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Roseanne Canceled By ABC Following Star’s "Racist" Tweets

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Ubiquitous

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May 29, 2018, 4:14:10 PM5/29/18
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ABC has abruptly canceled Roseanne Barr’s hit comedy series revival
following a morning in which the star launched a tirade of racist and
anti-semitic tweets.

“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 just announced.

Barr’s family sitcom – the biggest success story of the 2017-18 TV
season – had been picked up for a second season after only one episode,
which clocked record ratings. Roseanne was the highest-rated and most
watched freshman series of the 2017-18 season and ranked No. 2 overall
among all entertainment programs in total viewers (17.82 million in
Live+7) and in the adults 18-49 demographic (5.0 rating).

It also was ABC’s highest-rated series and cornerstone of the network’s
upfront presentation earlier this month, which was opened by Barr
(pictured above).

ABC’s cancellation announcement came hours after Barr announced she was
“leaving” Twitter – again – after apologizing for calling former
President Barack Obama adviser Valerie Jarrett an offspring of the
“Muslim Brotherhood & Planet of the Apes.” Barr came back to Twitter
about 5 minutes later to expand on her apology.

“I apologize to Valerie Jarrett and to all Americans,” Barr tweeted. “I
am truly sorry for making a bad joke about her politics and her looks.
I should have known better. Forgive me-my joke was in bad taste.” She
has not tweeted anything since.

Jarrett has not responded, which CNN calls “taking the high road” but
we call it a likely decision to hold off, having, in one of those
incredible coincidences, previously been booked to appear tonight in an
MSNBC town hall about racism in America – ratings on which are now
likely to spike:

Chris Hayes
As it happens, @ValerieJarrett will be participating in
tonight's special town hall on Everyday Racism on @MSNBC.

In her initial tweet about Jarrett she referred to her as “muslim
brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj.” It was in response to
a tweet referencing a Wikileaks claim that the CIA during Obama’s term
in office spied on French presidential candidates.

In response to expected blow-back, Barr said her tweet was a “joke” and
responded to claims that her tweet was racist by replying “Muslims r
not a race.” Jarrett, an African American, was born in Iran to American
parents. Barr’s tweet has since been deleted.

Shortly after Barr’s apology, Wanda Sykes announced her resignation
from Roseanne, on which the prominent African American comedienne had
been a key writer/consulting producer:

Wanda Sykes
I will not be returning to @RoseanneOnABC.

Roseanne co-star and executive producer Sara Gilbert, who was the
driving force behind the revival, also distanced herself and the show’s
cast and crew from Barr’s “abhorrent” comments, with her followup tweet
hinting at the hit comedy’s pending demise.

The tirade about Jarrett was only one of Barr’s offensive tweets this
morning. She had kicked off her day tweeting that Chelsea Clinton is
married to George Soros’ nephew…

Roseanne Barr
Chelsea Soros Clinton

…and, when Clinton responded:

Chelsea Clinton
Good morning Roseanne - my given middle name is Victoria. I
imagine George Soros’s nephews are lovely people. I’m just
not married to one. I am grateful for the important work
@OpenSociety does in the world. Have a great day!
https://twitter.com/therealroseanne/status/1001310680111243269

Roseanne responded:

Roseanne Barr
CORRECTION: CHELSEA CLINTON IS NOT MARRIED TO A SOROS NEPHEW.
HER HUSBAND IS THE SON OF A CORRUPT SENATOR, SO SORRY!:
https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/true-father-of-the-groom/

Roseanne also noted, “By the way, George Soros is a nazi who turned in
his fellow Jews 2 be murdered in German concentration camps & stole
their wealth-were you aware of that? But, we all make mistakes, right
Chelsea?”

Soros was born in 1930.


Today’s tweets aren’t even the first time Barr has called an African-
American woman an ape. In 2013, she called Obama National Security
Adviser Susan Rice “a man with big swinging ape balls.”

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anim8rfsk

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May 29, 2018, 5:10:25 PM5/29/18
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In article <dNOdnbL2EOUWKZDG...@giganews.com>,
Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:

> ABC has abruptly canceled Roseanne Barr’s hit comedy series revival
> following a morning in which the star launched a tirade of racist and
> anti-semitic tweets.

And by 'tirade of tweets' they mean 'one tweet'
Join your old RAT friends at
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1688985234647266/

David Johnston

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May 29, 2018, 5:16:02 PM5/29/18
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On 2018-05-29 3:10 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> In article <dNOdnbL2EOUWKZDG...@giganews.com>,
> Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>
>> ABC has abruptly canceled Roseanne Barr’s hit comedy series revival
>> following a morning in which the star launched a tirade of racist and
>> anti-semitic tweets.
>
> And by 'tirade of tweets' they mean 'one tweet'

No. They don't. They're counting the Soros tweets.

Connor

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May 29, 2018, 10:26:11 PM5/29/18
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On Tuesday, May 29, 2018 at 2:10:25 PM UTC-7, anim8rfsk wrote:
> In article <dNOdnbL2EOUWKZDG...@giganews.com>,
> Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>
> > ABC has abruptly canceled Roseanne Barr’s hit comedy series revival
> > following a morning in which the star launched a tirade of racist and
> > anti-semitic tweets.
>
> And by 'tirade of tweets' they mean 'one tweet'

You don't count so good. There were three.


Ubiquitous

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May 30, 2018, 10:43:34 AM5/30/18
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What did she tweet about Soros that was racist and anti-semitic?

suzeeq

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May 30, 2018, 10:56:26 AM5/30/18
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Ubiquitous wrote:
> davidjo...@yahoo.com wrote:
>> On 2018-05-29 3:10 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>> Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>
>>>> ABC has abruptly canceled Roseanne Barr's hit comedy series
>>>> revival following a morning in which the star launched a
>>>> tirade of racist and anti-semitic tweets.
>>> And by 'tirade of tweets' they mean 'one tweet'
>> No. They don't. They're counting the Soros tweets.
>
> What did she tweet about Soros that was racist and anti-semitic?
>
That he was a Nazi collaborater.

anim8rfsk

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May 30, 2018, 11:34:50 AM5/30/18
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In article <pemdak$f6j$2...@dont-email.me>,
Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:

> davidjo...@yahoo.com wrote:
> >On 2018-05-29 3:10 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> >> Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>
> >>> ABC has abruptly canceled Roseanne Barr's hit comedy series
> >>> revival following a morning in which the star launched a
> >>> tirade of racist and anti-semitic tweets.
> >>
> >> And by 'tirade of tweets' they mean 'one tweet'
> >
> >No. They don't. They're counting the Soros tweets.
>
> What did she tweet about Soros that was racist and anti-semitic?

Is Johnston this stupid or this big of a liar or both?

Read the fucking thing you just fucking quoted you fucking imbecile:

> >>> ABC has abruptly canceled Roseanne Barr's hit comedy series
> >>> revival following a morning in which the star launched a
> >>> tirade of racist and anti-semitic tweets.

They're talking about THAT MORNING. See where they use the word
'morning'? And it's a lie. You know what those are, right? There was
no 'tirade' and nothing anti-Semitic that morning. There was ONE
FUCKING TWEET. Can Johnston count that high?

anim8rfsk

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May 30, 2018, 11:35:27 AM5/30/18
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In article <peme2n$3qo$1...@news.albasani.net>, suzeeq <su...@imbris.com>
wrote:
And did she say that the same morning? Because the quote above is
talking about 'a tirade' that morning.

BTR1701

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May 30, 2018, 11:46:55 AM5/30/18
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That's anti-Soros, not anti-Semitic.

Connor

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May 30, 2018, 11:48:59 AM5/30/18
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On Wednesday, May 30, 2018 at 8:35:27 AM UTC-7, anim8rfsk wrote:
> In article <peme2n$3qo$1...@news.albasani.net>, suzeeq <su...@imbris.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Ubiquitous wrote:
> > > davidjo...@yahoo.com wrote:
> > >> On 2018-05-29 3:10 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> > >>> Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
> > >
> > >>>> ABC has abruptly canceled Roseanne Barr's hit comedy series
> > >>>> revival following a morning in which the star launched a
> > >>>> tirade of racist and anti-semitic tweets.
> > >>> And by 'tirade of tweets' they mean 'one tweet'
> > >> No. They don't. They're counting the Soros tweets.
> > >
> > > What did she tweet about Soros that was racist and anti-semitic?
> > >
> > That he was a Nazi collaborater.
>
> And did she say that the same morning? Because the quote above is
> talking about 'a tirade' that morning.

Yes she posted the Clinton / Soros tweets yesterday too. Do your research!!

David Johnston

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May 30, 2018, 11:50:26 AM5/30/18
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On 2018-05-30 8:43 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
> davidjo...@yahoo.com wrote:
>> On 2018-05-29 3:10 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>> Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>
>>>> ABC has abruptly canceled Roseanne Barr's hit comedy series
>>>> revival following a morning in which the star launched a
>>>> tirade of racist and anti-semitic tweets.
>>>
>>> And by 'tirade of tweets' they mean 'one tweet'
>>
>> No. They don't. They're counting the Soros tweets.
>
> What did she tweet about Soros that was racist and anti-semitic?
>

To be fair claiming that Soros was a war criminal who sent his fellow
jews to death camps is not anti-semitic. That was a sloppy
mischaracterization. But that is what they were talking about.

David Johnston

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May 30, 2018, 11:51:22 AM5/30/18
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On 2018-05-30 9:35 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> In article <peme2n$3qo$1...@news.albasani.net>, suzeeq <su...@imbris.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Ubiquitous wrote:
>>> davidjo...@yahoo.com wrote:
>>>> On 2018-05-29 3:10 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>>>> Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> ABC has abruptly canceled Roseanne Barr's hit comedy series
>>>>>> revival following a morning in which the star launched a
>>>>>> tirade of racist and anti-semitic tweets.
>>>>> And by 'tirade of tweets' they mean 'one tweet'
>>>> No. They don't. They're counting the Soros tweets.
>>>
>>> What did she tweet about Soros that was racist and anti-semitic?
>>>
>> That he was a Nazi collaborater.
>
> And did she say that the same morning?

Yes,she did. Apparently she was bored that day and felt like stirring
shit up.

David Johnston

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May 30, 2018, 12:02:37 PM5/30/18
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On 2018-05-30 9:35 AM, anim8rfsk wrote:
> In article <peme2n$3qo$1...@news.albasani.net>, suzeeq <su...@imbris.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Ubiquitous wrote:
>>> davidjo...@yahoo.com wrote:
>>>> On 2018-05-29 3:10 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>>>> Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>>>
>>>>>> ABC has abruptly canceled Roseanne Barr's hit comedy series
>>>>>> revival following a morning in which the star launched a
>>>>>> tirade of racist and anti-semitic tweets.
>>>>> And by 'tirade of tweets' they mean 'one tweet'
>>>> No. They don't. They're counting the Soros tweets.
>>>
>>> What did she tweet about Soros that was racist and anti-semitic?
>>>
>> That he was a Nazi collaborater.
>
> And did she say that the same morning? Because the quote above is
> talking about 'a tirade' that morning.
>

Yes she did.


https://www.jta.org/2018/05/29/arts-entertainment/roseannes-problematic-tweet-george-soros


Before her apology, and while she was parrying appalled responses to her
attack on Jarrett, Barr was also dueling with Chelsea Clinton, whom she
said in a series of tweets was married to a nephew of George Soros. (She
isn’t — it’s a false rumor that seems to have been started by another TV
personality, Scott Baio.) That devolved into Barr repeating a falsehood
popular in some conservative circles that the liberal Hungarian-Jewish
billionaire was a Nazi collaborator — a narrative that has problematic
echoes in Holocaust denial.

suzeeq

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May 30, 2018, 12:15:02 PM5/30/18
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anim8rfsk wrote:
> In article <peme2n$3qo$1...@news.albasani.net>, suzeeq <su...@imbris.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Ubiquitous wrote:
>>> davidjo...@yahoo.com wrote:
>>>> On 2018-05-29 3:10 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>>>> Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>>>>>> ABC has abruptly canceled Roseanne Barr's hit comedy series
>>>>>> revival following a morning in which the star launched a
>>>>>> tirade of racist and anti-semitic tweets.
>>>>> And by 'tirade of tweets' they mean 'one tweet'
>>>> No. They don't. They're counting the Soros tweets.
>>> What did she tweet about Soros that was racist and anti-semitic?
>>>
>> That he was a Nazi collaborater.
>
> And did she say that the same morning? Because the quote above is
> talking about 'a tirade' that morning.
>
There were other tweets too. Perhaps on another day.

Ubiquitous

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May 30, 2018, 1:19:44 PM5/30/18
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That's not anti-semite.

anim8rfsk

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May 30, 2018, 1:31:19 PM5/30/18
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In article <pemim3$u9b$1...@news.albasani.net>, suzeeq <su...@imbris.com>
wrote:
I won't argue that with you. But the articles are talking about a
tirade of tweets that morning, and it simply didn't happen.

anim8rfsk

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May 30, 2018, 1:31:40 PM5/30/18
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In article <4abcb663-a589-4aa8...@googlegroups.com>,
Why when I can just listen to you make up lies?

Nancy2

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May 30, 2018, 1:36:13 PM5/30/18
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President Trump must be so proud that Roseanne is a fan.

N.

David Johnston

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May 30, 2018, 1:59:56 PM5/30/18
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Nope. Same day.

Connor

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May 30, 2018, 2:43:23 PM5/30/18
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You are the one lying!! The Clinton / Soros tweets were yesterday just like the Jarrett tweet! You think just like your hero Trump if you keep saying a lie it will be true but it isn't! Or else you just can't read when it says May 29 on all those tweets!


Dimensional Traveler

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May 30, 2018, 3:50:58 PM5/30/18
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On 5/30/2018 10:36 AM, Nancy2 wrote:
>
> President Trump must be so proud that Roseanne is a fan.
>
He's a big fan of her, so yes.


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FPP

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May 30, 2018, 7:17:30 PM5/30/18
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On 5/30/18 10:43 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
> davidjo...@yahoo.com wrote:
>> On 2018-05-29 3:10 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>> Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>
>>>> ABC has abruptly canceled Roseanne Barr's hit comedy series
>>>> revival following a morning in which the star launched a
>>>> tirade of racist and anti-semitic tweets.
>>>
>>> And by 'tirade of tweets' they mean 'one tweet'
>>
>> No. They don't. They're counting the Soros tweets.
>
> What did she tweet about Soros that was racist and anti-semitic?

Why nothing. Nothing at all.
Do your own homework, troll.

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They lied. There was only ever the Devil.
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back down at you." -James Delos (Westworld 5-12-18)

FPP

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May 30, 2018, 7:18:14 PM5/30/18
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Except that it did.

FPP

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May 30, 2018, 7:26:04 PM5/30/18
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"By the way, George Soros is a Nazi who turned in his fellow Jews to be
murdered in German concentration camps and stole their wealth — were you
aware of that?" - R. Barr

Guess lies that call Jews ARE Nazi's in order to steal the wealth of
their fellow Jews would only be anti-semitic if there were a meme about
Jews being obsessed with money.

Good thing that isn't a thing, right, "counselor"?
I'll bet a good lawyer could make that case, "counselor". Know anybody
with a background in law?

As a comedian, you suck. As a "lawyer", you're worse.

FPP

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May 30, 2018, 7:27:28 PM5/30/18
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On 5/30/18 1:19 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:
> su...@imbris.com wrote:
>> Ubiquitous wrote:
>>> davidjo...@yahoo.com wrote:
>>>> On 2018-05-29 3:10 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>>>> Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>
>>>>>> ABC has abruptly canceled Roseanne Barr's hit comedy series
>>>>>> revival following a morning in which the star launched a
>>>>>> tirade of racist and anti-semitic tweets.
>>>>>
>>>>> And by 'tirade of tweets' they mean 'one tweet'
>>>> No. They don't. They're counting the Soros tweets.
>>>
>>> What did she tweet about Soros that was racist and anti-semitic?
>>
>> That he was a Nazi collaborater.
>
> That's not anti-semite.
>

She didn't call him a "collaborater" (sic). She called him a Nazi. And
one that was obsessed with stealing other people's wealth.

Jews and stealing money... ring a bell?

FPP

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May 30, 2018, 7:29:48 PM5/30/18
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When you combine that with stealing money, it sure is. Or is a money
grubbing jew no longer anti-semitic now?

FPP

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May 30, 2018, 7:32:51 PM5/30/18
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On 5/30/18 11:50 AM, David Johnston wrote:
"Like many anti-Semitic stereotypes, the association of Jews with money
was forged during a famous Passover Seder held in a Jerusalem inn
approximately 2,000 years ago. Known by the morbid name The Last Supper,
that meal was interrupted by Roman soldiers lead by Judas Iscariot, one
of Jesus’ closest supporters. According the New Testament, Judas came in
and kissed Jesus so that the Romans could identify him as their
suspected traitor.

For centuries, the story of Judas turning Jesus in was utilized to
inspire animosity between Jews and Christians."

trotsky

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May 30, 2018, 8:42:58 PM5/30/18
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Calling a Jew a Nazi to shame them IS anti-Semitic you racist piece of
rat shit.


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trotsky

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May 30, 2018, 9:09:21 PM5/30/18
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On 5/30/2018 6:17 PM, FPP wrote:
> On 5/30/18 10:43 AM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>> davidjo...@yahoo.com wrote:
>>> On 2018-05-29 3:10 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>>>    Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>>
>>>>> ABC has abruptly canceled Roseanne Barr's hit comedy series
>>>>> revival following a morning in which the star launched a
>>>>> tirade of racist and anti-semitic tweets.
>>>>
>>>> And by 'tirade of tweets' they mean 'one tweet'
>>>
>>> No.  They don't.  They're counting the Soros tweets.
>>
>> What did she tweet about Soros that was racist and anti-semitic?
>
> Why nothing.  Nothing at all.
> Do your own homework, troll.


According to Pubie only jokes about NASCAR are racist.

NoBody

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May 31, 2018, 7:33:46 AM5/31/18
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On Wed, 30 May 2018 19:27:26 -0400, FPP <fred...@gmail.com> wrote:

>On 5/30/18 1:19 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>> su...@imbris.com wrote:
>>> Ubiquitous wrote:
>>>> davidjo...@yahoo.com wrote:
>>>>> On 2018-05-29 3:10 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>>>>> Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>>
>>>>>>> ABC has abruptly canceled Roseanne Barr's hit comedy series
>>>>>>> revival following a morning in which the star launched a
>>>>>>> tirade of racist and anti-semitic tweets.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> And by 'tirade of tweets' they mean 'one tweet'
>>>>> No. They don't. They're counting the Soros tweets.
>>>>
>>>> What did she tweet about Soros that was racist and anti-semitic?
>>>
>>> That he was a Nazi collaborater.
>>
>> That's not anti-semite.
>>
>
>She didn't call him a "collaborater" (sic). She called him a Nazi. And
>one that was obsessed with stealing other people's wealth.
>
>Jews and stealing money... ring a bell?

Sounds like *you* are being racist when you attempt to bring up an old
stereotype.

Ubiquitous

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Jun 1, 2018, 5:41:57 PM6/1/18
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What else is new?

FPP

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Jun 1, 2018, 6:55:10 PM6/1/18
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On 5/31/18 4:08 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:
> NoB...@nowhere.com wrote:
>> On Wed, 30 May 2018 19:27:26 -0400, FPP <fred...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On 5/30/18 1:19 PM, Ubiquitous wrote:
>>>> su...@imbris.com wrote:
>>>>> Ubiquitous wrote:
>>>>>> davidjo...@yahoo.com wrote:
>>>>>>> On 2018-05-29 3:10 PM, anim8rfsk wrote:
>>>>>>>> Ubiquitous <web...@polaris.net> wrote:
>
>>>>>>>>> ABC has abruptly canceled Roseanne Barr's hit comedy series
>>>>>>>>> revival following a morning in which the star launched a
>>>>>>>>> tirade of racist and anti-semitic tweets.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> And by 'tirade of tweets' they mean 'one tweet'
>>>>>>> No. They don't. They're counting the Soros tweets.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What did she tweet about Soros that was racist and anti-semitic?
>>>>>
>>>>> That he was a Nazi collaborater.
>>>>
>>>> That's not anti-semite.
>>>
>>> She didn't call him a "collaborater" (sic). She called him a Nazi. And
>>> one that was obsessed with stealing other people's wealth.
>>>
>>> Jews and stealing money... ring a bell?
>>
>> Sounds like *you* are being racist when you attempt to bring up an old
>> stereotype.
>
> What else is new?

Because stating the nature of a racist stereotype is the same as being a
racist.
Just like somebody explaining what murder is a murderer.

Stupid much?
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