It's amazing to watch the woke left respond to the Will Smith/Chris Rock incident last night. I think that the fact that they're ignoring the fact that it's bizarre for Smith to let jokes about the fact that his wife sleeps with all sorts of guys besides him slide, while a comedian known for "edgy" jokes gets attacked for a joke about her hair.
Obviously, it'd be reported differently if they both weren't black. Obviously it'd be different if the Oscars didn't have a long and applauded history of making jokes about recipients, many in incredibly bad taste (remember the Weinstein jokes?). It'd be different if they'd have prevented Smith from accepting an award after his attack.
Mostly what I've taken away from this is that I'm glad I stopped watching this crap years ago, and that the only privileged that really matters is rich/woke privilege.
"Will Smith didn't want to slap himself for what's he's allowed other men to do with his wife, so he slapped Chris Rock instead. Through his open marriage to Jada, he's done more to dishonor his wife than a comedian's harmless joke ever could."
Samuel Sey
It's telling that Smith's open marriage (and unorthodox parenting style) have been punchlines for years and he's never responded.
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Apparently they've both availed themselves of this "open marriage" arrangement. So they each have dishonored both each other and themselves.
I assume that's True. Which doesn't make all the takes that say he's honoring and protecting her any less absurd.
What's hilarious is all the folks acting like Alopecia is some sort of devastating, disabling illness. It's freaking female version of pattern baldness. Of course we can't define woman or female...
I don't know if Alopecia can strike in a limited manner...that one can be affected to limited degree as opposed to another who literally loses every hair on her body, including eyelashes. The first person I knew who had was in the early stages with only a bald spot about 3-4 inches in diameter which was at that time easily covered by the rest of her hair. Lost touch with this attractive woman long ago and wonder if it progressed beyond that. I don't know if it can "go away" and hair growth ever resumes.
I also know another woman who has it and she's of the "not a single hair on her body" group. She's been that way now for about 30 years or more, though I recall her mentioning seeing a random hair on her leg at one point. Don't know if it happened again or if that hair remains.
I really don't think it's at all akin to male pattern baldness, or if it's even unique to women. I don't think it is, though I may be wrong and haven't researched that. It's certainly devastating emotionally for women, as you can certainly imagine. But I don't believe it's terminal or even more than just the loss of hair.
I've seen conflicting reports, but the reality is that I'm seeing people label it a "disability" and "ableism" as if it's akin to other disability. I get that it's something that people deal with, yet it's clearly not a disability as most people would consider disabilities.
I don't intend to minimize what people go through, as much as to point out the lengths that some folx will go to exaggerate things to stir up offense and anger.
Indeed. In that way, male pattern baldness is a disability. Who knew?
What's interesting about this whole baldness thing (especially for Smith) is that it currently very popular among actors/musicians/etc to wear wigs, or extensions, or weaves, to augment or cover existing hair. There are plenty of options that would mitigate visible hair loss and continue to be stylish. Choosing the GI Jane haircut is a choice.
Of course awards show hosts have a tradition of making jokes at the attendees expanse, many of those jokes are in incredibly bad taste, this one doesn't seem nearly as bad as the Weinstein jokes from not that long ago.
Smith was rather thin-skinned about it. Comedy is an endangered species.
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