Unfortunately for her it is still not cool to be a racist publicly in America. Yeah I know that there are all those trump rallies and FOX NEWS pundits acting like writers for Der Angriff every night, but overall most Americans like to treat their racism like their jump-off: Hidden. Not Roseanne, she was emboldened by trump's praise and her big ratings, and she just lost her mind on twitter decided to tell us her true feelings.
One could argue that Roseanne didn't do a very good job of hiding hers over the past few years, which I guess this is why she was embraced by so many folks in red state America. It will cost her dearly. ABC pulled the plug on her money making show, and declared that there is no place for this kind of bigotry when someone is employed by their company.
Of course, as is to be expected, folks on the right are defending her. Free speech and all of that. Keep in mind that these are the same people bashing NFL players for exercising their right not to stand for an anthem. But I digress.
All Roseanne had to do was not call black folks apes or n*****s in a public forum and I am sure that she could have kept her job. But she couldn't do it, she misread the tea leaves and her racism itch needed to be scratched.
Now she is out of a show, and she will lose millions of dollars before embarking on the I am Not A Racist Apology Tour. She will be calling all of her black "friends" and asking them to publicly support her (Kanye, your phone is ringing.), sadly some of them will oblige her.
trump called Roseanne personally after her ratings success, and he praised her and called her one of "us" at one of his rallies.
That might be one of the very few true things that trump has said since taking office.
*Pic from today.com
