Roseanne's tweets may have been politically incorrect, but they were not racist

Noticing things is racist in 2018

She actually wasnt even talking about Valerie Jarrett

It was an obscure character from the movies who was a Muslim ape, Victor Jason

I'm not defending her. I specifically stated she's a moron. And I don't really give a shite what idiots perceive. You can say she was stupid, uncouth, unprofessional, rude, abhorrent, politically incorrect, social unacceptable, etc., but racist she was not.

I also don't care that her show got canceled. I never watched it, or the original. I don't think she's funny at all. ABC has the right to cancel her for any reason.

I don't expect the unwashed masses to know what words mean, but I do expect professional journalists to know.

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Saying a black person looks like an ape is going to be perceived as racist regardless of the intent. Saying something like that on Twitter is beyond idiotic and anybody stupid enough to do so deserves whatever fallout occurs.

Stupid games, stupid prizes, etc.

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I would much rather be kicked out/off a roster, than be shamed into bending to some ridiculous PC shite.

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I'm not defending her. I specifically stated she's a moron. And I don't really give a shite what idiots perceive. You can say she was stupid, uncouth, unprofessional, rude, abhorrent, politically incorrect, social unacceptable, etc., but racist she was not.

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I agree with you. Journalists calling this tweet "racist" so matter-of-factly, shows such a poor understanding of the term.

Her message was in awfully bad taste, and perhaps borderline racist. But hard to call it as full blown racist.

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It's not splitting hairs at all. The definition is clear.

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And associating black people with apes has been a common way to imply that they are inferior, less evolved subhumans lacking the intellectual capabilities of humans (like the Italians throwing bananas a few years back).

Of all the different terms people try to argue that their usage has racist connotations, ape is one of the few that is quite obvious and well-known.

Now maybe Roseanne didn't mean it in that way, but then her own stupidity isn't much of an excuse either.

You think the actual meaning of words is a technicality?

Being called a racist in today's society is about the worst thing you can be called. You don't think it's important to be accurate to determine if the person ACTUALLY said something racist?

What if someone calls Obama "Jug Ears" or "Hussein".

Are these racist terms to you?

What if someone calls Elizabeth Warren "Pocahontas" or some other similar nickname?

(FTR, none of those terms are racist)

And also, I'm not asking for every Tom, Dick and Tyrone to understand the meaning of these very difficult words. I'm talking about professionals that should know better.

You say anything about a monkey or ape in the same sentence with a person’s name who is black or part black and it’s going to be perceived as racist. I don’t believe she’s that stupid so I have to believe she wanted her show canceled.