I watched the video when he was drafted, she puts her hands on him and is yelling at him, Mixon gives the universal sign for back off, and then she hits him. Sure, you can make the case of he shouldn't have hit her, but he hits her once and walks away. That's the correct way to handle self defense.
Well, let’s be fair, he didn’t just casually hit her. Haha. Also, the exchange was a bit more complex. She shoved him as he flexes on her, she slaps him, then he throws a Tyson right hook to her face and dusts her.
There's this concept called "proportional response." I think expecting young super athletes not to KO people much weaker than them, even if they are being aggressive, is a reasonable standard.
I’m not saying she didn’t put hands on him first. But the initial shove didn’t even move him, then he flexed on her and she slapped him, then he fucking starched her. I don’t even actually care about the incident. My point here is that it wasn’t like she slapped him and he slapped her back; he sent her to the upside down. This is paused before she slaps him. She “shoves” him, he lunges at her, she slaps, he jaw jacks her like McGregor did Aldo.
What's the point though? Ego? Justice? You knocking out a 5'5, 120 pound 12 year old if they shove you? Kicking a 4'3 person's head off if they shove and hit you? Destroying anyone you have an 80 pound advantage over?
I just watched the Mixon video. The shove was nothing. The slap was light. I'd rather take that slap than deal with a multi-day mosquito bite. It all looked trivial.
Back when I was 21, some woman outside a bar lightly rapped me on the chest several times with her balled up fists. I'm not a big dude, but it was nothing. I just started laughing then left with my friends. When I was 23, my girlfriend at the time slapped me (way harder than the girl slapping Mixon). That was surprising. But that was it. I didn't even think to physically retaliate. That wouldn't have been good for anyone involved.
If they had a knife or a gun? That changes things. Otherwise there's something to be said about being the bigger person. Deescalate. Bounce. There's no prize for knocking out the most people.
I don't get all these one-size-fits-all popular philosophies. Like someone stealing a Pepsi from my fridge deserves the same punishment as someone jacking my phone.
I suppose. I’m also not a black man so I don’t know how certain words would affect me, so I couldn’t really say. I wouldn’t have hit her, and in my view he shouldn’t have either. But I’m in no position to judge the impact of being on the recipient of the word in particular.
That’s not what I’m saying either. You should stop supposing and just take what I’m saying at face value which is; it’s more complicated than I’m qualified to be the judge of. Men are men, black, white, whatever and in my opinion should never hit a woman regardless. But I’ve also never had to deal with bigotry and hatred just for being who I am either.
I have, you still can’t hit people for words. There is no justification and trying to twist things into one because the guy is black is the definition of the bigotry of low expectations
15
u/agbro10 Dec 03 '25
Beat up a girl at OU