Showing posts with label Stephen A. Smith. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Stephen A. Smith. Show all posts
Stephen A Smith Speaks On ESPN Suspension
Stephen A. Smith says he will not challenge ESPN's decision to suspend him for the "foolish" statements he made about domestic violence on the air ... telling TMZ Sports, "It was my mistake."
ESPN First Take: Stephen A. Smith Speaks to Women
Stephen A. Smith to Women: ‘Don’t Do Anything to Provoke’ Men. Stephen A. Smith has a message to all the women outraged by NFL player Ray Rice‘s paltry suspension for domestic abuse: Don’t say anything that could make your man beat you.
“It’s not about him, then. It’s about you, and here’s what I mean by that,” Smith said in a long monologue addressing the women-watching contingent of First Take today. “I think that just talking about what guys shouldn’t do, we got to also make sure that you can do your part to do whatever you can do to make, to try to make sure it doesn’t happen.”
It must be read in full to be believed: “We keep talking about the guys. We know you have no business putting your hands on a woman…But what I’ve tried to employ the female members of my family…and this what, I’ve done this all my life,‘Let’s make sure we don’t do anything to provoke wrong actions.’ Because if I come, or somebody else comes, whether it’s law enforcement officials, your brother or the fellas that you know, if we come after somebody has put their hands on you, it doesn’t negate the fact that they already put their hands on you. So let’s try to make sure that we can do our part in making sure that that doesn’t happen.”
So let us walk through this: If you’re a woman, and you get hit by a man, even if law enforcement comes around, and your man family members rescue you, it still doesn’t matter, because you got yourself beaten by your spouse. And it happened, and it’s your fault. That’s the power of language!
Smith caveated his points by condemned men who were just violent to begin with, but added that, really, they were only violent because women provoked them: But at the same time, we also have to make sure that we learn as much as we can about elements of provocation. Not that there’s real provocation, but the elements of provocation, you got to make sure that you address them, because we’ve got to do is do what we can to try to prevent the situation from happening in any way. And I don’t think that’s broached enough, is all I’m saying.
It’s worth noting here that Stephen Smith’s favorite rhetorical device is a version of “I love you like my own brother, but you’re a bad person, and it’s your fault,” as infamously spoofed by Saturday Night Live. Oddly enough, this is also what domestic abusers commonly tell their victims.
ESPN First Take: LeBron James Meets with Pat Riley
First Take's Stephen A. Smith and Skip Bayless talk about their expectations of the reported meeting between Pat Riley and LeBron James in Las Vegas.
Lil Wayne Talks NBA Finals On ESPN First Take
Rapper Lil Wayne joins First Take's Stephen A. Smith and Skip Bayless at the debate desk in South Beach to discuss game 3 of the NBA Finals, who he has winning the championship and more.
ESPN First Take's Stephen A. Smith and Skip Bayless Discuss Donald Sterling
ESPN First Take's Stephen A. Smith and Skip Bayless react to the racist comments purportedly made by Los Angeles Clippers owner Donald Sterling.
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