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Each was referring to a specific person.A big part of it is whether the insult is aimed at one person or a group of people.
Each was referring to a specific person.A big part of it is whether the insult is aimed at one person or a group of people.
I don't mind that you disagree. I am not trying to sell you on Barr's character or explain away her comments.Sorry i have to disagree, when you equate a black person to being an ape, thats being a racist. This isnt part of this whole "political correctness" debate going in our country, this would was just plain racist and way over the line. It would have been over the line 5 years ago, 10 years, 20 years ago, and yes even 30 years ago.
Each was referring to a specific person.
Just Google it. rteetz doesn't want us to go into it, so I won't draw it out here.Genuinely curious what you are referring to here? What did someone say on The View that should have it cancelled?
A big part of it is whether the insult is aimed at one person or a group of people. Calling Pence mentally ill, is at best needless hyperbole, and at worst very distasteful, but it doesn't set out to malign an entire class of people. Calling a black woman an ape of the Planet of the Apes variety necessarily includes all black women, which thus makes it a different class of offensive. There's not much room for doubt on this one. She picked a metaphor that works only too well; it wasn't a lazy slip of the tongue of the "I call lots of people monkeys, and genuinely wasn't giving thought to the color of skin here" kind. She knew what she was saying, and that's what makes it racist rather than just 'politically incorrect' IMV.
rteetz does not want us going into it here, but this was not about his intelligence. It was about his religious beliefs and mental illness - equating the two.Oh come on. Calling out Pence's intelligence is referring to a specific person. Calling out his Hoosierness, or maleness, or oldness or anything else that is not specifically a trait of Mike Pence is *not* calling out a specific person.
rteetz does not want us going into it here, but this was not about his intelligence. It was about his religious beliefs and mental illness - equating the two.
I want to add that many of you have interpreted my original post to mean that I believe that what Barr wrote should be excused, or that she should not have been punished. I am more than fine with her being fired over this. I just think that it is a shame that the entire show had to be canceled. I get that it really can't exist without her.
Stupidity should be painful. In this case, it was.
I want to add that many of you have interpreted my original post to mean that I believe that what Barr wrote should be excused, or that she should not have been punished. I am more than fine with her being fired over this. I just think that it is a shame that the entire show had to be canceled. I get that it really can't exist without her.
Stupidity should be painful. In this case, it was.
Yes you are, you are using the guise of something being "politically incorrect" to take away any responsibility she may have for saying something racist. I know being politically incorrect is the cool thing to do nowadays, but usually it just means you're a mean person. Sometimes things people say are just plain awful and they need to be called out.I don't mind that you disagree. I am not trying to sell you on Barr's character or explain away her comments.
Look at her Tweets today—the woman has no self-control.
Is Ms Barr unhinged? Last year her children took control of her Twitter account, deleted her past tweets and changed her password. Shortly before the premiere of the “Roseanne” reboot, Ms Barr was back on Twitter. ABC took a risk when it commissioned the revival of a show about the lives of ordinary folk in the Midwest. The main danger, it turns out, was the star of the show.
LOL - no - that is not what I did. I never excused her words. And I explained what I meant by political correctness. If that doesn't satisfy you, so be it. I'm not trying to start a fan club here.Yes you are, you are using the guise of something being "politically incorrect" to take away any responsibility she may have for saying something racist. I know being politically incorrect is the cool thing to do nowadays, but usually it just means you're a mean person. Sometimes things people say are just plain awful and they need to be called out.
Talk to Kathy Griffith (sp) about that. When you go over the line there are consequences and contrary to popular opinion it does go both ways.well, I don't agree with that - but her follows sure seem to in that she is being unfairly targeted while people that say controversial/political things the other way (ripping the president with unfounded facts, etc.) aren't punished
Let’s not get into this please.Please try not to get political, but it looks like the White House is now involved
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cn...arrett-after-roseanne-barrs-racist-tweet.html
Please try not to get political, but it looks like the White House is now involved
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cn...arrett-after-roseanne-barrs-racist-tweet.html