Stephen A. Smith suspended for domestic violence comments

[LSMF]

Originally Posted by Underdog

Did Ray Rice's girlfriend/wife provoke him into hitting her? I pretty much ignored that story when it came out, but now I can't find the details because SAS's story has buried the other story in Google... Just wondering what prompted Smith to frame the discussion that way.

Supposedly Janay Palmer (Rice's wife) spit on Rice and hit him, which caused Rice to knock her out and drag her. Ray Rice obviously crossed the line (And that's probably an understatement in this situation.) and his actions are no way justifiable. However, one can see exactly what Stephen A was saying in telling women not to provoke men. Not that a man is justified in retaliating in the manner that Rice did, but women should try to avoid such situations all together.

[Underdog]

Originally Posted by LSMF

Supposedly Janay Palmer (Rice's wife) spit on Rice and hit him, which caused Rice to knock her out and drag her. Ray Rice obviously crossed the line (And that's probably an understatement in this situation.) and his actions are no way justifiable. However, one can see exactly what Stephen A was saying in telling women not to provoke men. Not that a man is justified in retaliating in the manner that Rice did, but women should try to avoid such situations all together.

Okay, at least this issue is contextualized:

"Men, don't hit women."

"Women, don't provoke violence-prone men or you might get hit."

Seems logical to me. Poke a bee's nest, get stung - it ain't right, but it's reality... Still gonna burn down that damn nest though.