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tonedevil

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46. She has literally gotten away...
Tue May 29, 2018, 09:24 PM
May 2018

with it in the past. In this Rolling Stone article about the current horrid tweet there is this paragraph:

But Barr's vile tweet shouldn't come as a surprise. The comedian has a long history of espousing similarly problematic views. This ins't even the first time she's compared an African American to an ape on Twitter. In 2013, she wrote that Obama National Security Adviser Susan Rice "is a man with big swinging ape balls." Both that tweet and the tweet comparing Jarrett to an ape have been deleted.

That was only 5 years ago. She didn't have a TV show to lose at the time, but she was able to get one in spite of it.
Excellent observation and YES my first reaction to all of this was Roseanne Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #1
Have to admit cungar2000 May 2018 #18
Me too... FarPoint May 2018 #26
Post removed Post removed May 2018 #2
What in my post in any way says that that is not the case? EffieBlack May 2018 #4
I read your post. Your point was injecting "white privilege" into it. Dave Starsky May 2018 #8
I guess you would see it that way. EffieBlack May 2018 #42
"when white privilege gets trumped by a little bit of black power" Roland99 May 2018 #17
I didn't say only blacks were offended EffieBlack May 2018 #43
No kidding... Dennis Donovan May 2018 #5
It's not ridiculous. The president of the U.S. will NOT be impeached CakeGrrl May 2018 #6
Hear hear EffieBlack May 2018 #7
+1000! mcar May 2018 #31
I'm pretty sure if a POC publicly insulted whites, they'd get fired a lot faster than Barr did flibbitygiblets May 2018 #23
Let's not forget how Janelle Hill got a suspenion for simply calling the president racist. I'm sure Afromania May 2018 #29
Roseanne was fired literally within an hour or two of sending the tweet oberliner May 2018 #57
Perhaps you missed all the racist comments she made going back to at least 2013 flibbitygiblets May 2018 #60
I've been posting about them all day oberliner May 2018 #61
I guess I didn't understand the point of your reply to my post then? flibbitygiblets May 2018 #62
They did act very quickly once the tweet came out oberliner May 2018 #65
Indeed that is very interesting...maybe it's on people's minds because today is flibbitygiblets May 2018 #66
Why do you care why Wanda Sykes agreed to work on the show? EffieBlack May 2018 #63
She was the first to quit when the racist tweet came out oberliner May 2018 #64
+1 orangecrush May 2018 #24
Thank you, David. I agree entirely. Hortensis May 2018 #3
That is a huge stretch. Like Plastic Man / Mr. Fantastic level stretch. Caliman73 May 2018 #14
Funny watching people who insist there's no such thing as "white privilege" are now throwing a fit EffieBlack May 2018 #44
Do be sure to warm up thoroughly before you make those kinds of leaps. WhiskeyGrinder May 2018 #15
All the way from one end of the OP's TITLE to the other. Hortensis May 2018 #40
I suppose simply saying it's so helps you believe it to be true... regardless. LanternWaste May 2018 #70
A few years ago, Roseanne would not have gotten away with calling a black person an ape wonkwest May 2018 #9
She has literally gotten away... tonedevil May 2018 #46
And in '09 mercuryblues May 2018 #56
Great post MaryMagdaline May 2018 #10
Speaking of that, Disney saw how "Black Panther" made them megabucks BumRushDaShow May 2018 #16
That's so great MaryMagdaline May 2018 #48
Yup BumRushDaShow May 2018 #67
why did anyone support her in the first place? mokawanis May 2018 #11
She should never have been given a show EffieBlack May 2018 #45
+1 uponit7771 May 2018 #49
"Life's not fair," BumRushDaShow May 2018 #12
The only thing bad about it is how much effort it took. But they can be beaten. WhiskeyGrinder May 2018 #13
K&R ismnotwasm May 2018 #19
K&R catrose May 2018 #20
Effie, I salute you. saidsimplesimon May 2018 #21
Not ignoring y'all at all EffieBlack May 2018 #47
That's not "White Privilege". That's just plain abhorrent bigotry. Lil Missy May 2018 #22
I tend agree with you, this isn't the best example of white privilege. Rather it is an still_one May 2018 #32
White Privilege is not a choice. Accessing it to promote, oppose or ignore bigotry is the choice. Marcuse May 2018 #34
She is, and she did grantcart May 2018 #36
The privilege isn't in what she said. It's in the fact that she's gotten away with it for so long EffieBlack May 2018 #39
+1, folk are acting like Rosanne just became a racist 8 hrs ago uponit7771 May 2018 #50
"She could have just as well written a rant about Jewish People." --Like this? BumRushDaShow May 2018 #68
I'm just happy she's gone. Good riddance to a horrible human being. flibbitygiblets May 2018 #25
ABC knew who Barr was before they allowed her show to proceed in the first place. still_one May 2018 #27
Thank you. DashOneBravo May 2018 #35
The times, they seem to finally be a'changin' mcar May 2018 #28
Excellent post - Thank you! Mountain Mule May 2018 #30
As well as right-wing privilege. sandensea May 2018 #33
Good post.... Civic Justice May 2018 #37
I agree - we, even those of us whose skin color is white - need to stand up against the racism, hatr debsy May 2018 #38
Plenty of white people stood up and pushed back EffieBlack May 2018 #41
SO TRUE!! InAbLuEsTaTe May 2018 #51
Even white people don't like her! I'm white. She doesn't represent me. Kajun Gal May 2018 #52
At the risk of saying something tactless DonCoquixote May 2018 #53
and for those that demand figures DonCoquixote May 2018 #54
Plus I just read yesterday that the BP character "Shuri" was just designated a "Disney Princess" BumRushDaShow May 2018 #69
You're absolutely right EffieBlack May 2018 #55
BP showed that white dudes are not the only people with money DonCoquixote May 2018 #58
I think Spike Lee won the Gran Prix at Cannes this year. Bok_Tukalo May 2018 #59
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