Yesterday afternoon, the Federalist’s Sean Davis made an important distinction between what happened to Roseanne and what happened to Samantha Bee:
The Roseanne and Samantha Bee scandals aren't comparable. Roseanne wrote something on Twitter and her show was immediately cancelled. In the case of Samantha Bee, an entire network's legal and editorial team knew exactly what Bee would say, approved it, and broadcast it.
— Sean Davis (@seanmdav) May 31, 2018
He was exactly right. But the truth just hurts too much for some people. People like actor Kaj-Erik Eriksen, who, instead of rebutting Davis’ assessment with a salient point, opted to beclown himself instead — complete with a Samantha Bee-esque twist at the end:
Where to begin? Maybe just with the following conclusion: Eriksen’s tweet was bad and he should feel bad.
You're saying that Roseanne didn't use words or something? How idiotic are you? Did your tweet actually sound intelligent in your head?
— Jay Dubb (@MidasRex1998) May 31, 2018
Ugh, are you seriously equating the two?
Rosanne call a black woman an ape. Sam bee called someone a silly, insulting name.
If I called a white dude a prick and a black guy the N word, you’re saying it would be the exact same thing?— Kaj-Erik Eriksen™️ (@KajEriksen) May 31, 2018
The only “equating” that’s going on here is the equating of Kaj-Erik with a clown. And that’s on him.
Ugh, are you always this obtuse? That you feel the need to dishonestly minimize the thing as a ‘silly’ name is ridiculous, not to mention the idiotic follow-up straw man argument. Good grief.
— Jay Dubb (@MidasRex1998) June 1, 2018
What a hot mess.
— JAC (@michcusejoe5) June 1, 2018
Hahahahahaha!
Ohmigawd, you're serious.— Jules of Denial (@Coolish_Breeze) June 1, 2018
Wow, that was…unusually stupid.
— Add your name (@corrcomm) June 1, 2018
Words are harmless.
Words hurt.
Same tweet. https://t.co/RAiqDcwH1k
— EducatédHillbilly™ (@RobProvince) June 1, 2018
He wins the award for instantly contradictory tweet
Words are harmless
Words hurt
— DaveinTexas (@DaveinTexas) June 1, 2018
…..
"Words are harmless"
"tweet that hurts people"
Dude. Reread yourself.
— CKent (@CKentDP) June 1, 2018
I thought you just said words were harmless? Make up your mind.
— Brian Cartwright (@blcartwright) June 1, 2018
How are "words" different than a "comment?"
— Dean of RI (@dean8669) June 1, 2018
'Just words' are different if spoken by liberals it would seem. What nonsense.
— Go Nads! (@great_nads) June 1, 2018
Did you actually read this before tweeting?
What are tweets composed of, if not words?
— Michael Clemente (@MikeClemente1) June 1, 2018
Maybe this tweet didn't come out the way you wanted it to. Think again about the difference between "harmless words" and "a harmful tweet" and try again to make your argument.
— Dave Kleikamp (@ShaggyKC) June 1, 2018
Tweets with words are more harmful than words on TV. Awesome analysis there bro
— Chris G (@ChrisGeeTwo) June 1, 2018
What? They're both words used, aren't they? Confused.
— maggie0405 (@maggie0405) June 1, 2018
Which is it words are harmless or hurtful?
— Brent Dixon (@Tyrant_37) June 1, 2018
Good grief , This is the stupidest take I've seen yet. They BOTH were only words delivered on different platforms. BOTH were offensive and hurtful to the intended target.
— Shannon K (@shannyk36) June 1, 2018
The tweet only makes sense if you’re an actor
— Max Peters (@TikiMaximus) June 1, 2018
— IDrinkAndIKnowThings (@DwarfToss) June 1, 2018
Kaj. You are the weakest link. pic.twitter.com/dLwZHMfX1c
— T-Mugg. (@TMugg) June 1, 2018
You should either add "stupid" to your bio or delete this
— Chelsea Danger (@seaniep) June 1, 2018
