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48. Chris Rock shouldn't have went there, nor should've Will Smith.

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Mon Mar 28, 2022, 11:04 AM

Mar 2022

I think they both damaged their careers.

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Just woke up and read about the Smith / Rock confrontation. I'm on Smith's side. [View all] Dial H For Hero Mar 2022 OP

unfortunately, the media chose to focus exclusively on the "violence" of the slap AlexSFCA Mar 2022 #1

You don't get to physically attack people who offend or anger you. Wingus Dingus Mar 2022 #2

As I said, it wasn't legally justified. Dial H For Hero Mar 2022 #4

No. You don't ever have the right to lay hands on someone for the words they say. Wingus Dingus Mar 2022 #8

It wasn't morally justified either, Smith laughed at the joke at first. You've never been shot at uponit7771 Mar 2022 #13

No, it wasn't right to hit Rock PatSeg Mar 2022 #43

Ricky Gervais hasn't been worse ?! There's NO ONE willing to link and quote Rock knowing Jada uponit7771 Mar 2022 #60

How do you know Chris Rock knew about the disease? I didn't. I couldn't even understand the joke. Solomon Mar 2022 #57

THIS !!!! ☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾 , I didn't either !!! uponit7771 Mar 2022 #61

I Didn't Either RobinA Mar 2022 #75

I'm with you... this has been so unfortunate.... secondwind Mar 2022 #51

If Smith has that short a fuse, especially in front of millions of viewer, what's he like at home. Fla Dem Mar 2022 #63

I think that was the most disturbing aspect--an actor and public figure Wingus Dingus Mar 2022 #69

Me too. Srkdqltr Mar 2022 #3

You've never been shot at uponit7771 Mar 2022 #15

It's as if Will Smith said, "my wife can't speak for herself." Ptah Mar 2022 #5

This ☝️☝️☝️ dixiechiken1 Mar 2022 #11

Husbands generally take a poor view of someone mocking their wife's medical condition to Dial H For Hero Mar 2022 #17

I suspect wives are able to defend their ownselves. Ptah Mar 2022 #22

Link and quote Rock ***KNOWING*** about her condition !! uponit7771 Mar 2022 #68

This. And if anyone saw the look she gave Rock after the joke, that spoke volumes. BlackSkimmer Mar 2022 #82

I thought Will acted like a fascist. Emile Mar 2022 #6

Oh, for the love of God. Dial H For Hero Mar 2022 #7

Nobody mocked anyone's medical condition. NYC Liberal Mar 2022 #14

You don't physically slap someone for comparing your wife to Demi Moore. Emile Mar 2022 #16

You've never been shot at uponit7771 Mar 2022 #24

This message was self-deleted by its author uponit7771 Mar 2022 #9

You've never been shot at uponit7771 Mar 2022 #10

What do guns have to do with this? Dial H For Hero Mar 2022 #20

Said the people who side with Smith in a country wear concealed carry is legal 🙄 uponit7771 Mar 2022 #27

Given that (presumably) neither party was armed, that's utterly irrelevant. Dial H For Hero Mar 2022 #30

"presumably" and even people on the left wonder why there's a gun violence in a country that uponit7771 Mar 2022 #37

You've now made that comment several times. Bucky Mar 2022 #40

False, people who even tacitly support STUPID violence don't understand how it can EASILY escalate uponit7771 Mar 2022 #42

It was an open palm slap. Bucky Mar 2022 #45

So could a shooting in response, again ... people who even tacitly support STUPID violence justify uponit7771 Mar 2022 #49

You seem to be obsessed with making this about firearms, when they have nothing to do with this Dial H For Hero Mar 2022 #54

People who don't understand justified shootings in response to battery separate the two as if uponit7771 Mar 2022 #58

You're just doing the "reductio ad absurdum" so hard right now Bucky Mar 2022 #62

I'm guessing you're wrong SomewhereInTheMiddle Mar 2022 #79

Then it's open season on comedians, and politicians too I guess, that offend dem4decades Mar 2022 #12

+1, these people who support Smith have never been shot at uponit7771 Mar 2022 #18

I don't make jokes at others expense either. Srkdqltr Mar 2022 #25

You mean after or before Smith laughed at the jokes told about his wife or are people half uponit7771 Mar 2022 #28

I get it, you're no Don Rickles? You put yourself in the same category as Chris Rock? dem4decades Mar 2022 #34

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This message was self-deleted by its author pinkstarburst Mar 2022 #21

You've never been shot at if think a horrid joke is worth any level of violence uponit7771 Mar 2022 #31

You've brought up guns half a dozen times now. Dial H For Hero Mar 2022 #35

This message was self-deleted by its author pinkstarburst Mar 2022 #36

Link and quote Rock ***KNOWING*** about her condition !! You'll run too like the other have .. uponit7771 Mar 2022 #52

You're tiresome. Xoan Mar 2022 #64

Glad to know you approve of assault and battery if you get pissed obamanut2012 Mar 2022 #23

Do you think he would have done better by taking his wife's hand exboyfil Mar 2022 #26

THIS !!!! ☝🏾☝🏾☝🏾 uponit7771 Mar 2022 #32

Except Chris Rock is not a moron. Why does everybody assume he knew Solomon Mar 2022 #66

I heard it has been public for over three years exboyfil Mar 2022 #85

if it were me, my concern would be for my mother/sister/wife. Going up and punching him wouldn't fishwax Mar 2022 #29

I'm shocked that posters think Smith did an okay thing, JenniferJuniper Mar 2022 #33

This message was self-deleted by its author pinkstarburst Mar 2022 #41

It wasn't just a "bad joke". He mocked the man's wife because of her medical condition to her face. Dial H For Hero Mar 2022 #44

And? This gives someone the right to assault someone? JenniferJuniper Mar 2022 #47

Legally? No. Morally? Good for him. Dial H For Hero Mar 2022 #50

Not even morally WTF ?! You don't start violence you're not ready to handle to the nth degree ... uponit7771 Mar 2022 #56

and you don't talk about someone's Betty88 Mar 2022 #78

+1 Dial H For Hero Mar 2022 #80

It is not like Will Smith doesn't have one of the most powerful megaphones in Hollywood exboyfil Mar 2022 #59

Rock's joke was inappropriate mnhtnbb Mar 2022 #38

Chris Rock is funny, Will Smith, not so much. dem4decades Mar 2022 #39

Chris Rock is a moron and I hate his "humor" exboyfil Mar 2022 #46

I agree I don't think Rock is funny. Unless you think being doc03 Mar 2022 #84

Chris Rock shouldn't have went there, nor should've Will Smith. brush Mar 2022 #48

Nope, Smith laughed at the joke Rock told about his wife. People aren't even looking at the uponit7771 Mar 2022 #53

I saw the video. You actually think some industry people won't have... brush Mar 2022 #65

Ricky Gervais hasn't been worse ?! There's NO ONE willing to link and quote Rock knowing Jada uponit7771 Mar 2022 #67

You didn't respond to my comment. Do you actually think... brush Mar 2022 #70

I would rather work with an angry Will Smith exboyfil Mar 2022 #71

Imagine if everybody just went around slapping people DLevine Mar 2022 #55

I would bet a paycheck.... quickesst Mar 2022 #72

Chris Rock showed remarkable poise. He calmly stated that Smith Croney Mar 2022 #76

Absolutely quickesst Mar 2022 #89

I dug way down to the bottom of my Big Bag O' Fucks Ocelot II Mar 2022 #73

Hero? Hardly. Duncan Grant Mar 2022 #74

+1 Betty88 Mar 2022 #77

the whole thing was just ridiculous. Javaman Mar 2022 #81

I think if Will Smith was so passionate about it exboyfil Mar 2022 #83

Same here, I have had alopecia since I was a teenager. People made fun of Emile Mar 2022 #86

Rock took a cheap shot geardaddy Mar 2022 #87

I hate the Oscars, didn't watch and only saw the clip. Just from seeing that, the whole Vinca Mar 2022 #88