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96. How would you know any better than I what he knows?

Reply to 58Sunliner (Reply #94)

Tue Mar 29, 2022, 11:11 AM

Mar 2022

I am as good at reading his mind as you can be.

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Words hurt. The sticks and stones thing is bull. [View all] Srkdqltr Mar 2022 OP

You are correct. LastDemocratInSC Mar 2022 #1

Does not justify a physical assault though Blues Heron Mar 2022 #2

I'm sorry, but there are some times it IS justified. DinahMoeHum Mar 2022 #4

I know - Ive heard that talking point since this happened - its wrong Blues Heron Mar 2022 #5

Yep Lunabell Mar 2022 #15

Bullshit! USALiberal Mar 2022 #20

Just. Don't. Punch. People. USALiberal Mar 2022 #25

The correct response should have been just to get up and walk out Mrhyde719 Mar 2022 #43

You've never been shot at uponit7771 Mar 2022 #51

Amazing people have restrained themselves through all the awards shows of the past then. BlackSkimmer Mar 2022 #68

Good luck with that line of argument in court. meadowlander Mar 2022 #71

Got that right: "Laughing at someone elses problem is the sign of a sick mind." Sociopaths! /nt bucolic_frolic Mar 2022 #3

It is freak show level amusement nt ripcord Mar 2022 #98

I'm fine with someone standing up to protect a disabled Black woman. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2022 #6

Standing up to you means punching them in the face? USALiberal Mar 2022 #23

Sometimes, yes. Sometimes it means a slap. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2022 #24

And hopefully it mean to jail for the puncher. USALiberal Mar 2022 #26

Lol WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2022 #27

Bully growing up?? USALiberal Mar 2022 #28

Honestly, yep, a couple times. Bullied and was bullied, as were many kids. WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2022 #32

I am too. But he wasn't protecting her. fishwax Mar 2022 #46

Shes not disabled. oldsoftie Mar 2022 #50

Disabled? BlackSkimmer Mar 2022 #69

Exactly. meadowlander Mar 2022 #72

Exactly. BlackSkimmer Mar 2022 #81

same here. hell, if it were considered a "disability" give me the benefits. Hell I'll just take the Javaman Mar 2022 #82

Lol, I'll have to remember to ask my doc for one of those stickers next time lol. BlackSkimmer Mar 2022 #84

Jada Pickett can stand up for herself. BlackSkimmer Mar 2022 #70

Well there's one vote for violence equals love BannonsLiver Mar 2022 #89

I would rather he took him down with words. TNNurse Mar 2022 #7

I didn't watch but what you just said summed things up for me. AllyCat Mar 2022 #8

Being compared to Demi Moore is not hurtful. Emile Mar 2022 #9

Well, great. LisaL Mar 2022 #10

+1 Wahyee Mar 2022 #35

" Being compared to Demi Moore is not hurtful." heckles65 Mar 2022 #11

I bet the right would like this concept. LiberatedUSA Mar 2022 #12

Exactly! dumbcat Mar 2022 #39

There have been times I would have liked to do what Will Smith did to hurtful people. I lack the Srkdqltr Mar 2022 #13

Stick and stones ChazII Mar 2022 #14

I'm on team Will and Jada. Lunabell Mar 2022 #16

It wasn't the heat of the moment though. cemaphonic Mar 2022 #76

I bet everyone who has been the butt of others "jokes" was cheering. Srkdqltr Mar 2022 #17

you'd lose that bet fishwax Mar 2022 #48

Wrong kcr Mar 2022 #88

Yes, they do. Act_of_Reparation Mar 2022 #18

IMO both of their behaviors were an abomination Auggie Mar 2022 #19

I think ForgedCrank Mar 2022 #67

+1: "Classic dick waving" Auggie Mar 2022 #74

Where do you draw the line? Evergreen Emerald Mar 2022 #21

+1 Wahyee Mar 2022 #36

This. You have to give weight to those words...they don't HURT like a physical assault. nt Baltimike Mar 2022 #56

Even if someone physically hits you, you can't hit them back except in self defense. meadowlander Mar 2022 #73

Like the Chris Rock thing at the Oscars? Or Trumpy mocking the reporter with disabilities? PatrickforB Mar 2022 #22

I don't think Rock was making fun of problems. SYFROYH Mar 2022 #29

Jada Pinkett Smith may have alopecia... ECL213 Mar 2022 #30

You know this how? neohippie Mar 2022 #37

one thing people seem to miss is that smith laughed at the "joke" AlexSFCA Mar 2022 #31

Good lesson to learn. Keep it in mind. People don't like being made fun of. Srkdqltr Mar 2022 #40

Well that's not true. I would think Ukrainians, for example, would rather be offended Wingus Dingus Mar 2022 #33

The Ukrainians are being bullied, they have every right to fight back. Srkdqltr Mar 2022 #59

Trump needs at least 1000 nowforever Mar 2022 #34

For the it was out of love crowd. Traildogbob Mar 2022 #38

Yep. Lack of civility on display. If you don't like what someone says, Wingus Dingus Mar 2022 #42

With the hair trigger Traildogbob Mar 2022 #61

People better not watch Comedy Central roasts! rictofen Mar 2022 #41

Personally I don't find those things funny. Srkdqltr Mar 2022 #44

Except this is Hollywood. Not real world living. Jetheels Mar 2022 #45

+1, I am blown away at the tacit support of violence in the place of maturity in the face of words uponit7771 Mar 2022 #49

Actors are the most coddled species on this planet. When they are on set there is an entire Jetheels Mar 2022 #60

+1, and there were people hugging his ass and shit afterwards. Commit an act of violence that uponit7771 Mar 2022 #62

Oh yea the Vanity Fair party. Jetheels Mar 2022 #64

Starting violence is ***NOT*** the mature way to handle words that hurt uponit7771 Mar 2022 #47

We know this to be true in so many ways. Until it is a joke we want to laugh at or a LizBeth Mar 2022 #52

Contextualizing violence isn't helpful. It's wrong. Duncan Grant Mar 2022 #53

No excuse for physical violence in response to words. Goodheart Mar 2022 #54

I find it amazing that people don't consider the implications of a woman being humiliated in public. 58Sunliner Mar 2022 #55

How to be sure it was ridiculing? treestar Mar 2022 #86

Straw men don't count. Please don't try to tell me he did not know. 58Sunliner Mar 2022 #94

How would you know any better than I what he knows? treestar Mar 2022 #96

One of my favorite quotes from Eleanor Roosevelt: Hieronymus Phact Mar 2022 #57

People need to remember this one more treestar Mar 2022 #87

Chris Rock needed that nowforever Mar 2022 #58

You're advocating for physical violence. Not a good look. Duncan Grant Mar 2022 #63

You shouldn't be stunned. Jedi Guy Mar 2022 #65

Saw my pride flag, eh? Duncan Grant Mar 2022 #83

I didn't see your pride flag since I was posting from my phone. Jedi Guy Mar 2022 #85

Your remark sounds remarkably like a right-wing talking point. 58Sunliner Mar 2022 #95

Calling for people to be jailed for speech one dislikes happens quite frequently here on DU. Jedi Guy Mar 2022 #97

Violence is unjustified here. live love laugh Mar 2022 #80

What a ridiculous, uninformed point of view. BannonsLiver Mar 2022 #90

Comedians do it all the time Catherine Vincent Mar 2022 #66

If Chris Rock didn't know about the alopecia, would that make a difference? gulliver Mar 2022 #75

I agree. I didn't know. I thought it was a choice. live love laugh Mar 2022 #78

Yes, motive treestar Mar 2022 #92

Trump proved that. live love laugh Mar 2022 #77

Normally I would say yes, but these folksare professionals attending an event where the comedians... SYFROYH Mar 2022 #79

Everybody has a point where they will react BGBD Mar 2022 #91

I don't know if anyone cksmithy Mar 2022 #93