Roseanne is straight up racist.
I don’t know. She said something racist. I don’t know if that makes her racist.
Of course it does.
I disagree. Plenty of people say stupid things they don’t mean. I’m sure you’ve said something racist before. I have. We’re not racist. Even if she is, her work isn’t and is the opposite of racist, so why does it matter? I care so much more about actions than words, especially when dealing with crazy people. I use the same line of reasoning when people claim to be liberals but do nothing but make excuses for the right and platform almost exclusively right-wing people, like Dave Rubin typically does. In that case, actions speak louder to me than words do.
When someone consistently makes racist statements, seems kinda weird to not call them racist.
As to why to fire her for her hate speech? As an extreme example, do you think ABC would want a show on air lead by David Duke?
David Duke is worse and has no talent.