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Roseanne Cancelled: ABC Scraps Season 11 Following Roseanne Barr's Racist Twitter Tirade

TheGoverness said:
We descended from a common ancestor, not apes. There's lots of scientific papers you can read on this. But, you probably won't care.
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You implied some of us did, so I asked which of us.
 
trouble13 said:
Full disclosure, I am one of the people boycotting the nfl. I find what the players are doing offensive and disrespectful to me personally. If it's considered good etiquette to kneel during the anthem I say good on them for doing that but still shame on them for not respecting their fans requests.
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There are NFL fans that support it, and there are those that don't. All in all, it's just a game, and people should just try to enjoy it, rather than being stuck in boycotts, or Kaepernick, or what the **** ever.
 
I wonder if they will have to pay her for the never done episodes in the contract?
I suspect they contracted for some fixed number of episodes.
 
Apes everywhere should be offended by the comparison. They are beautiful creatures and deserve better.
 
trouble13 said:
Thats not what im saying.

I'm saying that espn is defending the players and criticizing the owners for stifling players free speech. They are making an argument based on the principle that the players have a right to unpopular speech and the owners should protect their right over the objection of their customers.

Their parent company then turned around and fired rosanne for a joke that she made because it was in poor taste. They are doing exactly what they are criticizing another corporation for. Disney is being hypocritical.



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Im sure its been said already, but if liberals didnt have double standards...

Really though this is about money. If an employees actions affect the bottom line they get fired. Its just that liberals actions dont affect the bottom line generally. Either conservatives dont care enough to boycott, harass employees, their employers, their families, sponsors, and anyone connected to them, or the businesses have enough liberal money to not care.
 
PoS said:
I watched one episode of Firefly, and it was totally confusing. I have no idea why its got a cult fandom.
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Suppose it would depend on which episode you watched. It's not really all that confusing of a show, rather straight forward. But maybe it takes more than "one episode", lol.
 
TheGoverness said:
I never implied such a thing. Stop trying to find something where it isn't.
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Not trying to find anything, just figured you had some specific information about that. I'm sure there are lots of theories out there, and they seem to change.
 
Puigb said:
I'll ask you again. Show me Trump's popularity with the GOP base BEFORE he jumped on the birther bandwagon in 2011. You keep mentioning the 2016 election. What was it that started it all, that made him gain popularity with the GOP base in the first place?
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Trump had no real popularity with the GOP base until he filed to run for the presidency. Most GOPers are not/never were birthers, so that's not it. Many, however, are anti-illegal immigration, anti-socialized medicine, and anti-political correctness, and Trump showed all of that. Even when he locked up the primary, however, he wasn't a shoe-in with the GOP -- it took Hillary to push him over that hurdle.
 
PoS said:
I watched one episode of Firefly, and it was totally confusing. I have no idea why its got a cult fandom.
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It may have been the wrong one!

Fox ran the show terribly. They put it in an awful slot and then aired episodes out of order, so the first episode where you get the "who the hell are these people" explanation didn't actually air first. Later in the season it got interrupted by baseball playoffs/world series. Never had a chance.

Yes we're still mad about it.
 
tres borrachos said:
If she wasn't a Trump supporter, would you have started this thread?
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If he hadn't, someone else would have because this was the big breaking-news story. In fact, there are multiple threads here at DP on this topic.
 
Roseanne should have used the Flip Wilson excuse, "the devil made me do it!"


 
JasperL said:
There's no weaker argument on the planet than imagining a hypothetical, and then answering it in a way that is unflattering to your political opponents. I made a mistake and gave them a click on that article thinking there must be more, but there wasn't, so it's drivel. Basically, it's 'Roseanne was wrong but liberals still suck!'
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I don’t suppose there is any point in arguing with someone whose mind is already made up, and yours certainly is. It’s not okay for someone to wonder whether the response would have been the same if the comment had been from a leftie speaking about Trump or Sarah Huckabee Sanders or Kellyanne Conway. Nope, not allowed. Got it.
 
nota bene said:
I don’t suppose there is any point in arguing with someone whose mind is already made up, and yours certainly is. It’s not okay for someone to wonder whether the response would have been the same if the comment had been from a leftie speaking about Trump or Sarah Huckabee Sanders or Kellyanne Conway. Nope, not allowed. Got it.
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Wonder it all you want. But determining someone else’s response to a hypothetical, then using that hypothetical response as the basis for an attack is piss-poor form, and it happens ALL THE TIME.
 
American said:
Not trying to find anything, just figured you had some specific information about that. I'm sure there are lots of theories out there, and they seem to change.
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Wait, what? I'm not even sure what you're trying to say anymore.
 
She says she apologizes for being mean but it wasnt actually racist. Also: Funny how noone cares over the ISIS thing but the perceived "black people are gorillas" (must suck to be Muslim in America)


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tres borrachos said:
If she wasn't a Trump supporter, would you have started this thread?
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Totally fair question. Yes, I would have, but I wouldn’t have tried so much to spark conversation in my OP. I really didn’t expect this to have so much interest.
 
X Factor said:
Totally fair question. Yes, I would have, but I wouldn’t have tried so much to spark conversation in my OP. I really didn’t expect this to have so much interest.
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The crazy thing is, I still think the new show sucked, so I'm kinda surprised at the interest, too.
 
I kind of saw this coming, but not because she is a Trump supporter. There are more than enough of them to keep her ratings up. But because unlike other comics that use Racial jokes to promote tolerance and start a conversation. She comes off as just being racist. It's all about context. She's had this problem in the past, and people today are not as willing to forgive that brand of humor.

Not like they were willing to forgive back in the day either, I still remember how pissed off people were when she spit after the national anthem. I'm frankly surprised she got a show at all.
 
upsideguy said:
A 3-pointer for Team Decorum and Decency. Though the civil in America have been losing the game lately, its nice to see a 3-pointer drained with nothing by net. Its good to know the good guys still have some fight in them.

Awaiting the irreverent Twitter response from herr POTUS, the coach of Team Foul and Disgusting.

I saw Roseanne when she was part of the local troupe of the Comedy Works in Denver in the early 80's. I thought she was vile and disgusting then. I never saw the appeal with this woman.
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He finally tweeted. Typically worthless contribution. He's such a ****ing moron.
 
This is just hilarious.

Roseanne is blaming Ambien for her tweet and apologizing.

Sanofi, the makers of Ambien, has issued a statement:

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tres borrachos said:
Let me guess. And it made you weep and cry. Can't criticize dear leader!
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No. Just wanted it noted that at the end of the day Valerie Jarrett is a political hack and a bitch.
 
X Factor said:
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/roseanne-cancelled-abc-scraps-season-174735588.html

Ok, so I cannot count how many times I’ve been told that a comedian saying offensive stuff is no big deal and I wonder if her comments had been about anyone in a Repub administration would this have happened?
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This is called "Corporate Suicide" ABC is owned by Disney. Within the last week they have destroyed the Star Wars franchise and dropped their first TV success in years. All for Leftist SJW crap.
 
TheGoverness said:
There are NFL fans that support it, and there are those that don't. All in all, it's just a game, and people should just try to enjoy it, rather than being stuck in boycotts, or Kaepernick, or what the **** ever.
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I don't enjoy having left wing politics preached to me when I'm trying to watch a sporting event.

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