Fair or Foul: Stephen A Smith's Comments About Domestic Violence

[blackrain]

I believe no one should lays hands and have the expectation that no one will hit them back

But that does not negate that Stephen, a person who is paid to articulate his thoughts like he went to college, instead of a Twitter nigga or even worse like some of you, and FAILED at it.

Forget being articulate, the point is......................is the point getting across, that's all people really want to know:

If you put hands on anybody..........expect that person to defend/hit back.

It's that simple.

And by his own admission his point didn't get across in what he was saying

 

[blackrain]

So he got strawmanned and fired based on it

Funny

He's gonna be back on First Take today. That nigga didn't get fired

 

[haute]

If you can't articulate your thoughts

Then Stfu

I get what Stephen was saying

But it was said poorly and thats why it left room for interpretation

Oh well tough break nigga

No it wasnt, what he stated didnt leave room for misinterpretation.

If you possesed common sense, like i thought you did, then you would of known he articulated himself cleary.

She took his words, and twisted them. She said, he said things he neither stated or implied.

And instead of countering her agenda, which he could of simply done, he folded like laundry.

Its funny how all the men understood exactly what he said. But all the women didnt.

May be he used to much logic, for the average women.... And not enough irrationality and emotion.

And if you possessed basic reading comprehension above am 8th grade level

Not your half assed version of 'common sense'

You'd get it too

Words mean things

So use the right nouns, pronouns, verbs, and adjectives

And you'll never have to say I'm sorry

What he said was clear.Only emotional women caught feelings.

No, whoopi Goldberg stated these sentiments clearly

The only emotion I see is yours and the other men you lack the most basic reading skills

 

[D0wn]

If you can't articulate your thoughts

Then Stfu

I get what Stephen was saying

But it was said poorly and thats why it left room for interpretation

Oh well tough break nigga

No it wasnt, what he stated didnt leave room for misinterpretation.

If you possesed common sense, like i thought you did, then you would of known he articulated himself cleary.

She took his words, and twisted them. She said, he said things he neither stated or implied.

And instead of countering her agenda, which he could of simply done, he folded like laundry.

Its funny how all the men understood exactly what he said. But all the women didnt.

May be he used to much logic, for the average women.... And not enough irrationality and emotion.

And if you possessed basic reading comprehension above am 8th grade level

Not your half assed version of 'common sense'

You'd get it too

Words mean things

So use the right nouns, pronouns, verbs, and adjectives

And you'll never have to say I'm sorry

Anyways if thats so, why was he aplogizing for things that he did not imply or stated?

See this is where that 8th grade reading comprehension is so important

I have clearly stated that Stephen spoke of the matter poorly and that is why it left room for interpretation

I also stated I agree with Stephen and his only downfall is talking like an idiot

And yet here you are in your feelings getting way off topic

Lemme guess you've let a woman whoop your ass? That is the only logical reason I see to be this irrational with someone who agrees with you.

Dude, If somebody's apologizing for something they didnt say, then what that person actually said, is not the issue at all.

Cause if it was, then what the person actually said, would be the topic thats front, and center.. Not some strawman B.S.

Therefore the misinterpretation claim is void.

Stephen A took the same stance, on the same topic before. where was his suspension then, where was the misinterpretation then???

The only difference, is the white damsel in distress.

Funny, even after Stephen A said what he said, it was buisness as usual until Michelle Beadle's said something. interpretation.

Some controversy............

 

[D0wn]

If you can't articulate your thoughts

Then Stfu

I get what Stephen was saying

But it was said poorly and thats why it left room for interpretation

Oh well tough break nigga

No it wasnt, what he stated didnt leave room for misinterpretation.

If you possesed common sense, like i thought you did, then you would of known he articulated himself cleary.

She took his words, and twisted them. She said, he said things he neither stated or implied.

And instead of countering her agenda, which he could of simply done, he folded like laundry.

Its funny how all the men understood exactly what he said. But all the women didnt.

May be he used to much logic, for the average women.... And not enough irrationality and emotion.

And if you possessed basic reading comprehension above am 8th grade level

Not your half assed version of 'common sense'

You'd get it too

Words mean things

So use the right nouns, pronouns, verbs, and adjectives

And you'll never have to say I'm sorry

What he said was clear.Only emotional women caught feelings.

No, whoopi Goldberg stated these sentiments clearly

The only emotion I see is yours and the other men you lack the most basic reading skills

Regardless of how manly Whoppi looks, Whoppi is still a women, a women saying the same exact thing a man said is deemed non threatening. And u know this...

 

[haute]

You can't be this dense

I know why there is controversy

The point is Stephan could have avoided it by speaking like an adult

 

[CHICAGO_BREED]

Man they got Stephen A so white washed this morning he cooning so GOTDAMN bad I feel like I'm in the woods. How do you have a white man taking up for native Americans and blacks more than the black man

 

[D0wn]

Anyways, when will the womenhood start adressing, women on women domestic violence?

Cause them bull dykes be putting the # 's on women.

They dont play, theyre also waaaaay more agressive, when approaching other women, i wonder if that files under street harrasment????

 

[D0wn]

You can't be this dense

I know why there is controversy

The point is Stephan could have avoided it by speaking like an adult

Hate him, or love him. Stephen A. Is one of the most articulate brothas on t.v. sometimes too articulate, its ESPN, not MSNBC.

Yet according to you, he dosent speak well enough??... He dosent articulate well enough?? What you want him to do, throw in a Victorian accent??

Ya peep how she said, he didnt speak like an adult???

That's the throwing of shade, And belittling, that negroe bed wenches love to pull, on black men. Castrate a brotha, and make him less than a man.

 

[D0wn]

Man they got Stephen A so white washed this morning he cooning so GOTDAMN bad I feel like I'm in the woods. How do you have a white man taking up for native Americans and blacks more than the black man

That nigga been a coon.

I mean they got him tho. Once white folks know they can fuck with u, which ever way they want, and all u do is fold like laundry... aw man, all i can say is, they gonna fuck with dude again, and it will be worst than this "controversy"

 

[mryounggun]

You can't be this dense

I know why there is controversy

The point is Stephan could have avoided it by speaking like an adult

WTF? 'Speaking like an adult'? What's that even mean, in this context?

And I've yet to hear a feasible explanation at how any sane, rational person could misconstrue his comments.

 

[5th Letter]

What he said was clear as fucking day. They didn't like what he said and that was the real issue.

 

[haute]

Adults understand that to convey a complete thought you must use the appropriate words, mainly words that make sense

The topic was domestic violence

You can not provoke domestic violence

You can not provoke a man or woman to be an abuser

You can provoke a violent response when you are assaulting someone

Again whoopi Goldberg was able to articulate this and not one person called for her job nor was she suspended and there was zero controversy because what she said was true but more importantly coherent

How Stephen said it was not

And yes how you say it matters when you tv in front of millions of people

 

[mryounggun]

Adults understand that to convey a complete thought you must use the appropriate words, mainly words that make sense

The topic was domestic violence

You can not provoke domestic violence

You can not provoke a man or woman to be an abuser

You can provoke a violent response when you are assaulting someone

Again whoopi Goldberg was able to articulate this and not one person called for her job nor was she suspended and there was zero controversy because what she said was true but more importantly coherent

How Stephen said it was not

And yes how you say it matters when you tv in front of millions of people

Sure you can. If we are using the actual definition of 'provoke' and not just some shit that we made up that fits this narrative. And there was plenty of controversy when Whoopi made her comments.

Also, why are we ignoring 50% of his statement. He also said the following, verbatim:

"we know you have no business putting your hand on a woman"

"there's never an excuse to put your hand on a woman"

"we know theyre wrong, we know they're criminal"

 

[haute]

LOL

"Well if you want to use the actual definitions for things instead of the ones I create for myself and then get mad when no one else uses said made up definition

I guess your right"

the fuck?

 

[The Lonious Monk]

You can't be this dense

I know why there is controversy

The point is Stephan could have avoided it by speaking like an adult

Hate him, or love him. Stephen A. Is one of the most articulate brothas on t.v. sometimes too articulate, its ESPN, not MSNBC.

Yet according to you, he dosent speak well enough??... He dosent articulate well enough?? What you want him to do, throw in a Victorian accent??

Ya peep how she said, he didnt speak like an adult???

That's the throwing of shade, And belittling, that negroe bed wenches love to pull, on black men. Castrate a brotha, and make him less than a man.

You going to far now. SAS is not all that articulate. Dude mostly just rants and raves. And Haute is right. A lot of Beadle's ammunition against him would have been nullified if he had simply made it clear that he was talking about physical provocation and not just a woman doing something a man doesn't like.

 

[Meta_Conscious]

Adults understand that to convey a complete thought you must use the appropriate words, mainly words that make sense

The topic was domestic violence

You can not provoke domestic violence

You can not provoke a man or woman to be an abuser

You can provoke a violent response when you are assaulting someone

Again whoopi Goldberg was able to articulate this and not one person called for her job nor was she suspended and there was zero controversy because what she said was true but more importantly coherent

How Stephen said it was not

And yes how you say it matters when you tv in front of millions of people

The topic was actually Ray Rice. According to numerous accounts his wife was hitting and spitting on him during their altercation. That's the context of the convo so his words make sense.

 

[haute]

The topic was Ray rice being accused of domestic violence based on a video that surfaced from a hotel

And wether or those accusations were appropriate

Domestic violence was very much the topic

 

[MR.CJ]

nigga was gon for a week and came back on the show cooning

 

[mryounggun]

I don't even know what that means, Haute. *shrugs*

I'll assume that's your way or saying 'You win. I'm wrong. Forgive me.'