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hifiguy

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4. DEVO was right.

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Fri Oct 24, 2014, 05:13 PM

Oct 2014

De-evolution is a thing.

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WATCH: Bystanders at Dallas Airport stop antigay attack by piling on drunk bully [View all] geardaddy Oct 2014 OP

Here is the video itself. TexasTowelie Oct 2014 #1

nice job, but i would've been wailing on that fucker's kidneys during that scrum.. frylock Oct 2014 #17

My thoughts precisely. zappaman Oct 2014 #20

+2 nomorenomore08 Oct 2014 #25

+3 Aerows Oct 2014 #56

Really, lynch mod beating? Classy! Nt Logical Oct 2014 #80

"Lynch mob"? Really? JHB Oct 2014 #113

Funny how when cops rough up people we hate it, but OK when we don't like someone. nt Logical Oct 2014 #115

This message was self-deleted by its author Zorra Oct 2014 #119

Well, this was NOT a lynch mob, but your point is correct. Just like hateful speech. 7962 Oct 2014 #122

Racist, hateful, homophobic RWers heaven05 Oct 2014 #125

Names are fine. If you want to injure him you are worse than him. nt Logical Oct 2014 #130

yeah, yeah, yeah heaven05 Oct 2014 #134

The difference here is that no one attacked the A-hole until he started assaulting the rhett o rick Oct 2014 #150

This message was self-deleted by its author Logical Oct 2014 #154

I only seem to have trouble following your posts. rhett o rick Oct 2014 #155

This message was self-deleted by its author Logical Oct 2014 #156

When you start off with, "So you think...." I can guarantee things aren't going to go well. rhett o rick Oct 2014 #157

Somehow many posters missed the post I was responding to. I apologize for the attitude! Sorry. nt Logical Oct 2014 #158

Ah jeeze rhett o rick Oct 2014 #159

We are good!!! nt Logical Oct 2014 #160

And even then he wasnt really "attacked", just stopped from continuing an assault. 7962 Oct 2014 #161

I did not see what you saw. I saw a young "bull" (for lack of a better term) ScreamingMeemie Oct 2014 #127

You missed the point I responded to...... Logical Oct 2014 #132

That's just sad... Oktober Oct 2014 #144

This message was self-deleted by its author Logical Oct 2014 #153

Would've been unfair to the wheelchair guy. joshcryer Oct 2014 #81

ugh. he was taken down. and that's ALL that was needed. beating people up and wailing cali Oct 2014 #91

+1000 It amazes me a progressive board wants to beat up someone they don't like. Sick! nt Logical Oct 2014 #120

Is it wrong of me to wish everyone had pointed and laughed at him when the cuffs went on? arcane1 Oct 2014 #26

No. TexasTowelie Oct 2014 #31

No. Hearing someone in the crowd say "I'm with you on this one, nice job, guys" to the cops Warpy Oct 2014 #90

"Beautiful smile. But you're a bad boy" Number23 Oct 2014 #34

She was mocking him, she knew he couldn't do it. He made a damned fool of himself. Especially with freshwest Oct 2014 #48

I don't think she was mocking him at all Number23 Oct 2014 #54

Oh, I definitely thought about that too. But I didn't see him kick the first guy, just the second. freshwest Oct 2014 #60

Those were cops. cwydro Oct 2014 #62

Sorry, I was thinking cops at first but wrote security as I couldn't see insignia. Small screen. freshwest Oct 2014 #63

I was just impressed how fast they got there. cwydro Oct 2014 #72

DFW, right? I've been there. It's huge. freshwest Oct 2014 #76

He looks like the Jim Carrey character in "Dumb & Dumber." calimary Oct 2014 #140

No, I stopped buying that excuse a long time ago, too. freshwest Oct 2014 #141

Totally. Just imagine what would have happened if HE had had a gun? calimary Oct 2014 #145

Not everything is about your pet cause... Oktober Oct 2014 #149

This is how police work a gazillion times more often than any brutality TorchTheWitch Oct 2014 #78

i'm pretty sure i heard him say barbtries Oct 2014 #102

yep, essentially that's what he said TorchTheWitch Oct 2014 #114

well, I don't agree heaven05 Oct 2014 #126

I heard what he said to the officers. I also heard what the crowd waiting in line said to him Number23 Oct 2014 #148

Very, very glad those people jumped in to help him Marrah_G Oct 2014 #42

That was intense davidpdx Oct 2014 #86

I glad we finally are at a point where we as citizens madokie Oct 2014 #109

true example heaven05 Oct 2014 #124

No Fly list. Ban him. n/t MerryBlooms Oct 2014 #133

How dumb are human animals? Charging at someone else over the color pink. Rex Oct 2014 #2

Many roam the earth like defective robots with faulty programming. I think it's a fair number. RKP5637 Oct 2014 #3

I think you are correct. Voice for Peace Oct 2014 #28

At this stage of the game I'm beginning to think similarly. n/t RKP5637 Oct 2014 #39

Yep shenmue Oct 2014 #44

I think they just hung up in limbo on the evolution chart TorchTheWitch Oct 2014 #83

DEVO was right. hifiguy Oct 2014 #4

I believe we see it going on right in front of us, like in the case of the OP. Rex Oct 2014 #5

DEVO is always right. byronius Oct 2014 #38

I did not know that.... daleanime Oct 2014 #51

An acquaintance asked me how I could dress my infant son in a pink pj footie, wasn't I afraid he'd uppityperson Oct 2014 #23

Did you know that it used to be exactly the opposite? Marrah_G Oct 2014 #64

I didn't know that, that is funny. My theory for the reason most little kids like pink is it is the uppityperson Oct 2014 #66

Found a good article. Marrah_G Oct 2014 #69

Very interesting, thank you. uppityperson Oct 2014 #71

Who knows, maybe that person cntrygrl Oct 2014 #117

I'm a straight male artist painter and I love pink LiberalLovinLug Oct 2014 #142

Something was clearly wrong with that idiot. cwydro Oct 2014 #73

Maybe was drunk and let his inner asshole out. Rex Oct 2014 #77

well, his beer gut and plumber's crack were sure out TorchTheWitch Oct 2014 #87

Looked to me like he was already in the sterile area. 47of74 Oct 2014 #137

Well, he suspected the guy might be gay so his attack was justified. Enthusiast Oct 2014 #98

Ouch my balls! Rex Oct 2014 #131

Looks like Lloyd from "Dumb and Dumber". Did he say "because America"?! That's congressional Guy Whitey Corngood Oct 2014 #6

Exactly! That's was his most comical line. valerief Oct 2014 #14

you're right! Tea Party special Voice for Peace Oct 2014 #29

ala Louie Gomert ReRe Oct 2014 #97

... Enthusiast Oct 2014 #100

My heroes have never been cowboys TlalocW Oct 2014 #7

i was watching a video of a couple pretending to be lesbian. in restaurants in texas and NY. seabeyond Oct 2014 #15

WWYD Video IronLionZion Oct 2014 #22

thank you. yes. this video. nt seabeyond Oct 2014 #24

Thanks for posting this. cwydro Oct 2014 #75

wow TorchTheWitch Oct 2014 #89

ya. he was a coward that, wasnt he. i have found those types. they think/assume seabeyond Oct 2014 #121

That was nice to see. Thanks for sharing it. Live and Learn Oct 2014 #101

There are good people everywhere IronLionZion Oct 2014 #116

This illustrates how far left the nation has moved on social issues. Enthusiast Oct 2014 #105

Being a Southerner, this doesn't surprise. Eleanors38 Oct 2014 #68

great to see the bystanders jump in justabob Oct 2014 #8

There are rules about serving booze in the air but not on the ground. TeamPooka Oct 2014 #11

I'm confused about the guy in the wheelchair, how did he end up on the ground? Voice for Peace Oct 2014 #30

He ran over and jumped on the guy too I think Quayblue Oct 2014 #41

And he was wearing latex gloves, too, wasn't he? There was a lot going on in that video... freshwest Oct 2014 #50

No, just a bystander that got hurt. Ash_F Oct 2014 #59

According to the comments he broke his ankle during the scrum. Enthusiast Oct 2014 #106

I caught that as well davidpdx Oct 2014 #110

Geez. All that travel would make it far worse. Even the thought of breaking an ankle, ouch. Enthusiast Oct 2014 #111

He snapped his ankle as they went down. Ash_F Oct 2014 #58

ok, so he wasn't in the wheelchair until after they tackled the guy? Voice for Peace Oct 2014 #82

not just rules but laws for any bar that serves alcohol TorchTheWitch Oct 2014 #93

"I did it because...America!" Comrade Grumpy Oct 2014 #9

That was awesome. Great camera work too. nt TeamPooka Oct 2014 #10

yes. it's refreshing to see somebody that knows how to position a phone in landscape format. frylock Oct 2014 #18

How it's done in Texas: With a cowboy hat. Eleanors38 Oct 2014 #12

I love the mix of people who took him down, too. nytemare Oct 2014 #55

a tip of the hat to the 5 guys demigoddess Oct 2014 #13

Mom: "Oh, don't get me on there". lol. Now millions of people know who you are. Hi mom. n/t jtuck004 Oct 2014 #16

dude in the black hat kinda reminded me of a David Cross bit regarding the 'redneck voice' frylock Oct 2014 #19

Dude sounded like GWB! ReRe Oct 2014 #99

Tasers El Shaman Oct 2014 #21

Nah, the guy was white. They handled him with 'kid gloves' allowing his stupid rant to continue FailureToCommunicate Oct 2014 #52

Good job by those that intervened Crazypolitics25 Oct 2014 #27

I saw at least 2 TSA employees walk away justiceischeap Oct 2014 #32

this just shows that there is no need drray23 Oct 2014 #33

Now that's what I'm talkin' about. Hassin Bin Sober Oct 2014 #35

Just your typical red-neck goat roper from Texas Hulk Oct 2014 #36

Some of those redneck goat ropers are the dope smokinest assholes I've ever seen. Enthusiast Oct 2014 #107

What the bloody hell? SoapBox Oct 2014 #37

How polite. They asked him if he wanted to go to jail. Baitball Blogger Oct 2014 #40

That guy is like out of central casting for an ignorant, angry, dumbass redneck male Arugula Latte Oct 2014 #43

Cliven Bundy will probably offer him a job. Enthusiast Oct 2014 #108

He can be a cattle taunter Arugula Latte Oct 2014 #135

Fuck the security assholes (maybe TSA?) who just stood there waiting for the assault to happen EvolveOrConvolve Oct 2014 #45

If you're talking about TSA... cwydro Oct 2014 #70

They were obviously waiting for backup. joshcryer Oct 2014 #84

Let's hope they don't have FOX "News" in jail. Spitfire of ATJ Oct 2014 #46

if he wasn't at the airport he would probably be armed Skittles Oct 2014 #47

and so blotto that he likely would have shot off his tiny little TorchTheWitch Oct 2014 #94

careful Skittles Oct 2014 #151

That was great! Docross Oct 2014 #49

Years ago, there was a horrible drunk guy on a flight I was on shenmue Oct 2014 #53

Aww..I you can hear the ankle snap one of them. Ash_F Oct 2014 #57

What a POS! janlyn Oct 2014 #61

That's some awesome Actual Americans. byronius Oct 2014 #65

Don't mess with Texas! nt cwydro Oct 2014 #67

Indeed. nt Eleanors38 Oct 2014 #74

K&R Solly Mack Oct 2014 #79

Niel needs to run for office. joshcryer Oct 2014 #85

A Republican no doubt. Tea bagger. They dragged him off w/ his butt-crack showing. Triana Oct 2014 #88

did you notice the petite blonde woman that watched him go TorchTheWitch Oct 2014 #95

Ah, you noticed that, too! LOL. The guy's in for a world of hurt from his assholery. freshwest Oct 2014 #143

the guy sounds psychotic redruddyred Oct 2014 #92

Assholes. What can we do? It's right wing assholes from sea to shining sea. Enthusiast Oct 2014 #96

Thanks, geardaddy ReRe Oct 2014 #103

Oh the times they are a changin' n/t leeroysphitz Oct 2014 #104

Lets see here SmittynMo Oct 2014 #112

Considering that most of the people who laid into this boob were also Texans, RVN VET Oct 2014 #123

Just wondering if anyone knows cntrygrl Oct 2014 #118

Alcohol is a hell of a drug . . . Strelnikov_ Oct 2014 #128

Ignorance on display. redstatebluegirl Oct 2014 #129

Terrorist on the floor! Helen Borg Oct 2014 #136

American Taliban, Southern Tribe whereisjustice Oct 2014 #138

This was all staged. Yet another fake video brought to you by YouTube... Glassunion Oct 2014 #139

Why didn't the police just let the crowd beat the shit out of him? bluestateguy Oct 2014 #146

Excellent. n/t DirkGently Oct 2014 #147

kudos to the decent people who tackled this idiot noiretextatique Oct 2014 #152

Update on the guy that was arrested: TexasTowelie Oct 2014 #162