How is context not important? We don’t even have a full second of clip before he throws the punch.
Is context only not important when it’s a man hitting a woman?
Would you say the same if it was a 2s clip of a woman punching a man?
Kalkaline@leminal.space 6 months ago
I’m not a huge fan of brief videos with little context, but it doesn’t look like much context is needed here.
Wrench@lemmy.world 6 months ago
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 6 months ago
What the fuck are you talking about, if she wasn’t attacking him there is no defense.
Wrench@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Yeah. That would be called “context”, of which we have zero of. And which you now acknowledge matters.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 6 months ago
Bro, the context is him punching her in the face when she isn’t even moving towards him. He charged her, lol
nonailsleft@lemm.ee 6 months ago
Why would you want to give the benefit of doubt to someone that edits out the context?
skizzles@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
I’m not defending the guy but he has liquid on his back and you can barely hear him say something which sounds like she threw shit at me.
If she threw shit at him and hit him with it… I kinda don’t blame him.
If he said something nasty, racist homophobic or otherwise insulting to her and then she threw something at him, that makes it a bit more questionable on whether or not she deserved to get hit.
This needs much more context.
That being said, the dude very likely was being a prick and deserved to have shit thrown at him. Still though, if you assault someone first, don’t expect to not get it back. Male vs female, male vs male, female vs female and all other things in-between, you start shit, there might be repercussions. Make sure you are prepared to handle that.
Ignoring some bigot (if he started it with words) could have potentially saved her getting her face fucked up.
I’m sure I’ll get downvoted for that but my point is still 100% valid.
almar_quigley@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Your points are all conjecture and I don’t think they are valid. If he said some shit to instigate and she threw something at him that doesn’t give him carte Blanche to break her face.
Zoot@reddthat.com 6 months ago
You have no idea whats thrown at you in the moment, and you think its okay to just let someone do that to you? Agreed, punching someone in the face sounds like an overreaction, but I know my reaction to having shit thrown at me would be to immediately make sure it doesn’t happen again.
HessiaNerd@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Are we talking like literally human feces or like a glass of water?
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social 6 months ago
So if someone throws a drink at you you immediately think you just got covered in diarrhea?
Let’s talk about that.
skizzles@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
No, my points are valid, not conjecture.
Your are making the point that she didn’t deserve to get hit because she assaulted him.
No, it very obviously didn’t hurt him but if someone threw a drink at me, I would respond with like treatment or worse. This is the real world, let’s treat it like it is and not beat around the bush about it.
As I mentioned before though, it’s possible (and likely) that he started the whole thing though. Without more context though we don’t know. Either way, if she assaulted him, and he started it, they are both acting stupid, plain and simple.
eatthecake@lemmy.world 6 months ago
It’s possible you might be a violent type. I cannot imagine breaking someone’s nose over something that ‘obviously didn’t hurt’.
Seleni@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Ignoring bigots makes them bolder. And throwing a drink does not excuse a punch.
skizzles@lemmy.ml 6 months ago
There’s a difference between trying to fight where the problem stems from and handling it in an appropriate manner and getting pissed and throwing a drink at someone.
Throwing a drink at someone and expecting to not get hit is a poor way to look at how the real world works.