05-30-2018, 08:44 PM
(05-30-2018, 08:27 PM)bfine32 Wrote: Of course you don't see them as the same; because they were most likely something you find a degree of truth in. Of course her comments were based in race as she said she was not referring to Ben Carson.
While I do find a degree of truth in them, that's not the reason I don't find them equivalent. There is a difference between speaking about someone's words and actions and making racist commentary.
(05-30-2018, 08:27 PM)bfine32 Wrote: So if you agree they were not appropriate (I see how you worded it), do you think that's something that earns an apology?
Not really. I don't think ABC needed to apologize for Roseanne's comments, either.
(05-30-2018, 08:27 PM)bfine32 Wrote: As to another: The actor that feigned outrage and "quit" has called Trump much worse to include calling him an orangutan. Then she cussed out an audience after they booed here for uttering such hate driven comments.
Jimmy Kimmel has made numerous comments regarding Trump's personal appearance.
I could take another 3 minutes and find more or you could just concede that remarks about Trump's appearance have been made by ABC affiliates and no apology was issued.
Making fun of someone's appearance is not equivalent to making racist comments.
(05-30-2018, 08:27 PM)bfine32 Wrote: There's only one reason Rosanne's comments are painted as more severe: It was because they were made against a person of color and that color was not orange.
They were racist. That's why her comments were more severe.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
