So I was just forced to watch this morning's First Take. A) I'll never feel clean again B) I'm now aware that I can provoke my own beating.
— Michelle Beadle (@MichelleDBeadle) July 25, 2014
I'm thinking about wearing a miniskirt this weekend…I'd hate to think what I'd be asking for by doing so @stephenasmith. #dontprovoke
— Michelle Beadle (@MichelleDBeadle) July 25, 2014
Violence isn't the victim's issue. It's the abuser's. To insinuate otherwise is irresponsible and disgusting. Walk. Away.
— Michelle Beadle (@MichelleDBeadle) July 25, 2014
Powerful words from a face of the network.A couple hours later, Stephen A. Smith exhibited the bonehead quality of not knowing when to just shut up, and took to Twitter to "clarify" his comments about domestic violence. To this we say: get a blog. Twitter is not the medium for long, directionless rants. Stephen A. pretending to be responding to Beadle's comments, but it was clearly a response to his original response. Bad-opinion-ception.I was in an abusive relationship once. I'm aware that men & women can both be the abuser. To spread a message that we not 'provoke' is wrong
— Michelle Beadle (@MichelleDBeadle) July 25, 2014
Upon hearing what I had to say, although admitting I could've been more articulate on the matter, let me be clear: I don't understand how on
— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) July 25, 2014
earth someone could interpret that I somehow was saying women are to blame for domestic violence. And when I saw @MichelleDBeadle -- a
— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) July 25, 2014
colleague I have profound respect for -- tweet what she tweeted, enough is enough. Something needs to be said right now.REPEATEDLY i said:
— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) July 25, 2014
(He went on, but he just continued to circle.)Stephen A. goes down swingin' with the "gotta hear both sides" argument. Hey, here's another side I want to hear: what would have happened if Ray Rice or any other abuser (male, female, gay, straight) had just walked away from Janay Palmer. Crazy, right? Because on the night Ray Rice violently assaulted his now-wife, he had two choices. We know which one he made. Janay Palmer knows which one he made. The Ravens organization, John Harbaugh, the NFL, and Roger Goodell know which choice Ray Rice made. And while attempting to demonstrate the league's incompetency, Stephen A. Smith further demonstrates his own.Lindsey Adler also likes to cause a ruckus on Twitter.There is absolutely no excuse to put your hands on a women. REPEATEDLY, I said dudes who do that need to be dealt with. REPEATEDLY, I echoed
— Stephen A Smith (@stephenasmith) July 25, 2014