Is It Ever Ok To Joke About The Holocaust ?
Roseanne Barr says the Holocaust never happened, "but should have" because "Jews cause all the problems in the world."
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Roseanne Barr says the Holocaust never happened, "but should have" because "Jews cause all the problems in the world." I have no words
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it is fairly clear that Roseanne was trying to be funny in a low key sarcastic kind of way.
Folks on twitter didnt care though. You dont joke about the Holocaust was the consensus.
She is Jewish. She should have known better. Sheer stupidity.
It's her 'mandate'...
I guess she didn't learn from her first go round...
Roseanne Barr slammed for 'reprehensible and irresponsible' Holocaust comments
Roseanne Barr has drawn criticism from Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt for comments she made about the Holocaust. Here's what to know.
Roseanne Barr has drawn criticism from the Anti-Defamation League for comments she made about the Holocaust during a recent podcast appearance.
In a tweet Tuesday, the group's CEO, Jonathan Greenblatt, said Barr's comments doubting the Holocaust, even if they were made in jest, are deplorable.
"Sarcasm or not, Roseanne Barr’s comments about Jews and the Holocaust are reprehensible and irresponsible," he wrote. "This isn’t funny. And shame on (podcast host) Theo Von for letting it go unchallenged and instead diving into conspiracy theories about Jews and Hollywood."
USA TODAY has reached out to Barr's representative for comment.
Here's what to know about Barr's controversy, which stems from her appearance on the podcast "This Past Weekend w/ Theo Von" on June 13.
What did Roseanne Barr say about the Holocaust?
While speaking with Von about online censorship, Barr, who is Jewish, brought up Holocaust denial, after claiming that social media sites censored those who questioned the legitimacy of the 2020 presidential election.
Barr suggested that such sites forced users to agree with "proven truth" that, in her view, was false: the election was legitimate, or that nobody died in the Holocaust.
"There's such a thing as the truth and facts, and we have to stick to it, and that is the truth," she said, quoting deniers: "Nobody died in the Holocaust, either. That's the truth. It should happen. Six million Jews should die right now, because they cause all the problems in the world, but it never happened."
Barr also suggested Jewish people have substantial influence on the entertainment industry, adding that "people should be glad that (Hollywood)'s Jewish too, because if Jews were not controlling Hollywood, all you'd have was ... fishing shows."
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How have people reacted?
Barr trended on Twitter Tuesday, with many users criticizing her as antisemitic while others defended her comments as sarcastic humor.
Journalist Brian Krassenstein wrote that the "Nazis would be proud" of Barr's comments.
"I don't often call for the cancelling of anyone," he added. "I think it rarely serves a purpose, but when she got in front of an audience and said that '6 million Jews should die,' I will happily call for Roseanne Barr to be cancelled."
"I have no words," @VABVOX wrote.
"She's become absolutely vile," @MichaelJStern1 wrote.
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"Roseanne Barr is NOT a Holocaust denier," @Rangeneration33 wrote. "It's just her deadpan delivery that made antisemitic people & her haters think she meant it."
Von wrote that Barr's outrageous comments were her "obviously using sarcasm and satire."
"She is a mensch and one of the funniest people i've ever met," he added.
What has Roseanne Barr said in the past?
A "Roseanne" revival was canceled by ABC in 2018 , hours after Barr made racist comments on Twitter about former President Barack Obama's White House advisor Valerie Jarrett.
"Roseanne" returned to ABC in March 2018, two decades after it ended its first run from 1988 to 1997, reuniting the original cast including Goodman, Laurie Metcalf and Sara Gilbert. A spinoff, "The Conners," aired later that year, focusing on the family after the series killed off Barr's character.
Barr made several apologies on social media following the cancellation of "Roseanne."
"It was 2 in the morning and I was ambien tweeting-it was memorial day too-i went 2 far & do not want it defended-it was egregious Indefensible," Barr tweeted. "I made a mistake I wish I hadn't but...don't defend it please. ty."
Kinda like being ''stuck on stupid''.
Barr is a MAGA. Its a mental disorder.
It was Ambien I tell ya....
I take Ambien, it wasn't Ambien, [deleted]
Or the "Grab em thing' was taken too seriously or out of context? Or---maybe not. Just a mental disorder.
If it's in you. . . as you age. . . it comes out in all its rankness. This you don't see every day (maybe just once in a lifetime is enough): A Jewish person 'probing' the depths of their own survival as citizens, as people, for laughs bedded down at the bottom of the barrel. Color me: Embarrassed for her, because I got the 'funny' in the context-but it was NOT worth it. It never will be worth the lengths she went to to establish that wise-crack of a remark.
People will laugh at her (now) and not with her. It's the joys of living without a filter, an open mic, and an appeal to an audience.
I used to love Roseanne Barr. Now, because of this caustic attempt at joking about oneself- I will remember her as an aging tragic figure.
I honestly think fame got to her. She got nuts near the end of her show. The last season or two was a disaster.
There is a lot of 'mistakes' in Entertainment. That is, people who have loss a proper venue/outlet for their talents. Kanye West comes to mind. Monique (comedian/actress) too. So they have materials (jokes in this case) that they have stored up and 'ready for distribution' - limited outlet/s.
And then when they get a chance/interview these internal dialogues/monologues-then rush out in to the public helter-skelter like. (Not saying this the case with Roseanne Barr.)
But, now come on, it reminds me when Eddie Murphy, high on jokes, fame, and being 'hot-shit,' took on the topic of AIDS in its early days (of ignorance and fear-mongering) and he made two jokes about homosexuality:
1. Ralph Kramden (Jackie Gleason) and Ed Norton (Art Carney) on "The Honeymooners" homosexualized jokes went over fine and tore the audience up laughing. And then:
2. Eddie Murphy talked about AIDS on the lips of women kissing their gay friends on the lips and taking it home to their husbands. The joke went over with the in-house audience. . . and EXPLODED IN A CANCEL CULTURE FASHION on television news the following morning and continuing.
Eddie Murphy was hit hard over his ignorance of the proper ways AIDS is transmitted. Take a look at the tape below: The homosexual jokes are first up on stage:
CAUTION! CRASS LANGUAGE OF THE NON-PC 80'S AHEAD:
It is an excellent comedy presentation, but that one 'rip' on AIDS (which was still in its infancy years) almost made this presentation a 'lost tape.'
Sorry but Kanye is just nuts.
Yeah, that.
Shame really. It is like fame and fortune does change people.
Excess can change people, so can freedom from the responsibility of sharing. Personally, and I could be wrong not having seen any other recent interview by Barr, I think she just has a 'dark humor' side and it is clamoring to express itself more and more. Lots of people do have a dark side, too.
I used to think Roseanne Barr was really funny but something happened to her.
MAGA happened. It is a 'doorway' back into the realm the world was prepared to leave behind, but MAGA influencers are fighting for the 'rights' to keeping crude, vulgar, mean-spirited, and hurtful attitudes in the everyday world-after twenty years of such thing being 'rebuked.' This is that dark freedom that we thought was going away, looking for one last indefinite go-around in the hearts of men and women-boys and girls (of a new generation or several).
It seems comedians have always been given alot of leeway when it comes to the first amendment. As long as it is not promoting violence it seems anything goes. They like to push the envelope and that is fine. If there stuff is not funny then people are welcome to not go to their shows or buy their live cd's or watch their specials on cable. If enough people do that then the person will go away. If enough people don't do this then there is a market for their brand of humor and they will continue. Reminds me of Don Rickles and Andrew DIce Clay. Big fan of Don and never liked Clay. Of course Don would never be accepted today.
I’ve got no dog in this fight (from a religious perspective), but comedians have license to say edgy things.