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The president of ABC called Barr's tweet about a former Obama adviser "abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values"

After Roseanne Barr posted a tweet Tuesday morning comparing Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett to an ape, ABC has announced it has canceled the rebooted version of Roseanne, which had been the number-one show in television. "Roseanne’s Twitter statement is abhorrent, repugnant and inconsistent with our values, and we have decided to cancel her show," ABC Entertainment president Channing Dungey said in a statement.

The first season of the wildly successful and just as controversial reboot wrapped up last week. Both in real life and on the show, Roseanne is a Trump supporter, and like many Trump supporters – and Trump himself – she’s quite fond of tweeting her displeasure with Democrats. To coincide with the season finale, AdWeek ran a cover story on Barr, and the topic of her Twitter account came up. After noting that she "can't back off from what's really going on in the world," Barr admitted she planned to handle social media differently going forward. "I'm going to just try to talk about what I'm for, rather than what I'm against," she said.

So far, the strategy doesn't appear to be working. Amid a flurry of Tuesday morning tweets, Barr likened Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett, who is African-American, to an ape. "muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj," she tweeted.

After trying to pass the slur off as a joke, Barr apologized and claimed she was leaving Twitter.

Prior to comparing Jarrett to an ape, Barr spent hours Tuesday morning tweeting and retweeting a number of far-right conspiracy theories, most of them regarding the Clintons and George Soros. Donald Trump Jr. retweeted two of Barr's anti-Semetic tweets.

After the reboot's successful premiere in March, President Trump called Barr personally to congratulate her on her high ratings. That same week, ABC announced it was ordering a second season of the rebooted Roseanne, which went on to become the highest-rated show in television, ostensibly because of its pro-Trump bent. "I just wanted to have that dialogue about families torn apart by the election and their political differences of opinion and how we handle it," Barr told the New York Times after the premiere. "I thought that this was an important thing to say at this time."

Following Barr's remark about Jarrett, Wanda Sykes, an African-American comedian and consulting producer on the show, tweeted Tuesday morning that she was leaving Roseanne.

Sara Gilbert, Barr's co-star both during the show's original run and in the rebooted version, also tweeted her disappointment, although she did not announce any plans to leave Roseanne.

But Barr's vile tweet shouldn't come as a surprise. The comedian has a long history of espousing similarly problematic views. This ins't even the first time she's compared an African American to an ape on Twitter. In 2013, she wrote that Obama National Security Adviser Susan Rice "is a man with big swinging ape balls." Both that tweet and the tweet comparing Jarrett to an ape have been deleted.

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/news/why-roseanne-was-canceled-w520868

Good thing they got Tim Allen back.

ABC has the right to cancel whatever they wish, its their business.

I have not seen the actual tweet, so I will refrain from commenting on it at this time.

Oh someone posted something offensive on twitter.

The horror! The horror!

Too be sure it was racist, and she should not have said that.

But I'm not very sad when hollywood eats its own.

Although, I enjoyed that show, and thought it did a good job showing the struggles of lower middle class.

I dont know, I think she just likes to say crazy isht to get a response and pushed the envelope too far

Maybe she was starting to feel the heat from the RW nuts who had flipped on her for having an episode that suported tolerance for a Muslim family or the mixed race marriage and the gender confused son

You know they hate that kind of stuff.

Basically, it was 'so, the muslim brotherhood and planet of the apes had a baby.'

Deserves punishment. Cancelling a whole show that, it seems, did ok in the ratings? It's their choice, without a doubt. Other actors/actresses get affected as well, but truthfully, especially in todays environment, that's on Barr.

wow, this was just about as abhorrent as the tweet she posted. good job, leave it the left to always one up someone in the class-less department.

I read the tweet, it was absolutely uncalled for and deserved punishment. she should be fined/suspended whatever. But you have now hundreds? of people out of work because of a tweet.

Seems overkill to me. But it is their network, their decision.

I tend to think someone would pick it up, but at her age after this - I think she might just say heck with it and hang it up. Sad, because it really was working and was a great re-boot.

If you think that's as bad as calling black people apes then I don't know what to tell you.

I heard 'The View' was going to be cancelled also.

















wait. no. I didn't hear that. Wonder why?

That is a key point too. A lot of people don't like to be hit with what realities people go through, they want to see everything on tv all hunky doorie. Shows like Married with Children and Roseanne etc., are all but deceased in place of shows that show above middle class/wealthy families.

I stand by what I said . YOU people dont like that type of thing . Tolerance is against your Christian values, I mean its not like it was a huge part of Jesus' teachings or anything

Just about are the key words. Means not quite as bad, but bad. But please, do try harder next time...

hahahahahah I thought the left was against stereotyping people?

What exactly is YOU people btw? Keep running your flap, your digging yourself a bigger hole. you obviously have no clue.

if you think that's almost as bad as calling black people apes then I don't know what to tell you.

I think stereotyping and demeaning people are bad on all counts. Not just the ones I disagree with or may look like.

In their "whys everybody picking on poor little me ?" sense of reality , it is

You are showing your true self.

"YOU" people don't like tolerance. As in, as you stated, RW - right wing.

I find it strikingly odd how you are allowed to lump people you disagree with, and it's fine......but no one else is allowed to do that.

When you lump, you lose.

I'm not only tolerant of muslims, hindu's, atheists, gays, or other races - I think of them as I do myself. Deal with it.

Now, when I see 'illegals', I tend to feel different.

When I saw Bush portrayed as a chimp/monkey, I didn't get all worked up.

Seems to me the 'touchy' one here, is you.

Read along and comprehend junior. RW nuts was already said, so therefore that is what YOU people means. Pretty simple to understand , isnt it ?

well then apparently nobody was talking about you, but for some reason decided to act like it was about you . Have much of a complex?

Ok, but saying the far right doesn't like Muslims or gender confused people isn't stereotyping. That's factual based on hella imperial evidence. Also judging people based on their ACTIONS is a reasonable thing. What's unreasonable is judging people on their RACE.

Also, Roseanne's tweet stereotyped her as a muslim terrorist and called her a racial slur. She hit both of your checkmarks, so it's really not close at all.

ahh, see I wasn't sure who you were stereotyping, as your hate filled, degenerate post alluded to multiple "you people". You alluded to right win nuts and Christians. So your saying there are not Christians that left leaning? keep digging btw, your ignorance is more than bliss.

and if youre going to get butt hurt over something I said, then at least quote me correctly because the one word you left out changes the meaning greatly . I said RW nuts. Huge difference between RW and RW nuts, unless you are implying that they are all the same

Yet he absolutely was judging people based on their religion, did you miss that or leave that out on purpose?

Sometimes those who live on the edge fall off....

Never really much cared for her persona, and antics.... the national anthem thing came to mind.

No he didn't. Here's his original post.



Nowhere does it say, Christ or Christian. The only mention it made was to "RW Nuts" who hate "Muslims". It's sad that you interpreted that as "Christian", and again speaks more about you than him. Only after you called him out for his "abhorrent behavior" did he mention Christianity, when he stereotyped you as a Christian. He then laid down some lessons about Christianity and was judging them on their actions as Christians. Again, his judgement are based on ACTIONS. Just like how your judgement on his posts is.

He literally doesn't understand inclusive pronouns.

Tolerance is against your Christian values, I mean its not like it was a huge part of Jesus' teachings or anything

His exact words in yellow. He was stereotyping ME as a Christian, and then tried to use Christian values as a way to demean those that believe in those teachings.

Actually, I HAD no complex. But, reading this board? I'm white. Christian. Conservative. Gun owner. Straight. Employed. Voted for Trump.

Nah, I never had a complex. But I do now.

Congrats to you, and a few others on here. You've not changed my opinions one bit.

In fact, you've hardened them.

Just as the vids we see about cops abusing blacks - that opens my eyes. And, just as quick, we hear about 'claims' that turn out false - due to body cams.


I'm the type of person that can see, and hear, without hatred. Hatred of everything white, Christian, conservative, etc, ad nauseum.

Yet, with you, and a couple others on here with all the 'ya'll' crap. It gets old. Quick. It's doing the opposite of what you think, really.

"Ya'll that voted for trump must support marital affairs'.

"Ya'll conservatives must support everything the republican do."

"Ya'll Christians hate"

I've stayed out of these political threads for a bit. I'll give you this: you brought me back in.

Again selective quoting , I did NOT say Christians. I said the RW nuts Christian values which was sarcastic because intolerance is not against Christian Values, hence my next line after that about Jesus and his teachings.

OML, I understand how Trump got elected now. do you comprehend ANYTHING that is said , or does your mind just change the words to make it read what you want it to read?

Read the post before you respond to it.


I pointed all of this out to you. And speaking FACTS isn't demeaning. Also, how do you feel about your own behavior? Calling a post "hate-filled" and "degenerate" would be demeaning according to your strict rules.

LOL. I do understand 'inclusive' pronouns. I was being included in his use of 'inclusive'. Sadly, you must not understand what you just called me out for. Shame on you.

you only added that line to try to be a conceded and sarcastic twit. you failed at that miserably, as I would bet you do most of the other things in your life.

Doesn't change the fact YOU stereotyped my as a Christian right wing nut, which I would have found rather amusing come someone that actually had an ounce of decency behind their name. r

I really have no clue what your rant is talking about but lets make this simple for ya

Do you consider yourself a RW nut? Not a RW , but a RW nut.

If you dont then it wasnt about you.
If you do, then put the shoe on

All of y’all religion sucks.

No. I'm not a right wing nut. That's simply the label you dish out.

you only added that line to try to be a conceded and sarcastic twit. you failed at that miserably, as I would bet you do most of the other things in your life.

Doesn't change the fact YOU stereotyped my as a Christian right wing nut, which I would have found rather amusing come someone that actually had an ounce of decency behind their name. r[/quote] If you are a RW nut then so be it , my comment on Christian values was not against Christian values, I was being a smart ass about how silly RW nuts sound when they completely do the opposite of what Jesus Christ taught in his gospel.

And for the record I dont like the extermist LW nuts either

and I am a Christian and tend to lean more to the right and voted repub until recently switching to libertarian.

ok then it wasnt about you then was it ? Did I say " hey Arch you are a RW nut"? was I even responding to something you said and use the term RW nut? Were you even remotely involved in the conversation when I used RW nut? Then how in the hedouble hockey sticks manage to take it as about you ?

If you are a RW nut then so be it , my comment on Christian values was not against Christian values, I was being a smart ass about how silly RW nuts sound when they completely do the opposite of what Jesus Christ taught in his gospel.

And for the record I dont like the extermist LW nuts either

and I am a Christian and tend to lean more to the right and voted repub until recently switching to libertarian.

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8853 post of nonsense, you would think you would have learned how to use the quote button by now.....