THE ROSEANNE BARR DEBACLE
CONTINUES FOLLOWING HER RACIST
TWEET WHICH WAS DIRECTED TOWARD AN OBAMA ADVISOR, VALERIE
JARRETT AM ESSENTIALLY SAYING THAT SHE WAS THE CHILD OF
THE MUSLIM BROTHERHOOD MIXED WITH 8.
SHE APOLOGIZED, THEN SHE BLAMED THE RACIST TWEET ON DRUG
USE AND THEN SHE STARTED REACH WEEDING CONSPIRACY THEORIES
AND HER SUPPORTERS WHO THINKS THIS WAS NOTHING MORE THAN
A LIBERAL WITCHHUNT.
HER SHOW, THE ROSEANNE REVIEW HAS BEEN CANCELED BY ABC.
PEOPLE WHO SUPPORT HER ARE VERY UPSET ABOUT THAT AND THEY
THINK THAT IT WAS CANCELED SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE ROSEANNE
BARR HAS IDENTIFIED AS A TRUMP SUPPORTER, BUT I HAVE A LITTLE
BIT OF A DEFENSE OF ROSEANNE BARR, SO I WANT TO GET TO THAT.
FIRST, SHE SAID THE FOLLOWING:
I WANT TO
BE CLEAR ABOUT SOMETHING AND I THINK MOST
PEOPLE KNOW THIS.
ROSEANNE BARR DIDN'T ACCIDENTALLY TWEET ONE
TERRIBLE THING.
SHE HAS A HISTORY OF TWEETING TERRIBLE THINGS.
SHE RETREATS CONSPIRACY THEORIES ABOUT GEORGE SOROS, OF COURSE,
SHE GOES AFTER PEOPLE ABOUT THEIR PHYSICAL APPEARANCES ALL
OF THE TIME BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, SHE SAID A LOT OF
DAMAGING CONSPIRATORIAL, RACIST XENA PHOBIC THINGS AND FOR SOME
REASON, NONE OF IT REALLY CAN'T FIRE, NONE OF IT GOT A LOT OF
ATTENTION UNTIL SHE ATTACKED VALERIE JARRETT SO LET'S JUST
KEEP IT REAL, IT IS NOT LIKE SHE PUT ONE CONTROVERSIAL THING OUT
THERE NOW SHE IS BEING PERSECUTED FOR IT BUT WITH THAT
SAID, SHE SAID, THERE WERE OTHER THINGS THAT SHE HAD TWEETED
THAT PEOPLE ARE PUSHING BACK AGAINST BUT I THINK THERE
IS A LITTLE KERNEL OF TRUTH.
LET'S MOVE ON.
SHE SAID SOMETHING ABOUT HOW WHEN SHE TWEETED ABOUT VALERIE
JARRETT SHE WAS ON AMBIEN, AMBIEN TWEETING, SO THE
PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY BEHIND AMBIEN TRIED TO DEFEND ITSELF
SAYING HEY, TAKING AMBIEN DOES NOT GIVE YOU THE SIDE EFFECT OF
RACISM, BUT AMBIEN DOES HAVE SOME SIDE EFFECTS THAT I THINK
PEOPLE ARE NOW MINIMIZING JUST TO CONTINUE ATTACKING
ROSEANNE BARR, SO I WANT TO BE CLEAR ABOUT THAT.
THAT IS WHERE I WANT TO KIND OF DEFEND HER BECAUSE PEOPLE
HAVE ACTED ERRATICALLY AFTER TAKING AMBIEN.
THERE IS A LONG LIST OF EXAMPLES THAT I AM GOING TO SHARE WITH
YOU GUYS AND JUST A MINUTE BUT I WANTED TO GET YOUR TAKE ON IT.
THERE IS A WHOLE BUNCH HERE.
BEFORE I GET TO AMBIEN, LET ME DO SOME STRANGE DEFENSE OF
ROSEANNE BARR AS WELL.
FIRST OF ALL, SHE DOES THE RARE TRIFECTA OF BEING RACIST AGAINST
AFRICAN-AMERICANS, BEING ANTI-SOMATIC IN SOME OF HER
TWEETS, THE CONSPIRACY AGAINST SOROS THAT HE COLLABORATED
WITH THE NAZIS AND ACCORDING TO HER TWEETS, TURNED IN
OTHER JEWS TO GET MURDERED.
THAT IS CRAZY.
THAT IS NOT THE STORY AT ALL.
AND HAS DRESSED UP AS HITLER, ETC.
BUT HAS ALSO CALLED
PALESTINIANS NAZIS SO SHE HAS DONE THE TRIFECTA OF BIGOTRY
THAT I DIDN'T THINK WAS POSSIBLE BUT SHE HAS OFFENDED ALMOST
EVERYONE IN INSANE, OVER-THE-TOP WAYS BUT THAT IS A PROBLEM.
IT IS LITERALLY CRAZY AND YOU CAN'T KEEP UP WITH WHETHER
SHE IS CRAZY LEFT, CRAZY WHITE, HATES ISRAEL, HATES
PALESTINE AND THE LIST GOES ON THOUGHT TO BE FAIR HER
THOUGH, WHEN SHE SAYS SHE DID DO SOME GREAT THINGS FOR CIVIL
RIGHTS, THERE IS SOME TRUTH TO THAT.
IN THE ROSEANNE SHOW, THERE WAS A LESBIAN KISS, WHICH I
REMEMBER, IT WAS VERY CONTROVERSIAL AT THE TIME
AND IT COULD'VE COST HER HER SHOW IN THE OTHER DIRECTION
BACK IN THE DAY, IT REALLY COULD HAVE AND A LOT OF THE RIGHT
WING WAS LIVID WITH HER OVER THAT AND THEY WANTED TO
BOYCOTT ROSEANNE BACK THEN.
NOW THEY ARE TRYING TO DEFEND HER AND THERE ARE A LOT OF
BIRACIAL RELATIONSHIPS AND ROSEANNE AND A LOT OF THE
WRITERS AND PRODUCERS, ETC.
ARE ACTUALLY LIBERALS BUT SHE IS A
BIG PART OF THAT SHOW, SO SHE IS A VERY COMPLICATED PERSON
WHICH I THINK A LOT OF SIGNIFICANT MENTAL ISSUES
SO JIMMY KIMBALL TOOK THE SAME STANCE I THINK YESTERDAY
WHICH IS SHE REALLY NEEDS TO GET SOME HELP SO THIS IS NOT
THE TIME TO MAKE FUN OF HER AS MUCH AS IT IS TO FIND HER HELP.
HER LONGTIME PRODUCER PARTNER TIME WARNER SAYING THE SAME
THING, SHE NEEDS TO GET HELP AND THIS IS COMING FROM A GUY,
SHE IS VICIOUSLY ATTACKED ME PERSONALLY IN THE PAST BUT
I GET IT, SHE HAS LOST HER MIND AND SO NOW, SPEAKING OF
WHICH WE TURNED AMBIEN AND AGAIN, I AM WITH YOU.
AMBIEN'S RESPONSES CHEEKY, IT MIGHT HAVE A LOT OF SIDE
EFFECTS BUT BEING RACIST IS NOT ONE OF THEM, BUT IT REALLY
DOES HAVE A LOT OF SIDE EFFECTS.
IT DOES AND I REALLY DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO MINIMIZE THAT BECAUSE
THEY ARE ANGRY WITH ROSEANNE FOR A LEGITIMATE REASON.
HER TWEETS HAVE BEEN INCREDIBLY HATEFUL AND OFFENSIVE.
I GET THAT BUT IT DOESN'T TAKE AWAY FROM THE SEVERITY OF
SOME OF THE SIDE EFFECTS OF PEOPLE HAVE BASED AND
PEOPLE HAVE EXPERIENCED ERRATIC BEHAVIOR AS A RESULT OF
TAKING AMBIEN SO LET ME GET INTO THE DETAILS OF THAT.
THIS IS GRAPHIC 25.
IT'S TERRIFYING.
IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE WOULD TAKE AMBIEN AND SAY
ALL SORTS OF CRAZY, ERRATIC THINGS ONLINE.
AGAIN, WE HAVE NO PROOF OR EVIDENCE IS THAT IS WHAT
HAPPENED BUT IT DOES NOT MATTER.
I DON'T WANT PEOPLE TO MINIMIZE HOW SEVERE THE SIDE EFFECTS
CAN REALLY BE.
THAT IS BASED ON WHAT THE FDA HAS REPORTED.
ALSO:
AGAIN, IT IS VERY FEASIBLE THAT SOMEONE WOULD TAKE A
PHARMACEUTICAL DRUG LIKE AMBIEN AND ACT ERRATICALLY OR NOT
BE THEMSELVES OR DO THINGS THAT THEY DO NOT EVEN REMEMBER.
AGAIN, I DON'T KNOW IF THAT IS REALLY THE CASE WITH ROSEANNE
FAR, BUT I DO THINK, LOOK, SOMETIMES I WANT TO TAKE A STEP
BACK FROM MY OWN THINKING, MY OWN RHETORIC ON THE SHOW AND
EVEN IF SOMEONE IS SAYING HEINOUS, TERRIBLE THINGS AND
EVEN IF THOSE THINGS OFFEND ME AND THEY ANGER ME, YOU ARE
RIGHT, YOU SHOULD REALLY CONSIDER THE MENTAL HEALTH OF
THE PERSON SAYING THOSE THINGS AND SHE SHOULD BE CALLED OUT AND
SHE SHOULD BE, THERE SHOULD BE CONSEQUENCES BUT I DON'T THINK
IT MAKES SENSE TO CONTINUOUSLY ATTACK HER AND TRIED TO
DESTROY HER IF SHE DOES HAVE MENTAL ISSUES THAT SHOULD
BE TAKEN CARE OF.
I ACTUALLY THINK THAT SOMEONE SHOULD GO MAKE SURE SHE IS OKAY.
I'M BEING SERIOUS, SHE DOES NOT SOUND WELL, SHE IS BACK ON
TWITTER AND SHE IS FLUCTUATING BETWEEN I'M SORRY TO MAYBE
WE SHOULD ATTACK THE PEOPLE WHO ARE ATTACKING ME AND SHE'S
GOING BACK AND FORTH.
SOME OF THE THINGS THAT SHE IS DOING DOES SEEM LIKE SOME
OF THE SIDE EFFECTS OF AMBIEN, THE REDUCED INNOVATION, THE
ACTING OUT IN WAYS THAT ARE UNPREDICTABLE AND THE LIST
GOES ON AND ON.
I DO NOT WANT TO BLAME AMBIEN EITHER BECAUSE ROSEANNE IS
BEEN DOING THIS FOR A LONG TIME.
HAS SHE BEEN ON AMBIEN THE WHOLE TIME, WAS SHE ON AMBIEN
WHEN SHE MADE RACIST COMMENTS ABOUT SUSAN RICE HER WHEN
SHE CALLED PEOPLE NAZIS OVER AND OVER?
HOW MUCH DOES SHE TAKE IT?
SHE SAID IN ONE OF THE TWEETS, SOMETIMES ON AMBIEN I WILL
CRACK AND A GONNA WALLET TWO IN THE MORNING.
THEN MAYBE YOU SHOULDN'T KEEP TAKING IT.
OR MAYBE IT ISN'T THAT, YOU HAVE OTHER MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES
AS I EXPLAINED ON THE SHOW YESTERDAY, SHE GOT IN A
TERRIBLE CAR ACCIDENT WHEN SHE WAS 16 AND HAD TO BE
HOSPITALIZED MENTALLY FOR A MONTH SO IT MIGHT BE THAT.
I DON'T KNOW, I AM NOT A DOCTOR BUT I DO KNOW SHE IS NOT
WELL AND SOME OF HER DEFENSES ARE TERRIBLE.
SHE SAYS I THOUGHT SHE WAS JEWISH OR PERSIAN SO I
THOUGHT IT WAS OKAY TO CALL HER AND 8.
I THOUGHT SHE WAS A DIFFERENT ETHNICITY AND I LIKE TO
CALL THEM APES IS NOT A GREAT ANSWER.
BY THE WAY, ROSEANNE IS JEWISH.
ANYWAY, THEY ARE NOT WRONG IN THE RIGHT WING TO SAY VALERIE
JARRETT GOT A CALL FROM BOB EICHER, THEY ARE FRIENDS SO ALL
THE OTHER ATTACKS, WHATEVER, PALESTINIANS, WHERE YOU
GOING TO FIRE SOMEONE ON OVER CALLING PALESTINIANS NAZIS?
VALERIE JARRETT IS POWERFUL, BOB TIGER NO SIR, YOU ARE GONE.
THERE IS SOME VALIDITY TO THAT, MAYBE SHE SHOULD'VE BEEN
GONE LONG TIME AGO SO THAT DOESN'T REALLY ANSWER THE
QUESTION AS TO WHETHER SHE COULD SHOULD'VE KEPT THE SHOW BUT
TO ME AS I SAID YESTERDAY, THIS IS LESS ABOUT ROSEANNE AND
MORE ABOUT THE COUNTRY.
I THINK IT IS SYMBOLIC THAT THERE IS A SIGNIFICANT PERCENT
OF THE COUNTRY NOW DEFENDING A PERSON WHO THERE IS SOME
CHANCE THEY SHOULD LEGITIMATELY BE IN A MENTAL HOSPITAL.
OR AT LEAST GET VALUATION AND EVALUATION AND TREATMENT
BECAUSE IT DOES APPEAR THERE ARE SOME UNDERLYING ISSUES THAT
ARE GOING UNTREATED BUT ONE OTHER THING THAT I DO WANT
TO MENTION BECAUSE IT IS IMPORTANT AND IT IS GETTING
RETWEETED LIKE CRAZY AND THAT IT'S TERRIFYING TO KNOW
THAT THIS KIND OF STUFF GETS THE KIND OF ATTENTION IT DOES.
TO HER TWITTER STORM, AFTER SHOW GOT CANCELED, ROSEANNE RETWEETED
A NUMBER OF FAKE TWEETS, PHOTOSHOP AND CONSPIRACY
THEORIES.
ONE OF THEM REALLY CAUGHT MY ATTENTION.
IT WAS A DOCTORED TWEET BY JOY BEHAR THAT ALLEGED THAT SHE
HAD TWEETED THAT THERE WAS A FIRE AT TRUMP TOWER AND THAT
SHE HOPED THAT TRUMP WAS THE PERSON WHO DIED IN THAT FIRE.
WHEN I SAW THAT TWEET, FIRST OF ALL IT DISGUSTED ME AND I WAS
LIKE DID JOY BEHAR REALLY TWEET THIS AND OF COURSE I LOOKED INTO
THIS, IT WAS DEBUNKED, COMPLETELY FABRICATED AND
PEOPLE BELIEVE IT.
I LOOKED AT THE COMMENTS ON THAT TWEEN PEOPLE COMPLETELY
BELIEVE IT.
PLEASE DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING YOU SEE ON TWITTER.
PLEASE FACT CHECK IT FOR YOURSELF BECAUSE RUINING
SOMEONE'S REPETITION IS ONE THING BUT THINK ABOUT HOW
MANY MENTALLY UNSTABLE PEOPLE THERE ARE WHO ACTUALLY
CARRY OUT ACTS OF VIOLENCE WHEN THEY SEE STUFF LIKE THAT.
SHE ALSO RETWEETED A PICTURE OF WHOOPI GOLDBERG WEARING A
T-SHIRT WHERE DONALD TRUMP IS BLOWING HIS BRAINS OUT ALSO
PHOTOSHOP.
LOOK, WE ARE TORN HERE AND THIS IS SUCH A LIBERAL CONUNDRUM
THAT ON THE ONE HAND, THE THINGS SHE IS DOING ARE TERRIBLE
AND THE ALT RIGHT LOVES THEM, SO THAT IS WHY THEY LIKE HER.
THERE LIKE YOU ARE PURPOSEFULLY SPREADING LIES, YES.
THAT IS NOT THE BUG, THAT IS THE FEATURE BUT ON THE OTHER
HAND, SOMEBODY HAS TO HELP HER.
ON THE OTHER HAND, ALL OF THOSE SICK PEOPLE IN THE ALL
RIGHT WHO DO THIS AND THEY KNOW THEY ARE DOING THIS, THEY
ALSO NEED, THEY NEED HAVE MENTAL HEALTH ISSUES BUT I AM NOT
GOING TO HAVE SYMPATHY FOR ALL RIGHT GUYS WERE MONSTROUS
AND LIKE TO DESTROY PEOPLE'S LIVES.
THEY SEE AS A STRATEGY, I DON'T THINK IT'S A MENTAL
HEALTH ISSUE, I THINK THEY SEE THE OTHER SIDE AS THE ENEMY
AND SINCE THEY CANNOT DEBATE FACTS, THEY CAN'T DEBATE
REAL ISSUES THEY JUST DECIDE TO COMPLETELY DEFAME PEOPLE BY
PHOTO SHOPPING AND DOCTORING TWEETS AND PHOTOS.
THEY DO IT ON PURPOSE AND THEN WHEN THEY SEE SOMEONE
LIKE ROSEANNE BARR WHO IS NOT MENTALLY WELL, THEY THINK
GREAT, LET'S TAKE ADVANTAGE OF HER TO SPREAD OUR PROPAGANDA.
IN A LOT OF WAYS, THEY ARE ACTUALLY THE SICKEST PEOPLE
ON EARTH.