I don't think "what did she do" should be anyone's first reaction. But...

Given that these folks regularly sit next to Ray Lewis and pretend that he wasn't involved in a double murder, I think the intellectual gymnastics necessary to rationalize this are probably not too taxing.

THOSE women really need to be held accountable for their actions.

The fact is that Smith is engaging in the same mealy-mouthed bullshit that people who want to shift the blame or excuse bad behavior always do. When your primary takeaway from a man knocking a woman unconscious and dragging her out of an elevator by the hair is to have a conversation about what a woman should do to…

if he said "If you are concerned about yourself or a friend and think domestic violence is happening or imminent, this is what you can do to help" and listed some help numbers or something like that, I think it would have been received differently.

"PC?" Really?

So you argue that she's getting a "free pass" and you post a link to this very publication criticizing her. See where you may have gone wrong, sport?

That demographic shares a 99% overlap with the "I'm just being honest...don't I have the right to my opinion" assholes.

b/c i'm ANNOYED

And anybody who thinks that primary takeaway on Ray Rice beating a woman unconscious and dragging her from an elevator by her hair is to wonder what she did to provoke him is goddamn turd.

When someone's primary reaction to a man knocking a woman unconscious is "sure it's bad, but what did she do to provoke him?" it sends an unambiguous message that the violence is partially, if not mostly, the woman't fault. No amount of weasel-words or mealy-mouthed qualifiers change that.

0.0 % chance of that happening. He is there business model. Awful people offering HOT TAKES and EMBRACING DEBATE.

You seem like a reasonable person who doesn't tend to overreact to things.

Just trying to decide which fedora to wear today, and whether to go with the day game or night game his PUA forum recommended.

Who vilified the Patriots for dropping Hernandez?

Keep in mind that this is a man who coached Ray Lewis, so he might not have extensive experience with people being punished appropriately for their actions.

And then trotted him out as the face of the NFL for a decade.

I find it ridiculous and sexist that just because someone is a woman they don't have to be responsible for their actions.

we should totally paint women as untouchable maidens, that can't help their emotions. That helps gender relations.

Because he's afraid of Big Gay and the PC Police tearing him down just like they did to that brave, noble soul Tony Dungy.