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Stephen A. Smith Apologizes about Domestic Violence Views
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You just said it yourself, they PUSH Buttons. Some do it in ways where it's physical. Steven A said nothing wrong
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Antagonize ≠ Stabbed
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This.....
A man shouldn't hit a woman.
But you can never predict how somebody will react in a that situation.
Yes we as men should be able to walk away, but she should also have enough restraint not to hit him either....
Treat folks the way you want to be treated....or did we lose that due to gender?
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Look the word antagonize up, bro.
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They assumed based on SAS vagueness. Then proceeded to state outrageous claims via tweets because of their assumptions.
At it appears, Michelle Beadle was the catalyst for this fake outrage and media storm for SAS to begin with. Michelle Beadle let her emotions on the matter and her very own personal issues regarding the matter in the past get the better of her.
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But we aren't talking about how a man should react if a woman puts her hands on him
We're talking about telling a woman do not provoke a man to avoid a beat down which can mean a MILLION things
And leaves a lot of room for people to fill in their own blanks
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YO!
PEOPLE push buttons. Men & women. I do make the argument that if in a heated argument, a woman loses her composure & her default is to become physically violent, we shouldn't expect the other person (man or woman) to somehow keep their composure and simply "walk away." The flip side of this coin, however, is of there are men who'd argue that there are women who can provoke violence with their words - wouldn't it stand to reason that men could be provoking physical outbursts by using their words to provoke these women?
What's good for the goose is good for the gander, gz.
DF!!!
Though, I think I understand you this is a bit silly, also.
PEOPLE push buttons. Men & women. I do make the argument that if in a heated argument, a woman loses her composure & her default is to become physically violent, we shouldn't expect the other person (man or woman) to somehow keep their composure and simply "walk away." The flip side of this coin, however, is of there are men who'd argue that there are women who can provoke violence with their words - wouldn't it stand to reason that men could be provoking physical outbursts by using their words to provoke these women?
What's good for the goose is good for the gander, gz.
DF!!!
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The fact that some of y'all think girls just stick to verbal assaults to make man resort to physical retaliation is comical.
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Well isn't that what folks are going to do anyway?
The situation was Ray Rice and domestic violence. She brought rape into it. Not SAS.
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His statement isn't wrong because he's telling the truth. Like Charamagne said... some men react like jay z, others react like ray rice or worse. Not saying it's right, but it's the truth. Neither party should put their hands on the other. Neither party should be talking to one another in a disrespectful manner. Both need to have composure.
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The fact that some of yall think that no one can interpret the statement "don't provoke" as something other than "don't physically assault" is comical.
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I don't see what you're getting at. If you say or do something that results in an altercation then you provoked them. You should assess the situation to see what was said or done before this abuse occurred, that's all Stephen A. Smith is saying. You may not have done anything, and he noted that as well. If you didn't do or say anything then this statement doesn't apply to you, not that hard to understand.
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I heard what he said, he didn't say it in a context that he was provoked to hit her. Beadle took a fragment and framed it as if he said Rice's wife provoked the beating. If you've been listening to SAS from the beginning from when it happened you would know what side of it he's been on. A moron would believe Beadle's tweet which was out of context. He shouldn't have had to apologize, but I understand the reason why he did it.
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Who said it couldn't?
SAS himself said he worded it wrong along with others in here. Now you're just arguing to argue
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That's exactly my point. If I look at you, and you hit me .. I provoked you? So next time I need to look the other way to avoid getting hit?
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This is what stephen gets for trying to play the white supremacy and bashing black athletes for smoking weed and telling black folks to wear suits and everything will be alright. they just letting him know his place.
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YO!
If you find Michelle's rape insinuation to be in poor taste, eh - I won't argue. Though, I understood that to be her furthering the logic Stephen A. continues to implore across social concerns, which is blaming the victim. My mans saying that she "let her emotions get the best of her" is a part of the thought process that suggests that a woman could SAY something ("in an emotional state") that would provoke a man to swing. It's bogus.
DF!!!
If you find Michelle's rape insinuation to be in poor taste, eh - I won't argue. Though, I understood that to be her furthering the logic Stephen A. continues to implore across social concerns, which is blaming the victim. My mans saying that she "let her emotions get the best of her" is a part of the thought process that suggests that a woman could SAY something ("in an emotional state") that would provoke a man to swing. It's bogus.
DF!!!
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When did you say he worded it wrong? When did you say he made a mistake by what he said?
This entire time you were defending the initial statement and now you're backtracking?
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My first post in here. And if you want to play that game, when did I say I agree 100% with what he said and how he said it?
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This.
SAS has been very consistent with his victim blaming. It's unfortunate that so many people agree with him. I don't think he understands how harmful that mindset is whether it's black people or women.
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... and nah I'm arguing with people who said he did nothing wrong.
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Dudes automatically saying that a woman shouldn't put hand on an male to validate such a poor statement made by Mr. Smith. All he said was provoke and if we really want to go into this she hit me first. Look at the pro athletes this dude made the comment in the first place. LoL
I don't need to tell anyone to have self control the judge will do that.
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Then I could see that. What he said wasn't incorrect. HOW he said it was just wrong.
MB's tweets however were both completely wrong. The "short skirt" one was completely not even relevant to the topic
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