Marcus Smart

#226
#226
Regulator said:
If I were Matt Walsh in this situation, I'd be like "D@@@@mmmmnnnn right." The girl obviously had no problem being objectified. He should be proud as well.
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To me it was fair game as she willingly posed. I guess UT and TV had a duty to keep it off camera and not allow children to see it. Students held them up as he shot FT's.
 
#227
#227
therealUT said:
First, this is a fun read:
"Go Back To Africa" Twitter Rumor Becomes Marcus Smart Story Canon

Second, why is it reasonable to suggest that what Smart claims happened, actually happened? Smart has every incentive in the world to lie and present himself in the most sympathetic light possible; easily avenue, allege that someone called him a ****** and that is the reason he resorted to physical violence.
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Didn't the guy admit to saying something already?

He prob won't say exactly what it was though.
 
#229
#229
Vols520 said:
Didn't the guy admit to saying something already?

He prob won't say exactly what it was though.
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He admitted that he said something that he now regrets. Hell, that could be nothing more than, "Hey Marcus, try not to take it out on the chairs this time".
 
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#235
Vols520 said:
You really think he would apologize for that?
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I imagine that after having his face blasted across national news, he would preemptively issue an apology for anything he said. It is obvious he said something derogatory to Smart, so he is apologizing for doing so. Whether or not he said anything "really bad", however, is known by about five persons (him, his wife, some other fans right there, and Marcus Smart).
 
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Spartacavolus said:
you brought up the possibility that is what set him off, which isn't well thought out in the least. That's like a $1.50 thought
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You are asserting that it is impossible that is what he said? Him saying that...not in the range of possibilities? You must have been there and heard what he said, then. What did he say?
 
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#240
therealUT said:
It would keep most mouths shut, stupid and not stupid. It would result in a society in which the only opinions that were publicly aired were those opinions that were already held by the masses. Dissenting opinions would be expressed underground, and then only in very intimate circles. And, society would suffer, innovation would be stagnant, and many would live in fear of expressing their true opinions.
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I believe you're taking this too far. Calling someone a ****** to their face in no way leads to a stagnant, innovatively lacking society (I understand that's not directly what you're implying). But you're attempting to use the ideal of suppressing meaningful rhetoric and it's consequences to justify, in essence "slander" (note the quotations to discern it from the legal definition).
 
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#241
#241
bowlinggreenvol said:
I believe you're taking this too far. Calling someone a ****** to their face in no way leads to a stagnant, innovatively lacking society (I understand that's not directly what you're implying). But you're attempting to use the ideal of surpressing meaningful rhetoric and it's consequences to justify, in essence "slander" (note the quotations to discern it from the legal definition).
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What is meaningful rhetoric? I suggest a reading of Mill's On Liberty to understand that suppressing slander entails suppressing what you probably man by meaningful rhetoric.
 
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#245
Being called the n-word is a really crappy situation. If you go to fisticuffs on you are only feeding the behavior they expected and likely hoped for.

If you walk away, you feel like a punk and weak.

Both times it's happened to me I've walked, partially out of shock. Both times I somewhat regret not confronting the person physically. I know that it would never end well though.
 
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#246
#246
Nerd-Vol said:
Being called the n-word is a really crappy situation. If you swing on the person you are only feeding the behavior they expected and likely hoped for.

If you walk away, you feel like a punk and weak.

Both times it's happened to me I've walked, partially out of shock. Both times I somewhat regret not confronting the person physically. I know that it would never end well though.
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Good on you for walking away. It's not weakness.

As for what Smart was called, now Orr is on record as saying he called Smart a "piece of crap".
 
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#250
therealUT said:
Good on you for walking away. It's not weakness.

As for what Smart was called, now Orr is on record as saying he called Smart a "piece of crap".
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I am still amazed that confrontations between fans and players aren't more common in basketball. The fans are super close, and they say some really mean stuff. You can't go hitting fans though. However as a fan, why should you be surprised if you get hit for saying something to a player that would certainly get you hit in a bar?
 
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