I'm with you here Miss Marmelstein. I'm disappointed that so many Freepers here are so quick to go Quisling or Vichy France on us. For those younger folks who don't get the references, back in WW2, some in Europe, such as Vidkun Quisling in Norway and many leaders in France decided to throw in with the Nazis and cast their lot with them when it appeared they were going to take over the world. They figured they would just capitulate and negotiate the best deal for themselves under the thumb of Hitler rather then stand up and fight.
It was stalwart men like Winston Churchill and George Patton who vowed to fight on to their dying breath and millions of good people did die in order to save the world from evil. It is because of them that we live in a free society today.
As for Roseanne Barr, I'm not a sitcom watcher (The laugh tracks and loud voices are like nails on a chalkboard to me) but I was happy to see her succeed with her new show as she was an unapologetic supporter of Trump and a friend to those who supported him (I followed her on Twitter and saw for myself her genuine honesty and interaction with regular people who supported Trump).
I did not see the Tweet in question until it hit the news cycle. But I read it and saw nothing racist about it whatsoever. It did reference the Planet of the Apes, which is a movie I saw several times.
Now I can't see any way a black person would be offended by Planet of the Apes. First, the "Apes" in that movie were the smart ones. They were the superior race. It was the humans (all white people) who were the slaves. The only smart white people in that movie were those who dropped down in the space ship from some kind of time warp. I thought it was an excellent movie that turned racism completely on its head.
The Freepers here joining the lynch mob against Roseanne Barr should be ashamed of themselves. Roseanne Barr (like Donald Trump) are one the LEAST racist people on this planet and we ought to be supporting them 100% against the Left who are trying to destroy them.
Very nicely said, Sam. Well said.
I agree with you too, Sam. Liberals have said much worse and they apologize (sometimes) very reluctantly, and they are allowed to continue to make a living in show biz. I don’t think ABC could stand the success Roseanne was having and they jumped at the chance to silence her. The hypocrisy is disgusting and I hope the backlash hits them hard.