Yep, been noticing this as well. Served his time has been outta trouble for the most part since that incident.
It would seem so. And I'll never agree with that.
I realized this before posting, but then decided to post it anyway for some unjustifiable reason. I sometimes develop bad judgment when I'm tired.
Entirely my bad. I should know better. No need to feel bad for calling out this bullshit. I apologize for causing you a bunch of undue stress.
With the new information that the guy threw a water bottle at him, he absolutely deserved to get his ass beat. I just personally don't agree with responding to verbal annoyance with physical violence unless it crosses a line. Throwing a water bottle definitely warrants hands thrown back.
I'm legitamely non sarcasticlly curious why a plastic, lightweight, life giving water bottle makes its reasonable. It's weird ya know. Words have power. It's just such a slippery slope in my head.
Considering that not reacting with physical violence is generally the case in probably 99.9% of situations like that in modern society, yes. I'm not saying it was or wasn't deserved, but to imply it's not the defacto standard, is kinda silly. When is the last time you saw someone talk shit? Probably not too long ago? How about seeing someone be physically assaulted?
Yeah you see them pop up every single time one of these threads comes along. Some of the takes makes it sound like they are from another world I swear.
I suppose my point was that Mike's reaction in this case is very uncommon overall. Of course it happens, but not anywhere near the frequency that I would expect someone to comment along the lines of stating 'words alone don't warrant a physical response??' as if it's a surprise because, well, the vast majority of the time, things don't turn out that way in practice. Apologies if I misunderstood your post I initially quoted, and that wasn't your intention.
Yeah I don't understand the push in the last year or so that some people seem to be making when it comes to celebrities and people harassing them. I swear that it feels like people just have a different set of standards for celebrities and especially celebrities that are minorities.
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There aren't as many misogynistic D-bags who hate Mike Tyson as they do Will Smith. Chris Rock made a "joke". Jada was involved. People have feelings about their relationship. There were many layers to the Will Smith incident.
