenlit this reboot to begin with. Rosanne’s politics are not exactly easy to hide or explain away, which is what ABC was having to do on a constant basic.

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I haven’t learned how to create an image from a tweet, so I have to do this in two parts to capture the beauty of a dictionary.com tweet.

https://twitter.com/Dictionarycom/status/1001490387448614912

Bizarre is one word to describe Roseanne's comments about Valerie Jarrett, or you could use this one: dictionary.com/browse/racist

— Dictionary.com (@Dictionarycom) May 29, 2018

Earlier, dictionary.com tweeted this (Huffington Post put it in image form, for my benefit):

Unfortunately, I have to warn that dictionary.com is atrocious as a dictionary replacement. Even at the elementary grade levels, teachers warn kids not to use it.

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ABC can fire whatever racist they please. Barr is free to go on saying whatever stupid things she wants.

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Nah, more like “Nice broadcast spectrum there, pity we need to reallocate it to Time Warner/AT&T…”

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She can sing the National Anthem at the White House then spit and grab herself by the p*ssy.
Trump would like that.

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This “Planet of the Apes” thing keeps re-appearing. How vile
It’s like a flashing red neon sign: Racist.

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Being a close associate of a known racist, and profiting from that association, is not a badge of honor or a feather in your career cap.
How the hell Liev Schreiber looks himself in the mirror every morning is a puzzle.

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Doubt that she becomes a host: Not young enough and she’d have to bleach her hair.

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:wink:

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Trump tweet about failing ABC and liberal, Hollywood media in 3, 2, 1…

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She has managed to make hundreds of people lose their jobs because
she just couldn’t get her seething tin foil racism under control. Let’s face it----another
trickle down supporter of trump goes down in flames. Now we have to listen to his idiocy
for the next few weeks.

(I have to admit that I am absolutely shocked ABC booted her).

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Because her screeching, crotch-grabbing rendition of the national anthem wasn’t disrespectful but football players, of all races, taking a knee to silently protest racial and social injustice is.

Mr. Mueller, please hurry. Better yet, Mr. Reaper, now’d be as good a time as any…

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And this time, it won’t be 'grim" if it happens.

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I might point out the fact that pretty much everyone ELSE on the show are liberal. If a conservative network tries to pick it up, it’s going to have a a cast of one.

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They are off the hook for having to make that choice themselves. All in all, given the circumstances, they come out ahead.

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Absolutely!!

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Maybe the “overrated actress” Meryl Streep can take over the role?

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Barr’s apology was not too impressive. Reminds me of this:

His name is Bobby, he looks like a potato

[…]

Oh Bobby, I’m sorry you gotta head like a potato

I really am

Liked x millions.

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