Oh, cancel, schmancel.
You may need a reminder about the legal meaning of "assault." Perhaps you do it differently in the United States, but up here the legislation reads that assault is "the least of touching without consent. The amount of force is not material."
It would be for a jury or other trier of fact to decide guilt or innocence, but clearly Will Smith could justifiably have been arrested and charged with assault.
As for the tediousness of extreme opinions, well, that usually depends on which opinion you favor, right? Everyone's in favor of opinions they support; you like opinions that occupy "middle ground" and that's your right. Other people are exercising their right.
That's your much vaunted "first amendment" isn't it? And yes, democracy and free speech make big messes that are often unruly, even distasteful. That's the price you pay for not getting locked up for expressing them.
Money + fame are apparently the long-sought-after solution to anti-Black racism. Just one sip from that unholy grail can turn an historically oppressed, ordinary Black man into an entitled, "money shelters me from the repercussions of my behavior" white dude faster than you can say "double standard."
If there's one thing as bad as locking up Black men by the millions for a phony "war on drugs", it's showing that justice for the rich and powerful is a different kind of justice—nicely playing into the trope that Black Americans will just have to pull up their socks and be star athletes, rappers or movie icons before we'll give them the same respect as some white guy flipping burgers.
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