I'm not a fan of Smith (can't stand his ghetto accent act) but, he's lucky he's not white because he probably would have lost his job.
Link: Stephen A Smith suspended by ESPN
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He shouldn't have been suspended. They should have brought Michelle Beadle (the one who went off on a rant on Twitter about his comments) on and allowed her to face him on live tv.
Yes, you should never hit a woman. But that doesn't give women carte blanche to do whatever they feel like. That respect cuts both ways. And that's not just an ideal, it's just common sense, because the history of violence against women demonstrates that not everyone has bought in to that ideal.
Furthermore, pointing out that women shouldn't do stupid things that might provoke an attack is not in any way misogynistic; similarly, saying that you shouldn't walk along through the ghetto at night flashing a wad of cash isn't racist--it's just common sense.
I get what he was trying to say, but good Lord, he expressed himself poorly. That's what happens when your job stresses being inflammatory rather than being articulate. His point might have worked better if we had a better idea of what happened in the elevator. It also didn't help matters that there have been a string of sports-related sexual assaults--a crime in which the typical defense strategy is to attack the victim.
As a professional commentator, he should have had sense enough to phrase his remarks more carefully; he didn't, and so he's paying the price.
Furthermore, pointing out that women shouldn't do stupid things that might provoke an attack is not in any way misogynistic; similarly, saying that you shouldn't walk along through the ghetto at night flashing a wad of cash isn't racist--it's just common sense.
I get what he was trying to say, but good Lord, he expressed himself poorly. That's what happens when your job stresses being inflammatory rather than being articulate. His point might have worked better if we had a better idea of what happened in the elevator. It also didn't help matters that there have been a string of sports-related sexual assaults--a crime in which the typical defense strategy is to attack the victim.
As a professional commentator, he should have had sense enough to phrase his remarks more carefully; he didn't, and so he's paying the price.
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Stephen A was channeling his inner-Clayton Williams.
http://www.nytimes.com/1990/03/26/us/texas-candidate-s-comment-about-rape-causes-a-furor.html
Granted I'm not for hitting a woman but as someone has mention that same respect cuts both ways. I don't think it needs to be accepted that it is "okay" for a woman to haul off and physically punch or attack a man and he just sit there and take it. Because I'm here to tell you, there are some women who if you let them, have the ability to beat you down and seriously hurt you. Don't believe me, go to youtube and pull up some ghetto fights with women involved and tell me if you were in that same position that you wouldn't have to somehow defend yourself.
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Well, I did admit I was being pedantic in my prior post, but I don't think there's any question that Rice's suspension is more severe concerning value of time lost.
He may have been making a fair point, but he communicated it very poorly. It's one of those subjects where one must choose their words carefully. On the first listen (and the subsequent rant on twitter), I did think he dove headlong into victim blaming, but hearing it again did help me to understand his point. I forget where I read the comparison, but someone likened it to going for a jog at night wearing all black and getting run over by a drunk driver.
That's cool. Good luck this season!
Of course Rice's is more severe..... It should be. But Smith was suspended for a comment.....that's insane. It wasn't a destructive comment.
I agree you NEVER hit a woman -- BUT -- crazy women can really hurt you if they want to.....and without knowing what provoked the response -- it's hard to gauge how severe the penalty should be.
If you found out that it was an accident, and he was reaching to calm her down and she reacted and hit her head ....would that rate a different penalty as him giving her an uppercut and breaking her jaw? I think Smith was just saying -- before we all freak out -- let's find out what happened first.....so we can then analyze whether the penalty fit the situation.
I guess I am in the minority, cause I kinda like Stephen A. He is at least opposed to all the idiotic rants of Skip . Plus, he very Pro Bama and Very Pro Saban, going to the point of saying at times 'my Crimson Tide'.
I saw Beadle on sports Nation the other day, talking about this with Marcellus Wylie. She was about to blow a gasket because he was taking a similar stance as Stephen A. I mean to the point that it seemed personal for her.
I saw Beadle on sports Nation the other day, talking about this with Marcellus Wylie. She was about to blow a gasket because he was taking a similar stance as Stephen A. I mean to the point that it seemed personal for her.
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