No one is commending the guy, or calling him a prince. I can't speak for SK but my opinion is I disagree with someone getting on their high horse, trying to billy jack themselves into a situation and only holding men accountable for their actions. Then go on and try to minimize her strike because her hand was open? If he backhanded her, would that be any less of a DB move? No. He did not beat the crap out her, he made the same drunken effort she did. His size and background are also the reasons why she should think twice about hitting him. What if he did go off on her and seriously hurt, killed her. Would you still feel better he knowing he "shouldn't" have done that? No. It would still be a tragedy. But at the end of the day she is the one who took the liberty to strike someone. It's like these dumb kids I see crossing the street. They walk right into the intersection, don't even bother to look to make sure traffic stops. They are perfectly content with knowing traffic is "supposed" to stop. Guess what? Stuff happens. I'm surely not condoning running anyone over, or beating women. But take some accountability.
The real crappy part of this situation is that drunken fist fights look to be acceptable here. Not because it's a man hitting a woman, but because they BOTH can't be civil. How trashy.