former obama aide valerie jarrett in a racist tweet and comedian samantha bee using a crass expletive to describe ivanka trump. now when the roseanne story first broke, it appeared to be a rare instance of mainstream and conservative outlets agreeing on a hot button issue that the sitcom star had gone too far. roseanne barr made some really incendiary and pretty appalling comments on twit f- it was a stone cold racist comment. it wasn t a joke. it was mean-spirited. it was vile. roseanne barr tweeting something so abhorrent i wish i didn t have to repeat it. all right. but there were some notable cracks in that view. i don t understand it to be anything other than free speech. like she s saying and it s extrooee extremely offensive and it s just that. all that happening the same night this network, msnbc, broadcast a town hall everyday racism in america.