Current Events > Will Smith getting attacked shows society's views of masculinity

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are toxic. Hes been in the public eye since 1986, praised in several different fields, and for the most part lived a clean life in the public eye. Now hes putting his memoirs out and is allowing himself to be vulnerable by taking off the mask and really showing what he went through over the last 30+ years since he was 17and all people are doing is making jokes and memes about him. If a woman was opening up like this theyd say she was brave and rightfully so, but a strong man like Will Smith lets his guard down a little and hes turned into a joke.

I dunno, it just doesnt sit well with me.

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The only memes i see about him right now are the ones about Jada always talking shit about him

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Men arent allowed to have feelings didnt you get the memo?


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Will Smith got attacked? Is he going to have to move to Bel-Air now?

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far too many get their kicks from tearing others down, large and small

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I see more memes about Jada being for the streets lol

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This is the most recent one I saw..



I guess that particular person isnt really attacking him but some of the comments had jokes, or were like why is he telling people this?!?

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I dont see that as negative. Tupac was a smart larger than life guy who to this day inspires so many people

Hes a legend

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Its more like, he's being embarrassed daily by his wife in the public eye

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Twitter is toxic in of itself dude. I've seen way too many ignorance there to give a damn what people have to say anymore.

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This happened in the NBA too. When DeMar DeRozen opened up about his depression, sports fans made fun of him. When he was traded to the Spurs and Kawhi Leonard joined the raptors in his place and won the championship, everyone kept saying someone should check on DeRozen.

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SSJPurple posted...

Tupac was a smart larger than life guy who to this day inspires so many people

>convicted of sexual assault
>after being bailed out of prison and waiting for his next hearing, he assaulted a crip in vegas who killed him hours later

"smart"

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Scotty_Rogers posted...

>convicted of sexual assault
>after being bailed out of prison and waiting for his next hearing, he assaulted a crip in vegas who killed him hours later

"smart"

you can be smart and do dumb things


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TheVipaGTS posted...

and all people are doing is making jokes and memes about him.

That is how the internet works. Seen all the Travis Scott memes with his apology? Its what the internet does.

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Will Smith has been pretty pure up until now, there's a lot of people that wanted to see him fall because they're insecure. So when he shows he's not perfect or close to perfect, they finally get to bathe in it.

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Scotty_Rogers posted...

>convicted of sexual assault
>after being bailed out of prison and waiting for his next hearing, he assaulted a crip in vegas who killed him hours later

"smart"

Listen to his music, watch his interviews, read his poetry. Then we can talk about Tupac.

You found two instances of bad judgement and write off his entire being. He was very smart and ahead of his time.

We all f*** up sometimes. Hes a rose that grew from concrete and youre b******* about it not being perfect rather than acknowledging how impressive it is a rose grew from concrete at all.

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gatorsPENSbucs posted...

That is how the internet works. Seen all the Travis Scott memes with his apology? Its what the internet does.

That deserved to get reamed.

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Tupac sort of got caught in the life. Im not saying he was acting, because once he was in it he was really about it, but before death row and the east/west shit the man was a smart, cultured dude. Thats why he was able to speak to so many generations. People like his hit em up shit, but they respect him for his Brendas got a baby shit, which is a closer representation of who he was as a whole. To take a snapshot of like 3 years of his life and reduce him to that is ignorant.

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I mean i wouldn't call him dumb but smart? Assaulting a crip you don't even know in vegas is more than a little mistake

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Somehow a Will Smith sympathy thread turned into a Tupac praise thread. I guess Will was right to feel insecure around him.

Lmao, this is too funny.

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what are the IQs of all the people attacking him, just out of curiosity

would be an interesting study. Is there a single one thats triple digits?

SSJPurple posted...

Listen to his music, watch his interviews, read his poetry. Then we can talk about Tupac.

You found two instances of bad judgement and write off his entire being. He was very smart and ahead of his time.

We all f*** up sometimes. Hes a rose that grew from concrete and youre b******* about it not being perfect rather than acknowledging how impressive it is a rose grew from concrete at all.

You can be a smart, talented and creative person. But also a scumbag still. That, and oftentimes you can uplift the man from the ghetto, but not the ghetto from the man.

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Diddy killed Tupac

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gatorsPENSbucs posted...

That is how the internet works. Seen all the Travis Scott memes with his apology? Its what the internet does.

Travis Scotts apology video had to have been the most insincere apology video in the history of apology videos.

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Lorenzo_2003 posted...

Somehow a Will Smith sympathy thread turned into a Tupac praise thread. I guess Will was right to feel insecure around him.

Lmao, this is too funny.

You make a good point lol

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being kind doesn't get as much attention.

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Lorenzo_2003 posted...

Somehow a Will Smith sympathy thread turned into a Tupac praise thread. I guess Will was right to feel insecure around him.

Lmao, this is too funny.

haha

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Yeah but if we can't make fun of celebrities then who can we make fun of?

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Will bring jealous of Pac is like 20 year old news

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Bad_Mojo posted...

Will bring jealous of Pac is like 20 year old news

I mean, the triangle with him, Jada and Pac was known. Will and Pac only knowing each other through Jada was known. But this is the first time hes really come out and spoken on him and how that all made him feel. Until then people were just speculating and making jokes because Will was a clean rapper and pac was a thug.

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TheVipaGTS posted...

I mean, the triangle with him, Jada and Pac was known. Will and Pac only knowing each other through Jada was known. But this is the first time hes really come out and spoken on him and how that all made him feel. Until then people were just speculating and making jokes because Will was a clean rapper and pac was a thug.

Pac wasnt a thug, he was an actor

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