Man, comedians have it tough. If they say something against the cultural norms they can be cancelled. And if they say something completely inane, they can be smacked upside the head by Will Smith.
So, Chris Rock compared Will Smith’s wife Jada Pinkett Smith to GI Jane because she’s bald and ripped. It’s not even really a joke. Will Smith laughed at first but his wife didn’t so he got up and smacked Chris Rock. A pretty good swat too.
So now, we’ve got conservatives making the case for physically abusing comedians.
Nick, I don’t know you so forgive me, but are you married? Insulting someone’s wife to their face isn’t a joke. The men who founded this country had duels over such things. https://t.co/2RgnmCoBK9
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) March 28, 2022
I’m making the conservative case for putting down a dude who would dare put down my wife to my face, otherwise known as the traditional masculinity we used to embrace. Before we sat our hands in silence as Liar Thomas stole from our daughters. But hey, at least we blog about it. https://t.co/EhKLhUygCE
— Steve Deace (@SteveDeaceShow) March 28, 2022
Now, a couple of things here. Will Smith yelling, “Keep my wife’s name out of your mouth” is a little odd considering his wife has a reality show.
It wasn’t really an insult. At least one that I understand.
I do believe that men shouldn’t be afraid to throw a punch now and again if it rises to the occasion. But it seems to me that this did not.
And then Will Smith won the Oscar and proceeded to tearfully explain how difficult it was to be a celebrity because people can be mean to celebrities. What?! This is not masculinity.
If you’re looking to make the case for masculinity, this isn’t it. This is a sad excuse for it.
March 28, 2022 at 8:35 am
This was scripted, IMO.
March 28, 2022 at 8:49 am
Bingo!
Stunt from start to finish.
Designed to get maximum attention. It worked.
It’s Hollywood, folks.
March 28, 2022 at 9:04 am
Actually Smith provided a perfect example of conservative masculinity. Your hero Trump does nothing but complain that people are mean to him and you love it. Brett Kavanaugh whined for his entire confirmation hearing as well as cried that people were mean to him, and you loved him for it. You all constantly whine that people are ‘canceling’ you, which means nothing more that people publicly disagreeing with you. All you people have any more is resentment and whining. You should embrace Will Smith as your next hero.
March 28, 2022 at 10:47 am
Wow, you managed to make an entire paragraph out of patently false statements, but in case anyone is silly enough to be fooled by such obvious trolling, let me lat it on the line:
No, Will Smith is not conservative in any way; he’s a left-leaning Hollywood celebrity.
Trump rarely (if ever) complained that people were mean to him. He would occasionally point out the obvious unfairness of how the media treated him, but if that’s whining to you, that’s your problem. Also, Trump is not a hero to me, nor to the writers of this blog, and has been criticized by them on many occasions. Just another silly, false assumption on your part.
Brett Kavanaugh did not cry because people were “mean” to him, he cried because he was treated as presumed guilty of sexual assault being even being allowed to present his case. Again, Kavanaugh is not a hero to me, I have some pretty big problems with him, and he’s also been fairly criticized on this blog. I’m just setting the facts straight. And no, we didn’t “love” him for crying at his confirmation hearing, either. Personally I think he could’ve handled to whole thing better, but how he was treated at that point by the left was terrible, and I can’t really blame him much.
No, “cancelling” does not mean people disagreeing with you, it means being fired from your job, silenced, platformed, having your bank account frozen, in general, being cut of from an ability to communicate and do business as a part of society at the bidding of powerful, faceless entities, simply because you expressed an opinion they don’t like.
If you are referring to the writers of this blog when you say “you people” have nothing but resentment and whining, you have either read next to nothing on this blog, or are being purposefully dishonest. This blog is one of the most positive places you can still get news/opinions online, and they frequently publish articles encouraging people to remain hopefully, loving, and uplifting, despite the constant trend in our world towards hatefulness.
Finally, again, there is nothing about Will Smith (that I know of) that would cause us to embrace him as a hero.
March 28, 2022 at 12:54 pm
Publicly disagreeing and the canceling speakers that people disagree with (I see it at our university, which isnt as bad as most) are two different things. Public debate has gotten silly and overly personal. I dont respect that, but it is the way now. But that isnt equalivent to a speaker no even being allowed to talk. The left has made profound anti-intellectual moves to suppress ideas it disagree with. Universities are a prime example. Student demand ignorance over ideas…routinely. We are failing to teach the next generation to *think* but the left demands obedience and absolutely exhibits no mercy.
March 28, 2022 at 10:58 am
Too bad Chris didn’t make fun of Will’s son wearing dresses.