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And this is who fired Roseanne...oh, the sweet irony! (Original Post) Heartstrings May 2018 OP
Was Channing around when Roseanne called Susan Rice an ape? nt DURHAM D May 2018 #1
Know the exact year and I can check IMDB? Heartstrings May 2018 #3
And here... billh58 May 2018 #19
Here ya go: Liberalagogo May 2018 #4
Became head of ABC in February, 2017, so she was not CEO then. n/t DFW May 2018 #46
Was Roseanne working for ABC then? lunatica May 2018 #48
OMG Soxfan58 May 2018 #2
Yes! n/t Niagara May 2018 #5
Welcome to DU, Niagara! calimary May 2018 #39
She Looks Really Young For Nearly 50! ProfessorGAC May 2018 #6
Old pic Exotica May 2018 #9
Wow, I just assumed "Channing" was a white man. mainer May 2018 #7
"How stupid can Roseanne be????" amuse bouche May 2018 #14
LOL! Well, if she's a Trumper, she's pretty stupid. Right? Right. nt Honeycombe8 May 2018 #28
Indeed amuse bouche May 2018 #31
Oh, I hadn't heard she'd made comments like that. Sweet. nt Honeycombe8 May 2018 #34
Sweet irony Red Pest May 2018 #8
Welcome to DU, Red Pest! calimary May 2018 #40
Capitalism at its best.... HenryWallace May 2018 #10
Perfect msdogi May 2018 #11
This is why diversity matters. nt Honeycombe8 May 2018 #12
+1000 flibbitygiblets May 2018 #17
I think a white executive would have made the same decision. BUT... Honeycombe8 May 2018 #25
That's a very good point. yardwork May 2018 #18
On top of being the president of ABC Perseus May 2018 #13
She is. Not fair not fair. I want a do-over, from birth! nt Honeycombe8 May 2018 #26
K&R BlueJac May 2018 #15
There is a big difference in "performing" scripted comedy or drama and expressing your personal, Alethia Merritt May 2018 #16
+1. nt Honeycombe8 May 2018 #27
Applause!!!!!!! AZ Jim May 2018 #20
Welcome to DU, AZ Jim! calimary May 2018 #41
K&R Scurrilous May 2018 #21
I stand corrected rocktivity May 2018 #22
Well then, EXTRA-Happy Birthday! calimary May 2018 #42
This means so much apkhgp May 2018 #23
The Apprentice Tapes/ Digital files SayItLoud May 2018 #24
K&R IllinoisBirdWatcher May 2018 #29
And THIS is how you change the world. lindysalsagal May 2018 #30
She is gorgeous too! cpamomfromtexas May 2018 #32
Poetic justice! smirkymonkey May 2018 #33
Just perfect Az_lefty May 2018 #35
Can someone explain to me why.... vi5 May 2018 #36
Why did she hire her in the first place? SHRED May 2018 #37
This is Perfect, Heartstrings! Cha May 2018 #38
Did she also hire her? Tipperary May 2018 #43
I'm glad people are including the terrorist piece in these things IronLionZion May 2018 #44
The Trumpinistas are all in a snit The Wizard May 2018 #45
Ain't it funny? Free speech--that's it? And the other vital Republican freedom: a free market? DFW May 2018 #47

ProfessorGAC

(64,413 posts)
6. She Looks Really Young For Nearly 50!
Tue May 29, 2018, 03:53 PM
May 2018

The Wiki page says she worked on some really big movies too.

Good for her for rising to such a level.

amuse bouche

(3,657 posts)
14. "How stupid can Roseanne be????"
Tue May 29, 2018, 04:53 PM
May 2018

Her head writer is (was) Wanda Sykes. She tweeted that she would not be returning, before the pantload hit the fan.

So ...Super Stupid

amuse bouche

(3,657 posts)
31. Indeed
Tue May 29, 2018, 07:47 PM
May 2018

I watched it unfold. Barr thought she could say and get away with anything. She said as much a couple weeks ago.
ABC stands behind her because her show is so big....blah..blah. I jumped for joy when she got canned. I know she was shocked

Red Pest

(288 posts)
8. Sweet irony
Tue May 29, 2018, 03:56 PM
May 2018

To paraphrase Donnie Two Scoops: Wouldn’t you love to see a network CEO when some racist moron TV star calls anyone an ape and a terrorist, say: “Get that racist moron off my network! You’re fired! You’re fired!"

calimary

(80,693 posts)
40. Welcome to DU, Red Pest!
Wed May 30, 2018, 05:48 AM
May 2018

Love it! And yes, I definitely would like to see that! I yell that at my TV whenever he comes on.

flibbitygiblets

(7,220 posts)
17. +1000
Tue May 29, 2018, 05:22 PM
May 2018

Although some will think she fired the witch because she took it personally (because some people really are incapable of taking off their "white privilege goggles&quot .

Yes, it's free country and we're all free to say all the stupid, awful, hateful, racist shit we want. But there WILL be consequences.

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
25. I think a white executive would have made the same decision. BUT...
Tue May 29, 2018, 06:42 PM
May 2018

I think this woman's life experiences and those of other Af. Americans, may have made her decision come more quickly and more decisively. I could be wrong. But it's possible. And that's a good thing. To have people with diverse life experiences running the show.

Alethia Merritt

(147 posts)
16. There is a big difference in "performing" scripted comedy or drama and expressing your personal,
Tue May 29, 2018, 05:22 PM
May 2018

and very public feelings and beliefs. Especially when we, the public, are directly and indirectly paying her salary via buying sponsors products, we do not have to accept or support her personal bigotry.

Much more is recognizing that as President, DT is expressing his personal bigotry from the bully pulpit and they become policy for police brutality, hate crimes, and verbal abuse. We need to cancel his Presidency ASAP.

AZ Jim

(70 posts)
20. Applause!!!!!!!
Tue May 29, 2018, 05:36 PM
May 2018

Bar has always been crude but she is finally paying the price for her ignorant filthy mouth. The knuckle dragging, mouth breathers who adore her are the reason for most of the tension in our country. Thank you Ms. Dungey.

calimary

(80,693 posts)
41. Welcome to DU, AZ Jim!
Wed May 30, 2018, 05:52 AM
May 2018

I just really like the accountability here. SOMEBODY finally had to pay for really loutish, mean-spirited, trump-ish behavior. Too bad it wasn't him, though.

rocktivity

(44,555 posts)
22. I stand corrected
Tue May 29, 2018, 05:47 PM
May 2018

When I read that Rudy Ghouliani got booed at Yankee Stadium on his birthday yesterday, I posted on DU that I would consider it a present for the birthday I had last week. Well, I stand corrected -- I got TWO presents for the birthday I had last week!


rocktivity

apkhgp

(1,068 posts)
23. This means so much
Tue May 29, 2018, 05:58 PM
May 2018

As Bill Maher pointed out Roseanne Barr used to be a person that you could count on to be level headed. There were points in her life that seemed to be a running commentary of the current events of the time.
Her comments in the year and a half. Support of 45 election victory, along with the ex-Obama aide slur have sent her to the unemployment line. What manure pile did she get these from? The higher up canned this loser.



SayItLoud

(1,696 posts)
24. The Apprentice Tapes/ Digital files
Tue May 29, 2018, 06:04 PM
May 2018

There is stuff tRUMP says on these files/tapes that are as evil, racist and disgusting as Roseanne's tweet.

Why are NBC, MGM and Mark Burnett hiding these tapes? If they were destroyed; WHY?

We need a Stormy Daniels lawyer on this case!

 

vi5

(13,305 posts)
36. Can someone explain to me why....
Tue May 29, 2018, 08:33 PM
May 2018

..she was even tweeting about Valerie in the first place?

I mean....no disrespect to her but who exactly is talking about or discussing an adviser to the previous president, a year and a half after he left office? Why would hers even be a name that came up?

That is what is confusing me. Roseanne being a racist I get....Discussing Valerie Jarrett in 2018? What did I miss here?

IronLionZion

(45,256 posts)
44. I'm glad people are including the terrorist piece in these things
Wed May 30, 2018, 07:56 AM
May 2018

because the people who focused on the ape part and ignored the rest are also exposing something about themselves and their own biases.

The Wizard

(12,482 posts)
45. The Trumpinistas are all in a snit
Wed May 30, 2018, 08:07 AM
May 2018

You know, free speech and the First Amendment. Of course the First Amendment applies to government impinging on free expression, not private business.
And they're still adamant about NFL players protesting police brutality against black people as if the players don't have just cause for expressing themselves regarding police killing and beating black people just because some police are still pissed off that a black family rightfully occupied the White House for eight years.

DFW

(54,050 posts)
47. Ain't it funny? Free speech--that's it? And the other vital Republican freedom: a free market?
Wed May 30, 2018, 09:59 AM
May 2018

The heads of ABC and Disney determined that keeping Roseanne on would be detrimental to their business, and so they took a business decision.

Roseanne is free to spew her filth, ABC is free to can her for it. You can't get any freer than that. What's in there for a Republican to dislike?

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