Trump called Roseanne Barr to congratulate her on huge ratings success

[Grand Vol]

Oompah-Loompahs exist?

Only when Gene Wilder happens to be around.

 

[114VOL]

Final thought for me, next time a liberal refers to Trump as an Oompah-Loompah, can we consider that racist?

If that is what you want to do, silly boy!

 

[zeppelin128]

Yeah, you aren't real good at bridging that divide on here...

We've agreed on some things. The same can be said for you.

 

[Franklin Pierce]

MSNBC provided viewers with one of the most tone-deaf moments in cable news history on Tuesday when Andrea Mitchell asked Joy Reid about a racist tweet that Roseanne Barr sent about former Obama aide Valerie Jarrett.

Last month, Reid famously kinda-sorta admitted to writing HOMOPHOBIC slurs that she’d previously insisted were the work of diabolical hackers.

On Tuesday, after Barr sent a racist tweet, Mitchell asked Reid – who is in Philadelphia to co-moderate a town hall event – about social media behavior in a moment that was captured by TheWrap’s Jon Levine.

Mitchell asked, "What do you have to do on social media to get fired from a top rated show on an American broadcast network?"

Reid responded by pointing to the specific language of Barr’s apology, noting that admitting the jab was about Jarrett’s appearance was proof that the message was racist. “That was a very telling part of the apology,” Reid said. “I’m not surprised, this is the kind of humor that Roseanne does.”


Following the discovery of the homophobic slurs and intense speculation about her own future, the “AM Joy” host addressed that situation during the April 28 episode of her show that airs every Saturday and Sunday morning.

“I genuinely do not believe I wrote those hateful things,” Reid told her viewers, adding, "The person I am now is not the person I was then."


Mediaite columnist Joseph Wulfhsohn wrote, “It’s rich that she’s talking about it with Joy Reid, of all people.”

“What the hell does someone have to do to get fired from a network these days? To help me answer this question I’m bringing in Joy Reid & Brian Williams,” Fox News contributor Stephen Miller joked.



Upon hearing that ABC had canceled “Roseanne,” pundit Mark Simone wrote, "Looks like the only network Roseanne could work at now is MSNBC, they've had a host accused of racist posts, anti-gay posts, and anti-Muslim posts and don't cancel their show, if they apologize.”

 

[RDU VOL#14]

And how many times did Obama respond to wing nuts with their outrageously false accusations?

ZERO

That’s not entirely correct, but it sure was easy to play the race card anytime someone was critical of Obama. Now you can call the POTUS a NAZI, white supremacist and get hired by the biggest media conglomerate in the world. Double standard much?

 

[zeppelin128]

That’s not entirely correct, but it sure was easy to play the race card anytime someone was critical of Obama. Now you can call the POTUS a NAZI, white supremacist and get hired by the biggest media conglomerate in the world. Double standard much?

Calling Obama a Muslim will get you a job at Fox News. JS

 

[Grand Vol]

We've agreed on some things. The same can be said for you.

I already know your side of the political equation cannot be reasoned with. So, I don't even try.

 

[ajvol01]

So, she's a mutt like many of us would be when submitted to genetic testing. I was responding to your stupid assertion that she can't be African American because she was born in Iran.

Wouldn't that make her African-Iranian?

 

[DinkinFlicka]

Final thought for me, next time a liberal refers to Trump as an Oompah-Loompah, can we consider that racist?

Sure. Consider me super racist.

 

[114VOL]

Proof of the massive political divide in this country. Both sides are at fault, and I'm not sure if it ends. It will only get worse.

Much of it escalated by the advent of social media. The country isn't more divided than ever. It just seems that way

 

[zeppelin128]

I already know your side of the political equation cannot be reasoned with. So, I don't even try.

Fair enough.

You see my vehement hatred for Trump on here, which would make one think I'm a Communist. But I'm slightly center-left on economics. I will grant you I'm a hardcore leftist when it comes to social issues. I don't post in many threads on the PF because I either mostly agree with what has been said or I don't think it matters. We probably agree on more than you think.

But call me VolProf if you want, I still firmly believe Trump is a threat to the Republic.

 

[Franklin Pierce]

Wouldn't that make her African-Iranian?

Maybe American-African-Iranian. Hyphenated Americans are all the rage now.

 

[114VOL]

That’s not entirely correct, but it sure was easy to play the race card anytime someone was critical of Obama. Now you can call the POTUS a NAZI, white supremacist and get hired by the biggest media conglomerate in the world. Double standard much?

No you can't.

 

[zeppelin128]

Much of it escalated by the advent of social media. The country isn't more divided than ever. It just seems that way

This is likely true. We aren't trying to kill each other yet, so that is something.

 

[lawgator1]

Compelling expression to who? Mind you, far more people are offended by Barr's comments, but are you telling me no one finds the NFL players kneeling during the anthem to be offensive? Not to mention they are actually at work when conducting their protests. Yet the NFL's new rule, which is basically just establishing a certain code of conduct while on the job, is somehow overstepping?

You are forcing people to engage in expression that you like precisely because when it isn't expressed the way you want it bothers you.


That's as unAmerican as it gets. Which of course is an irony the anthem people just cannot comprehend due to the small size of their brains.

 

[Franklin Pierce]

Should VOLNATION require all members to first undergo Racial and Gender Sensitivity Training before being allowed to post anymore comments?

 

[Poppa T]

I suspect Barr breached a moral (or something similar) clause in her contract. Nothing more, nothing less. 1st amendment rights have nothing to do with it.

Probably TL;DR, but here is a write up on the subject. You can jump to the section re:TV stars.

Morals Clauses: Past, Present and Future

She was selfish and stupid and ruined a good thing for herself and other cast members. Maybe Trump will add her to his Communication staff?

 

[happy-go_vol]

It has to be awfully tiring for you conservatives having to continuously explain away his bizarre behavior

Lol, this is rich, coming from a dim who supports Hollywood and Chelsea manning.

 

[happy-go_vol]

Sure. Consider me super racist.

We do.

 

[DancingOutlaw]

Oompah-Loompahs exist?

Planet of the Apes exists?

 

[luthervol]

Should VOLNATION require all members to first undergo Racial and Gender Sensitivity Training before being allowed to post anymore comments?

Not all, but you sure would make a great test subject.

 

[Grand Vol]

Not all, but you sure would make a great test subject.

You don't get many zingers in there, but this one is good.

 

[volbeast33]

You are forcing people to engage in expression that you like precisely because when it isn't expressed the way you want it bothers you.


That's as unAmerican as it gets. Which of course is an irony the anthem people just cannot comprehend due to the small size of their brains.

Doesn’t that go both ways.... the reason they protest the anthem is bc they know it’s going to piss people off.

 

[Sandman 423]

Fair enough.

You see my vehement hatred for Trump on here, which would make one think I'm a Communist. But I'm slightly center-left on economics. I will grant you I'm a hardcore leftist when it comes to social issues. I don't post in many threads on the PF because I either mostly agree with what has been said or I don't think it matters. We probably agree on more than you think.

But call me VolProf if you want, I still firmly believe Trump is a threat to the Republic.

How can you financially support the far left view on social issues without a far left view on economics?

 

[Sandman 423]

If that is what you want to do, silly boy!

ironic that you would use such a "racist" word in like that.:loco: