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Duncan Grant

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74. Hero? Hardly.

Reply to Dial H For Hero (Original post)

Mon Mar 28, 2022, 11:39 AM

Mar 2022

Nothing excuses a man who comes onto an awards show stage and physical assaults and screams at a presenter. There’s no context that makes it appropriate or understandable. His behavior was criminal. Had any of the tech crew or non-Hollywood guests taken these actions, they would have been tackled, restrained and arrested. We would all be thankful someone took action to protect the presenter and event.

Will Smith doesn’t get a pass from me. He’s a disgrace who deserves condemnation and expulsion from the entertainment industry. With any luck, I’ll never have to see or listen to him again.

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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