And for whatever reason, the Devil got a hold of him [Smith], of that circumstance that night. And fortunately, there were people there, not just me but others in the gap . . . . [T]here but for the grace of God go any of us. You know who are we to condemn? I don’t know all the ins and outs of the situation but I know…

Professional comedians are going to have ‘takes’ on what is (or isn’t) going on with their industry and medium.

Sure, the prestigious show could’ve awarded Lavell Crawford for The Comedy Vaccine, Chelsea Handler for Evolution, Lewis Black for Thanks for Risking Your Life, Nate Bargatze for The Greatest Average American, or Kevin Hart for Zero Fucks Given 

The cishet crowd obsessed with people’s junk are obsessed because they think trans people are gross; so gross that it justifies (for them) making trans people’s lives miserable. People can and do dress this up with any one of a number of other seemingly complex considerations, but it really just comes down to these…

We don’t need white people in ALL of our conversations. When we want to hear from you, we will ask. In the meantime, leave us alone.

I should have been clear that when I said the word is used a particular way, that I wasn’t warranting with 100% certainly that at absolutely no time has anyone, anywhere, ever used the word in a manner incompatible with my definition. The fact remains, however, that when used in the way you describe it, it’s…

Hawley demonstrates a lack of any functional understanding (or a willful misunderstanding) of: what feminism is and isn’t; what misogyny is and isn’t; the actual legal bases for people’s calls for Justice Thomas to recuse himself; the most basic precepts of what constitutes a conflict of interest; the principle that…

X amount for all Black folks, X+Y amount for Black folks who are descendants of slaves. Done.

“Any woman you disagree with”

Kate hasn’t been romantically connected to anyone since her brief 2020 dalliance with Goody Grace. And who can forget her whirlwind romance with Pete Davidson?

CanAnyoneReadThis said (also in response to my comment) that it has been confirmed that Chris Rock ad-libbed the joke, and that it wasn’t part of the script. I don’t have a horse in this race; I’ve noted my position on the matter, regardless of how it ultimately shakes out.

Then I agree he probably needs to apologize to Jada. I would assume his apology would be well-received given how very gracious he’s been about everything else involved in this situation.

I thought Chris Rock didn’t write the joke; mind you, he can still be sorry to have been the mouthpiece (and it seems unlikely he or the joke writers knew about the autoimmune disorder,) but I question just how much moral culpability Rock has under the circumstances.

But will he slap anyone immediately before accepting the award?

Did Chris Rock accept Will Smith’s apology? I know he didn’t press charges, but that’s obviously not the same thing as accepting an apology or forgiving someone. This is what will have the greatest bearing on what I think about this situation (with the Academy’s official response, a close second.)

a military with the ability to perpetuate and exacerbate global harms at higher and more frequent rates.

my comment was a response to you indicating there would be something petty about pressing charges against a random person who slapped you in the face for absolutely no reason.

This is completely fair.

I agree that if a complete stranger whose tendencies were totally unknown were walking/running around assaulting and battering people completely at random, that it would be warranted to call that in, if only because that person would (i.e., someone just attacked, who does not know the person at all,) qualify as a…

To be fair, Chris Rock declined to press charges. If I said something stupid or insensitive (or even if I didn’t!) and a friend of mine, or even an acquaintance, slapped me in the face for it—I don’t think I’d press charges either. Shit, I don’t think I’d press charges if a complete stranger just slapped me in the…