Yeah I'm getting a lot of privileged vibes from the "pro-slap" people. Like life isn't some kind of telenovella or teen drama show...

Someone just did apparently: https://hexbear.net/post/183847/comment/2295431

and now Jada’s “honor” will be contaminated by incels accusing her of forcing Will Smith to smack Rock.

Yeah I definitely foresee a spike in the "actually men aren't evil it's women who manipulate them into violence" kind of sentiments unfortunately

Nothing really, just seeing that name reminded me of the recent crypto ad that's all.

Spike Lee didn’t go either.

Now he's pushing crypto ads lol.

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Makes sense.

Uh oh I see a whole wave of bald guys marching on Washington... :grillman:

The line is drawn by the context and can’t be articulated universally with language.

Makes sense, so maybe it might be best not to say a slap is:

the universal signal to “fucking stop you moron”. The harm done by a slap is 1% physical (if you’re a tiny baby) and 99% public humiliation.

But sure I see what you're saying.

I’m clearly talking about people slapping people they don’t hold any special power over be it economic, emotional, etc.

Yeah you've made that clear now, but your original comment:

it’s a slap - the universal signal to “fucking stop you moron”. The harm done by a slap is 1% physical (if you’re a tiny baby) and 99% public humiliation.

was not very clear. But I see what you're saying. Still don't necessarily fully agree but I see where you're coming from

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If I offend someone to the point of wanting to slap me that’s fine.

The problem is that where is that line? Some people can get trigger happy real fast

Good point, maybe it's just projection, but from what I've seen a lot of the comments in favor of slapping seem very sincere.

Yeah the situation was a very public one between rich celebrities in Hollywood, but I wonder how many would actually do the same in a more normal setting. It could end up with the cops coming in and all sorts of nasty stuff...

Weird assumption. Why do you think this? I would expect that if Will Smith, say, broke Chris Rock’s nose, people would feel pretty differently about it.

Eh not too sure about that. Lots of toxic masculinity (still lingering in leftists too IMO), so they might see it as "righteous"

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it’s a slap - the universal signal to “fucking stop you moron”. The harm done by a slap is 1% physical (if you’re a tiny baby) and 99% public humiliation.

This is what the other person said. If a slap is a "universal signal" and "1% physical (if you're a tiny baby)" then I don't know how else to interpret that I guess...

it’s a slap - the universal signal to “fucking stop you moron”. The harm done by a slap is 1% physical (if you’re a tiny baby) and 99% public humiliation.

Your own words, just sayin...

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Duel. Kill. Kill. Kill. Every comparison you made involved murder, but we’re just talking about someone getting slapped. Don’t you think that’s a bit of a false equivalence?

There's no doubt in my mind that if Will Smith punched Chris Rock really hard ppl here would also support it. It's the reasoning behind it that seems similar to me. In the examples I gave above would they actually kill the person? No, they're expressing that they would be really angry and possible beat, punch, smack, or even slap the person.