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| Roseanne tried to insult Valerie Jarrett, ... |
She’s
even a former chairwoman of the Chicago Transit Board (which oversees all those
CTA trains and buses) and also has held positions on several corporate boards.
She even is the first female student to attend the Massachusetts Institute of
Technology. That’s a lot more accomplishment than most people achieve in life.
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| ... but wound up trashing herself instead |
YET
LET’S BE honest. There’s a good chance that in the eyes of the general public,
Jarrett is going to be noted as significant for the fact that she took down the
career of one Roseanne.
And
she didn’t have to do anything directly – only conduct herself with more
sophistication than the actress/comedian who seems to want to think she’s the
voice of all those people who think Donald Trump represents “real Americans.”
Now
keep in mind that it isn’t the least bit unusual for people to use social media
accounts such as Twitter to spout out stupid things.
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| Will 'Roseanne' rerun rep become as tainted ... |
Which
is what Roseanne did when she posted a little blurb Tuesday where she managed
to use less than 50 characters (much less than the 140 maximum permitted) to defame
Jarrett.
AS
ROSEANNE PUT it, “muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj.” It’s
not at all uncommon for bigots to make wisecracks comparing black people to apes.
Some people just have a proclivity for saying something stupid.
But
when people tried responding to Roseanne by calling her out on her ignorance,
she initially tried responding that calling someone “muslim” isn’t racist and
that the whole thing was intended to be a joke.
As
though it’s the fault of others who want to call out bigotry. Either that, or else
Roseanne is like many other ideological nitwits who think that freedom of
speech only applies to themselves and that NO ONE is permitted to respond.
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| ... as "The Cosby Show" rep? |
Even
though the concept really means we all can retort to each other until our minds
are all worn out.
BUT
THE OUTCRY became intense enough that Roseanne felt compelled to send out a
final twit saying, “I apologize.” While also saying she was through with
Twitter.
Not
good enough, as ABC has said they’re cancelling Roseanne’s self-named comedy
program. The one that gave her a television legacy some two decades ago and
which she attempted a reboot this year.
That
reboot actually finished up its first comeback season last week and had network
executives convinced she was going to be a significant part of next TV season’s
programming lineup.
That
is, until Tuesday afternoon, when ABC officials decided that the outcry over
Roseanne’s Twitter account was so intense that they’d just as soon cancel her.
Several of the Roseanne cast members are now going out of their way to distance
themselves from her gag. Its very likely that when Roseanne dies and her
obituary is written, this will wind up being a significant moment – perhaps even
the lede.
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| Life's lesson; 'Planet of Apes' gags are lame |
CAREER
SUICIDE IN a matter of hours. And for the record, Jarrett only referred to the incident as "a teaching moment," admitting she benefits from many people willing to come to her defense. Comparable to the way some
perceive a level of class and sophistication the Obama years gave our society,
compared to this Age of Trump we’re now in.
Not
that Jarrett needs to say anything against Roseanne. Why help your critic by doing or saying
anything that detracts from their own stupidity?
The
sad thing is that the show’s producers tried to make some comedic hay out of
the fact that Roseanne herself is a Trump backer and might actually become a
way of putting a more positive spin on those people.
Yet
did Roseanne unintendedly wind up showing us a real truth with her so-called sense
of humor? Which, for those of us who feel a sense of shame that anybody in our
society finds these days appealing, makes this incident the ultimate punchline for use against the Trump-ites.
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