I'll be honest, I don't have a problem with his actions. She raised his fist at him, he held her hand to prevent her punching, she punched him, he punched her back.
If she hadn't escalated it to violent measures, she'd still have all her teeth.
It's not that simple though. First, no one's saying she has a right to assault him. I repeat, no one's saying she has a right to assault him. However ...
1.
There's a reason there are weight divisions in boxing. She could've hit him with all her might and it likely wouldn't have registered much. On the other hand, he could've literally killed her with his bare hands.
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Walk away. I'm moderately certain she didn't cold-cock him as he walked up. IOW, something precipitated the situation. As a man you have to be able to recognize situations you just have to walk away from. No, it's not fair but it is what it is.
As an FSU athlete, the 'self-defense' excuse might fly for that corrupt police force/judicial system. However, as a man, that's weak. It's not like she had a weapon or something. Be a man and control the situation. Sometimes 'control' means not getting yourself into the situation. I say this as a man who's had many intense arguments with former girlfriends and even with my wife. Control your emotions and don't let their emotions control the situation you find yourself in. That may sound sexist but that's friggin' real life.
Lastly, as a brother of 3 sisters, I wish a muthaf*cker would pull that sh*t and try to claim, "well, she hit me first". I don't care if she hit you first, last and 10 times in-between. You don't put your hands on a woman.
). If a dude hits my sister, I'm swinging on him, but not because she's a woman, because she's my sister.
