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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forumsrightwing commentators were engaged in false equivalences & 'mental gymnastics' about Rosannes tweet
Some conservatives acknowledged that Roseannes tweets were indefensible. Tomi Lahren, a high-profile commentator who has previously compared the Black Lives Matter movement to the KKK, tweeted that: What Roseanne said was wrong. Im sure she knows that. She made a mistake. I dont know why fellow conservatives are playing mental gymnastics trying to justify it. Come on. Wrong is wrong.
But many vocal rightwing personalities were quick to rush to Roseannes defense, often employing, as Lahren acknowledged, a variety of mental gymnastics to argue that the comedians tweets werent racist.
Singer Ted Nugent, said: So Roseanne referencing a movie title is racist. Lying dishonest soulless freaks from Planet of the Apes.
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Nugents denial of the racist connotations of comparing an African American woman to an ape was common among avowed Trump supporters. Bill Mitchell, one of Trumps most prolific supporters on social media, tweeted that, in the Planet of the Apes, the apes were superior and so comparing Jarrett to an ape was not racist. Mitchell deleted the tweet shortly after posting it.
The assertion that Roseannes tweets were not racist were also accompanied by cries of political correctness gone mad. Mark Dice, a rightwing conspiracy theorist with 317,000 Twitter followers snarked: Time to ban monkey bars from all school playgrounds, because theyre racist too, I guess. RE: Roseanne fired by ABC.
During a Fox News panel, Noelle Nikpour, a Republican strategist, said the comedian was fired because we live in a politically correct world right now. And Alex Jones, who is currently being sued for spreading a conspiracy theory that Sandy Hook was a hoax, railed against the THOUGHT POLICE.
https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2018/may/29/how-the-right-is-defending-roseanne-barrs-racist-tweets
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