After Roseanne Barr attacked an African American former Obama aide by claiming she looks like the Muslim Brotherhood and Planet of the Apes had a baby, Twitter converged into a sea of condemnation for the now-Trump-supporting TV star.
"Apart from being virulently racist," Irish pundit Liam Farrell tweeted, "what does this mean?"
Apart from being virulently racist, what does this mean? Trump's America...... https://t.co/x0EBsxUMUo— Liam Farrell (@Liam Farrell) 1527601419.0
Richelle Carey of Al Jazeera English, meanwhile, noted how differently Barr is treated from black athletes who protest police brutality by taking a knee during the national anthem.
CNN's Andrew Kaczynsk got a response from Barr after tweeting that the star is "making it really hard" for ABC to ignore her racist statements.
"It's a joke," Barr replied, but the KFILE journalist wasn't having it.
"I understand it's a joke," he responded, "but can you see why some people think comparing a black woman to Planet of the Apes might be racist and find the Muslim Brotherhood reference to be conspiratorial and Islamophobic?"
@KFILE It's a joke-— Roseanne Barr (@Roseanne Barr) 1527600583.0
Check out more responses below:
Roseanne Barr on Valerie Jarrett. I hope everyone who had a problem with Michelle Wolf’s WHCD routine shows the sa… https://t.co/SwMiE4B7wZ— Mo Elleithee (@Mo Elleithee) 1527600611.0
ABC decided to overlook @therealroseanne’s history of incitement to racial, religious and ethnic hatred against Pal… https://t.co/UBcap7TY48— Ali Abunimah (@Ali Abunimah) 1527602181.0
I guess Roseanne could shoot someone in the middle of Fifth Ave now and still retain a job with Disney. Roseanne R… https://t.co/8bkBnRtInP— Michelangelo Signorile (@Michelangelo Signorile) 1527600854.0
great job ABC https://t.co/IJe9ALgi7R— Paul Blest (@Paul Blest) 1527600562.0
New show idea: Roseannestein -- the misadventures of a loud, kooky racist woman and her nerdy henpecked, Jewish bur… https://t.co/30HKRbZByE— Jonathan Chait (@Jonathan Chait) 1527602903.0
Your true colours will always shine through... https://t.co/ue0sxQeZqB— Abiyomi Kofi (@Abiyomi Kofi) 1527602347.0
hey @ABC @Disney Seriously? Maybe you should send her to @Starbucks this afternoon? https://t.co/vuvfWKptEo— ALT-immigration 🛂 (@ALT-immigration 🛂) 1527601003.0
This is beyond repugnant. @ABC and @disney need to know how the public feels about Roseanne: -Contact @ABC:… https://t.co/O2jzaQX15l— Chris Lu (@Chris Lu) 1527601523.0
"Hey, I hear you're looking for writers on your new sitcom." "Aha, I see you worked for Roseanne recently." "Yep.… https://t.co/tBj3Znx0Lb— Scott Weinberg (@Scott Weinberg) 1527602601.0
Ignore the politics here, because they don’t matter. In any other time than now, how would @ABCNetwork allow anyo… https://t.co/EVmJSHnCX1— Sleeping Giants (@Sleeping Giants) 1527601249.0
•Where Roseanne peddles anti-Muslim bigotry and racism by calling Valerie Jarrett an "ape baby." •But please tell m… https://t.co/3nkyEuhOD3— Qasim Rashid, Esq. (@Qasim Rashid, Esq.) 1527599594.0
Nice work, @abc. Greenlight that second season. Hand this garbage millions of dollars. https://t.co/wCdz4B62f0— Scott Weinberg (@Scott Weinberg) 1527601306.0
Archie Bunker & a trailer park had a baby=rb https://t.co/ENXx1WOi5j— Patrick S. Tomlinson (@Patrick S. Tomlinson) 1527600067.0
She called Valerie Jarrett a Muslim ape but I guess if you work in journalism that’s just “racially-charged” https://t.co/bNpvrjeOpF— Matt Negrin, HOST OF HARDBALL AT 7PM ON MSNBC (@Matt Negrin, HOST OF HARDBALL AT 7PM ON MSNBC) 1527601506.0
