{"id":30021,"date":"2018-05-30T01:36:49","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T01:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=30021"},"modified":"2018-05-30T01:36:49","modified_gmt":"2018-05-30T01:36:49","slug":"roseanne-not-too-big-to-cancel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=30021","title":{"rendered":"‘Roseanne’ not too big to … cancel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Roseanne Barr now has managed to offend both ends of the wide political spectrum.<\/p>\n

Years ago, she took the field at the start of an athletic event to offer a horrendous rendition of “The Star Spangled Banner.” Many of us have heard her “singing” of the anthem. We weren’t pleased. It wasn’t funny. Conservatives were outraged.<\/p>\n

Ahh, but the comic wasn’t done. Today she posted a tweet in which she offered a racist reference to Valerie Jarrett, a former senior policy adviser to President Barack Obama.<\/p>\n

She wrote: “muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby=vj.” <\/em><\/p>\n

Funny, huh? Nope. It isn’t. ABC Television promptly canceled the return of “Roseanne.”<\/p>\n

Barr apologized. She took her tweet down. She deleted her Twitter account. Too late, Roseanne. The damage is done.<\/p>\n

As for ABC’s decision to cancel<\/a> the show, well, I don’t much care one way or the other. I didn’t watch the show 30 years ago; I didn’t watch its return. I had heard about Roseanne Barr’s pro-Donald Trump tilt and about her TV character’s similar leanings. Honest to goodness, that didn’t bother me in the least.<\/p>\n

Racist rants from public figures? They bother me. A lot.<\/em><\/p>\n

Good riddance, Roseanne.<\/p>\n\n

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