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calimary

(81,283 posts)
Tue May 29, 2018, 01:08 PM May 2018

If ABC doesn't do something about Roseanne Barr, ABC IS Roseanne Barr.

Last edited Tue May 29, 2018, 01:53 PM - Edit history (1)

If ABC doesn't do something about Roseanne Barr, ABC IS Roseanne Barr.

If ABC doesn't do something about Roseanne Barr, ABC IS Roseanne Barr.

Spread it around.

There haven't been any consequences for this shit. She should lose her show. That show should be yanked off the air. Let it be a lesson to one and all. You DON'T do that shit. If you do, you pay for it.

If ABC doesn't do something about Roseanne Barr, ABC IS Roseanne Barr.

I Am Fucking FED UP! How 'bout you?

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On edit -

UPDATE!!!!

We have a WINNER here! The winner is all of us. Hearing news that ABC just yanked the show! YES!!!!!!!!!

Let this be a cautionary tale. You do this shit? Then you GET this shit.

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If ABC doesn't do something about Roseanne Barr, ABC IS Roseanne Barr. (Original Post) calimary May 2018 OP
I agree duforsure May 2018 #1
We have to start contacting her sponsors. femmocrat May 2018 #2
Wanda Sykes just announced she won't be returning. WhiskeyGrinder May 2018 #3
I love Wanda Sykes! Control-Z May 2018 #7
She was a consulting producer Liberalagogo May 2018 #13
I've missed most of what this is about. Control-Z May 2018 #4
She posted a couple of especially stupid and offensive tweets mythology May 2018 #6
No surprise there at all. Control-Z May 2018 #16
All the writers, all the actors, all the stagehands workinclasszero May 2018 #5
Kathy Griffin gets destroyed for one picture. Initech May 2018 #8
I'll stop buying any products from their sponsors, duforsure May 2018 #9
This is totally disgusting. ABC needs to ax the show. Vinca May 2018 #10
And they did Liberalagogo May 2018 #24
Yep, fed up!!! Puzzler May 2018 #11
Sara Gilbert just posted this on Twitter RockaFowler May 2018 #12
That's weak. Mr.Bill May 2018 #14
So she and the rest of the cast are walking off?? Didn't think Luz May 2018 #15
Exactly! Time for a Letter-Writing Campaign to Sponsors dlk May 2018 #17
Just sent my comment to ABC Timmygoat May 2018 #18
New DUER OMGWTF kindly looked up the ABC feedback link: calimary May 2018 #19
Not just ABC, but their parent Disney RockRaven May 2018 #20
minngal marieo1 May 2018 #21
donald trump in drag. calimary May 2018 #22
Not to worry, they just did something - her show has been cancelled. George II May 2018 #23
Well, they did something fairly quick. :) C Moon May 2018 #25
Coming soon jayschool2013 May 2018 #26
ABC hired Roseanne Barr, knowing who she is and what she's said. Texin May 2018 #27

femmocrat

(28,394 posts)
2. We have to start contacting her sponsors.
Tue May 29, 2018, 01:12 PM
May 2018

That usually yields results, like it did with Laura Ingraham.

Control-Z

(15,682 posts)
7. I love Wanda Sykes!
Tue May 29, 2018, 01:26 PM
May 2018

I can't remember the last time I saw her in a movie or show. Was she part of the Roseanne show?

Control-Z

(15,682 posts)
4. I've missed most of what this is about.
Tue May 29, 2018, 01:22 PM
May 2018

I'm actually waiting to testify in court right now. I've been preoccupied with this. Can you tell me what she did?

Thanks!

 

mythology

(9,527 posts)
6. She posted a couple of especially stupid and offensive tweets
Tue May 29, 2018, 01:26 PM
May 2018

One about Valerie Jarret being part ape. Barr has tried to walk this back as a joke.

And she posted something long since disproven that George Soros was a nazi collaborator.

 

workinclasszero

(28,270 posts)
5. All the writers, all the actors, all the stagehands
Tue May 29, 2018, 01:25 PM
May 2018

and all the sponsors that advertise on that racist POS's show are Roseanne Barr!

Pressure needs to be brought against the advertisers, that's all ABC gives a damn about!

MONEY$$$$honey!

Initech

(100,079 posts)
8. Kathy Griffin gets destroyed for one picture.
Tue May 29, 2018, 01:29 PM
May 2018

People like Roseanne, Ted Nugent, and Sean Hannity keep saying vile thing after vile thing and they don't get anything more than a slap on the wrist. WTF!

duforsure

(11,885 posts)
9. I'll stop buying any products from their sponsors,
Tue May 29, 2018, 01:30 PM
May 2018

just like with the NFL sponsors, nothing more from any of them .

RockaFowler

(7,429 posts)
12. Sara Gilbert just posted this on Twitter
Tue May 29, 2018, 01:34 PM
May 2018



Roseanne’s recent comments about Valerie Jarrett, and so much more, are abhorrent and do not reflect the beliefs of our cast and crew or anyone associated with our show. I am disappointed in her actions to say the least.

Luz

(772 posts)
15. So she and the rest of the cast are walking off?? Didn't think
Tue May 29, 2018, 01:38 PM
May 2018

so. I take this in the same grain as RBs apology. Bullshit.

calimary

(81,283 posts)
19. New DUER OMGWTF kindly looked up the ABC feedback link:
Tue May 29, 2018, 01:49 PM
May 2018

Response to demmiblue (Original post)Tue May 29, 2018, 01:10 PM
OMGWTF (85 posts)
27. Tell ABC how you feel about this POS move by a POS person

go to: www.abc.go.com/feedback. Give 'em hell.

https://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=10669634

RockRaven

(14,967 posts)
20. Not just ABC, but their parent Disney
Tue May 29, 2018, 01:50 PM
May 2018

And for those keeping track of what else to consume/avoid based on how they handle Roseanne, Disney's other businesses now include:

ESPN
Marvel superhero movies
Pixar
Star Wars

marieo1

(1,402 posts)
21. minngal
Tue May 29, 2018, 01:51 PM
May 2018

Roseanne Barr has always been a idiot. Never have been able to stand her - she is just a loudmouth just like DJT!!
Nothing funny about her or him!!

jayschool2013

(2,312 posts)
26. Coming soon
Tue May 29, 2018, 02:44 PM
May 2018

"Tonight on Fox News, after 'Hannity,' 'Roseanne' comes to the Fair and Balanced channel."

Of course, some casting changes have to be made:

Dan — James Woods
DJ — Kanye West
Jackie — Kirstie Alley
Darlene — Tila Tequila
Becky — "Real Housewives" star Teresa Giudice
David — Scott Baio

Theme song: "Wango Tango" by Ted Nugent

You get the idea.

Texin

(2,596 posts)
27. ABC hired Roseanne Barr, knowing who she is and what she's said.
Tue May 29, 2018, 03:35 PM
May 2018

They were happy to ride this racist tiger all the way to Nielsen gold until she went a bridge too far. And the only reason that the decision was made to cut her loose by the black, female President of ABC was because Chairman Bob Iger (Disney that owns ABC), who is Jewish, endorsed it. Both of these individuals representing minority communities have heard the offensive remarks made by Barr in the past/present, as well as the despicable crap spewing out of Shitler's mouth on a daily basis about anyone without white skin. I'd like to believe that we'll see more and more decisions of this nature made, but I'm not yet optimistic about that.

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