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nytemare

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55. I love the mix of people who took him down, too.

Fri Oct 24, 2014, 08:48 PM

Oct 2014

Pink shirt guy from wheelchair, two black police officers, guy with cowboy hat, and like two other guys too? What better representation of America can you have than that group. That was fantastic.

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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