Thread by @DrEricDing

Damn. So did Will Smith just punch Chris Rock for real? Here is a Japanese network’s uncensored exchange between Will Smith and Chris Rock. #Oscars #WillSmith

2) Yeah it was real. Australia’s @SevenNetwork also carried it uncensored.

https://twitter.com/davidmackau/status/1508270575902687232

3) Apparently, Will Smith’s wife Jada is suffering from alopecia. And Chris Rock’s hair joke was hurtful. But this kinda violence on stage isn’t cool. Kids are watching for Pete sake.

https://twitter.com/jeneps/status/1508272814800916486

4) I know many friends with alopecia. And it’s not funny to joke about. I think Chris Rock’s joke was poor taste. But Will Smith’s violent response on stage in front of millions was poor too. We need better role models for our kids.
nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/ja…

5) I’m seeing responses that goes—“Will Smith shouldn’t have done that”, to “he shouldn’t it on stage”, to “Chris Rock deserved it / Will smith was right to do that”. I get the natural impulse to want to punch… but this is more than street alley name calling—this is the Oscars.

6) Oscars is one of the most watched global televised events. It teaches kid watching that violence is okay immediate solution. Your ego pride hurt? Then punch or bomb your neighbor. Then what your ego still hurt? More punches? More bombs. An eye for an eye makes us all blind.

7) Disagree. If you’re a person who suffers an illness that significantly affects your looks, you might be much more hurt than outsider observers realize. Losing your hair, whether to alopecia or cancer chemotherapy, is a major traumatizing thing for many who suffer it. Empathy🙏

https://twitter.com/scrowder/status/1508283554056314888

8) Ummm we aren’t living under medieval Shogun era anymore. I can list 100+ different things from the medieval era that are not okay today.

https://twitter.com/papitip/status/1508281141530292228