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| 39838 | Roseanne is Getting Rebooted | If you are Michelle Wolfe you can make jokes about abortion at the White House and get a Netflix special <img src="http://www.retro-daze.org/images/smilies/Roll%20Eyes.gif"> | echidna64 | May 30, 2018 |  |
| 39837 | Roseanne is Getting Rebooted | Just because you never heard it used as a racial slur, that does not make it news media propaganda. <br>There are still poor white folk in rural Georgia and Alabama who fly confederate flags, and it's not because the flag looks nice. Racism of the South never went away. I heard those slurs a lot in my life. My friend was denied entry to a bar in college because he was black, and I refused to go in without him.<br><br>Seriously? The reference to religion is within the organization. I don't see Buddhists or Christians or Atheists in the Muslim Brotherhood. It's Muslims.<br>The conspiracy theory is that they (the Muslims) are infiltrating the government to undo our society. <br>You'd have to ignore that people claimed Obama was a Muslim for years due to his father's heritage and made a point to use his middle name to criticize him. That was through racial and religious perception. He doesn't have to be Muslim at all, but their attitude is against Muslims regardless. Can you tell the difference between a Muslim in the Brotherhood and those not? Can Roseanne?<br><br>Roseanne tweeted about a former Obama advisor and mentioned the Muslim Brotherhood as a mix with with the Planet of the Apes. Racists and bigots will seize on that and feel legitimized. Conspiracy theorists will seize on that because she deleted the tweet. "Oh, she deleted the tweet, and MAINSTREAM MEDIA FAKE NEWS is freaking out. Roseanne knew the TRUTH and THEY wouldn't allow that."<br><br>My friend is Puerto Rican, and every time a Muslim terror event happens, racists target her for harassment due to her skin color. She's American and Christian. Racists don't care.<br> | Ajimbo | May 30, 2018 | |
| 39836 | Roseanne is Getting Rebooted | <blockquote rel="shakin steak"><b>shakin steak wrote :</b><br><i> <blockquote rel="Vaporman87"><b>Vaporman87 wrote :</b><br><i><br> <div>As they say, "That escalated quickly". I love the term "racially charged". As though one could possibly know the true motivations for such a comment. </div> </i><b>-end quote</b></blockquote>Have you ever seen anyone called an ape for any other reason? I have not. <div><br></div><div>What do you think about the religion part?</div> </i><b>-end quote</b></blockquote>I have, yes. I have never heard the term "ape" or "monkey" used as a racial slur though. I've only been told that it is one by talking heads on television shows.<div><br></div><div>That being said, Roseanne should have known that such a comment would be construed as racist. The fact that she posted it anyway shows me that she is... well, Roseanne. She deserves her punishment. It's unfortunate so many others had to suffer because of her stupidity.</div><div><br></div><div>I did not see any reference to a religion in her comments though. Only reference to an organization responsible for civil unrest and terrorist offshoots. </div> | Vaporman87 | May 30, 2018 | |
| 39835 | Roseanne is Getting Rebooted | <blockquote rel="shakin steak"><b>shakin steak wrote :</b><br><i> <blockquote rel="Vaporman87"><b>Vaporman87 wrote :</b><br><i><br> <div>As they say, "That escalated quickly". I love the term "racially charged". As though one could possibly know the true motivations for such a comment. </div> </i><b>-end quote</b></blockquote>Have you ever seen anyone called an ape for any other reason? I have not. <div><br></div><div>What do you think about the religion part?</div> </i><b>-end quote</b></blockquote>Calling someone an ape, in and of itself, is not racist. <br>However, the historical and cultural context towards other cultures using a "race"-based classification and hierarchy can be. You would be denying their humanity by treating them as not human based on their perceived race. I say "perceived" because you don't have to be something in order for someone to think you are and treat you unethically because of it.<br><br>Charles Darwin was mocked for his theory of evolution with images of his head drawn on a chimp body; the 1800s equivalent of photoshop. Not racist against Darwin as a human, but intended to humiliate him for his idea that humans and apes share a common ancestor. Calling someone the "missing link" would also work.<br><br>The Scopes Monkey Trial (1925) on evolution in schools had images of the 3 wise monkeys covering their eyes, mouth, and ears. Again, trying to harm the idea of evolution in a court of law, not harm a group of people.<br><br>Dennis Hopper as King Koopa points and says, "Monkey!" after de-evolving Scapelli into a chimp in the Super Mario Bros. Movie. (Well, that would be species-ist since King Koopa is a reptile and wants to get rid of mammals.)<br><br>Calling Bluto a "big gorilla" for kidnapping Olive Oyl would be antagonizing his size and strength, while insulting his intelligence, but that's a result of his actions. Bluto is portrayed as a brute. I don't think Popeye goes around thinking Bluto actually is a gorilla or gives him bananas daily to "show him his place".<br><br>The arcade game Donkey Kong re-purposed Bluto into a gorilla. The actions of kidnapping a girl are the same, and the name is intended to make him a "dumb or stubborn" ape according to Miyamoto. While it seems like a rip-off of King Kong, there are no intended racial implications for Donkey Kong. King Kong has a racial component for sure. Perhaps the backstory for Donkey Kong is that Mario went to DK Island, forced Donkey Kong onto a ship, and had him build skyscrapers using gorilla labor. Mario has a cage and whip by the second game! Gasp! Donkey Kong's offspring has to break the chains of oppression, one at a time (two if you can). Or maybe Donkey Kong is just a pet idk.<br><br>It's interesting your avatar is Rod Serling because I always thought he had a chimp-like quality to his face. Not as an insult, mind you, but because the way his forehead wrinkles, ears, and stiff-upper lip were when he talked reminded me of the makeup in Planet of the Apes. The last George Bush has similar simian-ness in the political cartoons where they exaggerated his ears and features to play up the, um, intelligence he was mocked for.<br>Some people just have features that are reminiscent of other animals, but bird-noses, doe-eyes, and rat-like features, for example, don't have the cultural weight of "go back to the jungle" as much as monkeys, chimps, and apes do.<br><br>I'll try to not expand further on the subject, but I would be remiss not to answer this question. <br><br><br>I despise all this Political Puppet Theater. Roseanne has been on the fringe for years now, and I'm surprised it took this long for her to get backlash. What she said was wrong because it was culturally incensed in regards to race and religious affiliation. She did not attack an idea or action. She attacked a person she did not agree with politically to hit out at Muslims and people who have been called apes to dehumanize them. This was intended to hurt a group of people she did not like.<br>Not to mention the dressing up as Hitler to bake cookie people in an oven. Trivializing the humanity of those who died during The Holocaust as the punchline for a joke. Wow, so edgy. <br><br>The only thing about this cancellation I will miss is that there wasn't a Halloween episode. I'd also find it funny if John Goodman reprised his role as Dan to make a joke that Roseanne was dead the entire last season. | Ajimbo | May 30, 2018 | |
| 39834 | Roseanne is Getting Rebooted | <blockquote rel="chrisno51"><b>chrisno51 wrote :</b><br><i> <blockquote rel="Rick Ace Rhodes"><b>Rick Ace Rhodes wrote :</b><br><i><br> <blockquote rel="Benjanime"><b>Benjanime wrote :</b><br><i><br><br> looks like my mom is back to watching only her court shows after this. </i><b>-end quote</b></blockquote></i><br>However you can watch reruns on Filmrise that's on the Roku boxes, not sure for how long.<br><br><br><b></b></blockquote><br> </i><b>-end quote<br><br></b>Like a lot of content on Roku apps, I'm sure you can watch it for a very long time.<b><br></b></blockquote><br> | Mr Magic | May 30, 2018 | |
| 39833 | Roseanne is Getting Rebooted | <blockquote rel="Rick Ace Rhodes"><b>Rick Ace Rhodes wrote :</b><br><i> <blockquote rel="Benjanime"><b>Benjanime wrote :</b><br><i><br> looks like my mom is back to watching only her court shows after this. </i><b>-end quote</b></blockquote>Your not kidding. Apparently all the networks that air reruns <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/paramount-network-tv-land-cmt-pull-roseanne-reruns-schedules-racist-tweet-1115518">are dropping them</a> from their schedule. Much like The Cosby Show, the only way you are now going to be watching Roseanne is if you own the DVD's. </i><b>-end quote<br><br> </b>Yeah you can't even watch it on Hulu now. Just look what she did to herself!<br><br>However you can watch reruns on Filmrise that's on the Roku boxes, not sure for how long.<br><br><br><b></b></blockquote><br> | chrisno51 | May 30, 2018 | |
| 39832 | Roseanne is Getting Rebooted | <blockquote rel="Vaporman87"><b>Vaporman87 wrote :</b><br><i> <div>As they say, "That escalated quickly". I love the term "racially charged". As though one could possibly know the true motivations for such a comment. </div> </i><b>-end quote</b></blockquote>Have you ever seen anyone called an ape for any other reason? I have not. <div><br></div><div>What do you think about the religion part?</div> | shakin steak | May 30, 2018 | |
| 39830 | The Café | <div>Is anyone affected with The Thundermans coming to an end?</div><div><br></div><div>I know some of you are thinking "Oh, well. Just another bad Nickelodeon show coming off the air".<br></div> | Mr Magic | May 30, 2018 | |
| 39829 | Roseanne is Getting Rebooted | <blockquote rel="Benjanime"><b>Benjanime wrote :</b><br><i> looks like my mom is back to watching only her court shows after this. </i><b>-end quote</b></blockquote>Your not kidding. Apparently all the networks that air reruns <a href="https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/paramount-network-tv-land-cmt-pull-roseanne-reruns-schedules-racist-tweet-1115518">are dropping them</a> from their schedule. Much like The Cosby Show, the only way you are now going to be watching Roseanne is if you own the DVD's. | Rick Ace Rhodes | May 30, 2018 | |
| 39828 | Sixth Annual Article Contest | I don't have any interesting vacation stories, except the one I already told in Galaga Rising. I don't have many good stories period <img src="http://www.retro-daze.org/images/smilies/MavCry.gif"> I would say good luck to anybody who enters, but only one person can win <img src="http://www.retro-daze.org/images/smilies/MavLaughOutLoud.gif"> | shakin steak | May 30, 2018 | |
