Roseanne Barr tweeted something stupid. In fact, she said about the dumbest thing possible, since it was interpreted as a racial slur. It resulted in ABC cancelling her show. That's it. Nothing more, nothing less. There's no inner meaning or special secret context. It's just another celebrity saying something she shouldn't have said.
The reaction by ABC seemed over the top to me especially since Roseanne apologized quickly for her tweet after explaining that it was a joke. I mean we've had celebrities who have joked about the need to kill the President and nothing happened to them. Big names like Colbert joked about President Trump and Vladimir Putin having gay sex, and nothing happened to him. But the level of the response is up to the network broadcasting the shows in question. If CBS doesn't mind gay slurs involving the President, that's up to CBS (and the viewers). If ABC wants to fire Roseanne, that's up to ABC (and the viewers).
The strange thing, for me, is the surfeit of articles and coverage about President Trump's feelings regarding Roseanne and what happened. Why must there be so much coverage of this? All sorts of things are happening with North Korea, but the White House press corps is asking about Roseanne? Really? I don't think there's a reason for comment by the President.
The reaction by ABC seemed over the top to me especially since Roseanne apologized quickly for her tweet after explaining that it was a joke. I mean we've had celebrities who have joked about the need to kill the President and nothing happened to them. Big names like Colbert joked about President Trump and Vladimir Putin having gay sex, and nothing happened to him. But the level of the response is up to the network broadcasting the shows in question. If CBS doesn't mind gay slurs involving the President, that's up to CBS (and the viewers). If ABC wants to fire Roseanne, that's up to ABC (and the viewers).
The strange thing, for me, is the surfeit of articles and coverage about President Trump's feelings regarding Roseanne and what happened. Why must there be so much coverage of this? All sorts of things are happening with North Korea, but the White House press corps is asking about Roseanne? Really? I don't think there's a reason for comment by the President.
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