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Will Smith Did a Bad, Bad Thing by Kareem Abdul-Jabbar

When Will Smith stormed onto the Oscar stage to strike Chris Rock for making a joke about his wife’s short hair, he did a lot more damage than just to Rock’s face. With a single petulant blow, he advocated violence, diminished women, insulted the entertainment industry, and perpetuated stereotypes about the Black community.

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by Anonymousreply 35April 1, 2022 3:16 AM

Good JOB of stealing my post from the main thread OP!!!

I just posted this Kareem substack 15 minutes before you created THIS thread. It's just ANOTHER thread for you in your long days of nothingness. Desperate for attention.

OP is a fucking loser nutjob. And a racist. Don't engage with him.

by Anonymousreply 1March 30, 2022 6:33 AM

R1 LOL Psycho

by Anonymousreply 2March 30, 2022 6:39 AM

Will won't be asked back next year

by Anonymousreply 3March 30, 2022 6:40 AM

Kareem & Will

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by Anonymousreply 4March 30, 2022 6:42 AM

It’s just a mere slap, nothing more.

by Anonymousreply 5March 30, 2022 6:45 AM

"It’s basically a gathering of multimillionaires giving each other awards to boost business so they can make even more money."

by Anonymousreply 6March 30, 2022 6:46 AM

"This patronizing, paternal attitude infantilizes women and reduces them to helpless damsels needing a Big Strong Man to defend their honor least they swoon from the vapors. If he was really doing it for his wife, and not his own need to prove himself, he might have thought about the negative attention this brought on them, much harsher than the benign joke. That would have been truly defending and respecting her. This “women need men to defend them” is the same justification currently being proclaimed by conservatives passing laws to restrict abortion and the LGBTQ+ community."

by Anonymousreply 7March 30, 2022 6:53 AM

"Worse than the slap was Smith’s tearful, self-serving acceptance speech in which he rambled on about all the women in the movie King Richard that he’s protected. Those who protect don’t brag about it in front of 15 million people. They just do it and shut up. You don’t do it as a movie promotion claiming how you’re like the character you just won an award portraying. By using these women to virtue signal, he was in fact exploiting them to benefit himself. But, of course, the speech was about justifying his violence. Apparently, so many people need Smith’s protection that occasionally it gets too much and someone needs to be smacked."

by Anonymousreply 8March 30, 2022 6:54 AM

"Perhaps the saddest confirmation of this is the tweet from Smith’s child Jaden: “And That’s How We Do It.”

by Anonymousreply 9March 30, 2022 6:54 AM

"The Black community also takes a direct hit from Smith. One of the main talking points from those supporting the systemic racism in America is characterizing Blacks as more prone to violence and less able to control their emotions. Smith just gave comfort to the enemy by providing them with the perfect optics they were dreaming of. Fox News host Jeanine Pirro wasted no time going full-metal jacket racist by declaring the Oscars are “not the hood.” What would she have said if Brad Pitt slapped Ricky Gervais? This isn’t Rodeo Drive? Many will be reinvigorated to continue their campaign to marginalize African Americans and others through voter suppression campaign."

by Anonymousreply 10March 30, 2022 6:56 AM

"As for the damage to show business, Smith’s violence is an implied threat to all comedians who now have to worry that an edgy or insulting joke might be met with violence. Good thing Don Rickles, Bill Burr, or Ricky Gervais weren’t there. As comedian Kathy Griffin tweeted: “Now we all have to worry about who wants to be the next Will Smith in comedy clubs and theaters.”

"The one bright note is that Chris Rock, clearly stunned, managed to handle the moment with grace and maturity. If only Smith’s acceptance speech had shown similar grace and maturity—and included, instead of self-aggrandizing excuses, a heartfelt apology to Rock."

by Anonymousreply 11March 30, 2022 6:57 AM

OP is a nutjob and RACIST. He's a ubiquitous DL poster who has nothing to add to any conversation but CAPS and exclamation points. A sad, stupid, poor excuse for a troll. He has multiple accounts here - but excels at nothing.

by Anonymousreply 12March 30, 2022 7:01 AM

R1 so slap him!

by Anonymousreply 13March 30, 2022 7:02 AM

Wish Kareem had raised his son in a way that he didn't grow up and stab someone over and over after they ask him to assist his grandmother with her trash cans. Did he pontificate in a think piece about that?

Having said that, Will Smith was wrong to hit Chris Rock and it's good most people think so.

by Anonymousreply 14March 30, 2022 7:09 AM

r1/r12 is the "ancient white fags" troll. Insane as always.

by Anonymousreply 15March 30, 2022 7:11 AM

@r13, "[R1] so slap him! "

And take Op's name out of yo fucking mouth! 😂

by Anonymousreply 16March 30, 2022 7:14 AM

r1 & R12 can smell the poster we aren't allowed to name. Sick FUCK Racist NUTJOB, aka - OP.

by Anonymousreply 17March 30, 2022 7:20 AM

Has Susan Dey commented?

by Anonymousreply 18March 30, 2022 9:46 AM

R15 I keep thinking he's blocked and then he crops back up. Clearly insane and needs 1930's shock therapy in a mental institution.

by Anonymousreply 19March 30, 2022 10:20 AM

Kareem is correct here, and well stated.

Smith's son didn't need to weigh in, but he did with that obnoxious tweet and his "I'm so unique" all-capitalized words thing, just in case it wasn't irritating enough. A pure reminder of why I can't stand the Smiths in any of their forms.

by Anonymousreply 20March 30, 2022 10:23 AM

Now they’re calling him an Uncle Tom, White gaze, etc.

by Anonymousreply 21March 30, 2022 10:31 AM

If she had just worn a wig, none of this woulda happened.

by Anonymousreply 22March 30, 2022 11:47 AM

Kareem is a good writer

by Anonymousreply 23March 30, 2022 2:51 PM

[quote]If she had just worn a wig, none of this woulda happened.

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by Anonymousreply 24March 30, 2022 2:52 PM

Jada and Will paying MILLIONS to create a $cientology "school" is by far the most evil thing they have done

by Anonymousreply 25March 30, 2022 2:54 PM

^ They're creating a rather long list daily

by Anonymousreply 26March 30, 2022 4:21 PM

Will should compose a specific apology to Chris on DataLounge

by Anonymousreply 27March 30, 2022 11:12 PM

[quote]"Worse than the slap was Smith’s [bold]tearful,[/bold] self-serving acceptance speech in which he rambled on about all the women in the movie King Richard that he’s protected.

Cut him some slack. He heard his wife had a thing for men who can shed many tears. Many, many tears.

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by Anonymousreply 28March 31, 2022 1:04 AM
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by Anonymousreply 29March 31, 2022 6:51 AM

Bette is always on point

by Anonymousreply 30March 31, 2022 5:59 PM

Jada alluded to Will not being satisfying sexually during her Red Table talk with him, which is why she had ongoing sex with her son's friend she has known since he was four years old, so Will clearly has small dick energy

by Anonymousreply 31March 31, 2022 9:46 PM

I'm more offended by the standing ovation. These people are NOT to be respected.

by Anonymousreply 32March 31, 2022 9:52 PM

I respected all those you could see sitting near Will that not only remained seated, but didn't applaud either

by Anonymousreply 33March 31, 2022 10:14 PM

Kareem has the bigger dick

by Anonymousreply 34April 1, 2022 12:27 AM

Each and every DataLounger was cheated of that one moment to get emotional and reflective and cry cry cry in their yearly realization that something's lost, but something's gained in living everyday

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by Anonymousreply 35April 1, 2022 3:16 AM
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