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ABC cancels 'Roseanne' after star's racist Twitter rant
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Posted on 05/29/2018 11:23:05 AM PDT by blu

ABC canceled its hit sitcom "Roseanne" on Tuesday after the show's biggest star, Roseanne Barr, went on a racist Twitter rant.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 2; abc; lastmanstanding; roseanne; roseannebarr; roseannecanceled; roseannecancelled; roseannetweet; twitter; valjar
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ABC canceled its hit sitcom "Roseanne" on Tuesday after the show's biggest star, Roseanne Barr, went on a racist Twitter rant.
1 posted on 05/29/2018 11:23:05 AM PDT by blu
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To: blu

Title is flawed. It wasn’t racist. They are only inferring it to be racist.


2 posted on 05/29/2018 11:24:10 AM PDT by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm using my wife's account.)
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To: blu

They were just looking for an excuse.


3 posted on 05/29/2018 11:24:15 AM PDT by Old Yeller (Auto-correct has become my worst enema.)
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To: blu
Free Speech has left the station.

That the tweet did anyone harm is ridiculous.

4 posted on 05/29/2018 11:24:28 AM PDT by Sacajaweau
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To: blu

5 posted on 05/29/2018 11:25:37 AM PDT by Magnum44 (My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them)
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To: blu

Racist? I thought Jarrett is part Iranian. Iran is a country, not a race.


6 posted on 05/29/2018 11:25:38 AM PDT by clintonh8r (Truth is hate speech to those who hate the truth.)
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To: Sacajaweau

Freedom of speech deals with the government, not your employers/business partners.


7 posted on 05/29/2018 11:25:43 AM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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To: blu

Remember when they fired Joy Reid for bashing gays? Neither do I


8 posted on 05/29/2018 11:26:14 AM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (Vox populi, vox dei)
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To: blu

VJ is the most dangerous person in Politics.
She should have never passed a security clearance.
Take her out and the house of cards will fall


9 posted on 05/29/2018 11:26:18 AM PDT by Zathras
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To: blu

“racist Twiiter rant”?! What race is Valerie Jarrett? I can’t tell. Looks to me like she’s related to Leonard Nimoy.


10 posted on 05/29/2018 11:26:19 AM PDT by albie
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To: blu

NO free speech issues here, not! The “free press” fondest desire is to stifle free speech to what they want it to be. What could go wrong?


11 posted on 05/29/2018 11:26:22 AM PDT by vette6387
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To: robroys woman

Well, wan-duh quit anyway so.....m


12 posted on 05/29/2018 11:26:41 AM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: Old Yeller

“They were just looking for an excuse.”

EXACTLY


13 posted on 05/29/2018 11:26:47 AM PDT by Conserv
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To: mewzilla

I agree. Now if it would only be applied equally.


14 posted on 05/29/2018 11:27:01 AM PDT by BBell (calm down and eat your sandwiches)
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To: Sacajaweau

IOW, she’s free to tweet it, and they’re free, provided no contractual issues, to cancel her heinie.


15 posted on 05/29/2018 11:27:04 AM PDT by mewzilla (Has the FBI been spying on members of Congress?)
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To: robroys woman

Planet of the Apes moment: When my son saw it on tv about 35 years ago, he turned to me and said “Mom, what’s George Jefferson doing in this show? Where’s Weezie?” he was 5.


16 posted on 05/29/2018 11:27:11 AM PDT by blu (The "B clique"...spreading humor since 1888. Not bossy enough for the A clique.)
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To: mewzilla

yeah...wonder if she did this on purpose! Who knows...maybe she wanted out of the deal she made with ABC. Going after one of Almighty Obama’s Saintes was pretty bold. She’s not that dumb IMO!


17 posted on 05/29/2018 11:27:55 AM PDT by gr8eman (Since God has been banished from our classrooms, Satan has filled the void.)
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To: Old Yeller

They were just looking for an excuse.


Amen.


18 posted on 05/29/2018 11:28:10 AM PDT by Jane Long (Praise God, from whom ALL blessings flow.)
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To: blu

OUCH.

To quote Art Linkletter: Kids say the darndest things. :)


19 posted on 05/29/2018 11:28:17 AM PDT by robroys woman (So you're not confused, I'm using my wife's account.)
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To: Old Yeller

“They were just looking for an excuse.”

And Roseanne gave them a really good one, imo.

https://twitchy.com/gregp-3534/2018/05/29/roseanne-barr-under-fire-for-tweets-about-valerie-jarrett-and-chelsea-clinton/


20 posted on 05/29/2018 11:28:28 AM PDT by ltc8k6
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