The truth is dying in America.
Outspoken ESPN host Stephen A. Smith commented during a recent on-air discussion about the NFL’s two-game suspension of Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice, following charges Rice assaulted his girlfriend.
Smith strongly emphasized that it is never acceptable for a man to hit a woman, and then said women should also make sure they don’t do “anything to provoke wrong actions.”
Soon enough, the predictable feigned outrages came. Smith’s colleague Michelle Beadle attacked him with a series of tweets: “I was just forced to watch this morning’s ‘First Take.’ A) I’ll never feel clean againB) I’m now aware that I can provoke my own beating.” Beadle also called Smith’s remarks “irresponsible and disgusting.”
Smith apologized, saying it was the most “egregious” mistake of his career. He said it wasn’t his intention to say that women could be responsible for their own abuse. A day after his apology, Smith was suspended by ESPN.
What’s ironic is that before his suspension, Smith defended former Tampa Bay Buccaneers coach Tony Dungy, after Dungy came under fire for saying that he would not have drafted Michael Sam (the first openly gay NFL player) because it would be too much of a distraction. Dungy was criticized; then he caved and walked his comments back.
There was nothing wrong with what Dungy or Smith said. And I will not walk that back!
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