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I'd say a 10-year ban is preferable to being escorted out in cuffs for assaulting somebody on live television.

I'd say a 10-year ban is preferable to being escorted out in cuffs for assaulting somebody on live television.

Even being arrested for a slap likely doesn't lead to any prison time. It would just get dismissed eventually. At most some community service especially for a first time offender

Even being arrested for a slap likely doesn't lead to any prison time. It would just get dismissed eventually. At most some community service especially for a first time offender

I like how people treat this like the worst thing that has ever happened . Most slaps do not result in arrest.

I like how people treat this like the worst thing that has ever happened . Most slaps do not result in arrest.

It's not, but if I go up to someone at a fancy event and smack them in the face and the organizers say "hey, you're no longer welcome to this event in the future", that's somehow unreasonable? I don't think it is.

If someone insulted your wife for years on day you might want them to stop.

It's not like Chris Rock is a Nazi. You can't just assault someone for saying mean words. Act like a fucking adult.

We still have Will defenders lmao what

Chris didn't even use mean words. He commented on her haircut and not even in an insulting way.

just pointing out clearly it was an insult.

So if you are see a girl going thru chemo and says she looks like GI Jane. You don't think that would be an insult ? Note I am not comparing female hair lost to cancer. But just pointing out clearly it was an insult.

Just pointing out that you're stanning pretty hard for someone who obviously doesn't know how to act right. There's a million different ways Smith could have appropriately handled that situation, (that didn't involve acting like a ridiculous man-child on live television).

Does a comedic insult (whether in poor taste or not) warrant assault on live television at an awards show for the world to see?

Fuck Will Smith. Not only did he do it, he initially refused to apologize and didn't face any legal consequences. He used his status and influence to get away with a crime and that makes him a piece of shit.

Better then doing this to someone. Which this guy got no blow back for.

Better then doing this to someone. Which this guy got no blow back for.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MiHpOhp-iU&ab_channel=Dracula

Don't you literally side with the police when they kill unarmed people.

You are comparing two totally different things at different events decades apart when society accepted things differently. Whatever Jim Carrey did would be received a hell of a lot different today than it was back then, and yes, I think he would be called out for it now.

Leave whataboutism out of this topic.

This isn't whataboutism, this is about a double standard. Like I said before people get slapped all the time. rarely does it end up in someone getting arrested.

So if you are see a girl going thru chemo and says she looks like GI Jane. You don't think that would be an insult ? Note I am not comparing female hair lost to cancer. But just pointing out clearly it was an insult.

"So if this inapplicable situation that I'm not comparing to the actual situation happened...."

C'mon broski.

But you'd probably expect someone to have a bit more restraint around a cancer patient but purely observational humor about short hair is not an insult.

Since people even here acting like this is the worst thing that has ever happened.

This isn't whataboutism, this is about a double standard. Like I said before people get slapped all the time. rarely does it end up in someone getting arrested.

I like how people treat this like the worst thing that has ever happened . Most slaps do not result in arrest.

I know by definition it can be considered assault, but holy shit it sounds so fucking dumb when people call someone getting slapped assault. Y'all put this shit on the same level as getting leg swiped and stomped on.

It is a fucking slap.

This isn't whataboutism, this is about a double standard. Like I said before people get slapped all the time. rarely does it end up in someone getting arrested.

It's something about the staying power of a grown man slapping another man that's interesting & gets people more up in arms. Compared to; remembering what Tom Cruise, Mark Wahlberg, Mel Gibson, Jared Leto, & many others have done that doesn't have anywhere near the same cultural impact, while being objectively worse & still existing in the industry.

It's just the same way that Weinstein was defended for years until it broke the camel's back & it was untenable to maintain that position anymore.

@shockthemonkey Yes this is true too lol

It's something about the staying power of a grown man slapping another man that's interesting & gets people more up in arms. Compared to; remembering what Tom Cruise, Mark Wahlberg, Mel Gibson, Jared Leto, & many others have done that doesn't have anywhere near the same cultural impact, while being objectively worse & still existing in the industry.

It's just the same way that Weinstein was defended for years until it broke the camel's back & it was untenable to maintain that position anymore.

@shockthemonkey Yes this is true too lol