Watch this racist guy get the white slapped off of him when he uses a slur in an Applebees.

[Maraya1969]

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[Baitball Blogger]

1. I haven't finished my first cuppa coffee, so I have no filters.

I laughed out loud in shock and in satisfaction. That was some more than 200 years of rage unleashed on one idiot white guy.

[SYFROYH]

2. Interested to see what the legal response is.

Nevertheless, somethings are worth going to jail over.

[Baitball Blogger]

3. By the end I figured the guy is going to get fired,

but he will get support from the outside.

That old white guy was way too smug, throughout. He intentionally provoked him.

[NutmegYankee]

4. Under the Chaplinsky v. New Hampshire fighting words doctrine

Likely both of them will face some charges.

[SYFROYH]

114. Chaplinsky didnt address the n-word but a recent Ohio case did.

https://mtsu.edu/first-amendment/post/1266/ohio-appeals-court-finds-n-word-equals-fighting-words

[NutmegYankee]

115. It established the concept of fighting words.

That a court ruled the N-word was one doesn't surprise. If that wasn't, then could any word ever truly be a fighting word?

[Greybnk48]

101. I hope white guy is hit with a hate crime for attacking the black guy with racial slurs.

It's crystal clear who started this and what he said.

[twodogsbarking]

5. He takes a good punch.

[LuvLoogie]

8. It was open hand.

Fists would have floored him.

[twodogsbarking]

9. Maybe next time.

[Beetwasher.]

45. Yes, Frankly The Black Guy Was Restraining Himself

The racist was lucky for his restraint.

[WHITT]

6. Damn

Slapped to the FLOOR.

Spectacular.

[live love laugh]

106. It's the hasty exit for me 😂😂😂😂

[alphafemale]

7. Racist just kept it up

Hard headed in more ways than one.

[YoshidaYui]

19. I could watch that a dozen times-Just wish

Somebody would do that to Trump

[Beachnutt]

10. He got what he deserved,

faux news watchin magaloon trumpin disrespectful low life.

[2naSalit]

30. +1

[ForgedCrank]

104. Yes he did.

I can't condone that sort of reaction because it only makes things worse, but I'm sure it was a satisfying release.
Someone else said it up-thread: some things are worth going to jail for.

[Lahru]

11. Hat flip

His hat flip at the end is classic.

[Judi Lynn]

35. Very cool! Had never anyone do that, before this video! ⭐️

[Demovictory9]

12. fun went out of that party

[John Ludi]

13. Thanks!

That totally made my morning!

[IronLionZion]

14. It's satisfying to watch but there will be legal consequences

you can't violently assault someone because of racist slurs unfortunately, or I would be punching people all over the place.

[Skittles]

97. will that racist asshole want his name all over the internet

fuck him

[multigraincracker]

15. I give the Gentleman a lot of credit for

striking him with an open hand. The only better option, might have been to grab a ping pong paddle, put him over his knee and paddled him until he cried like a baby. But he did use appropriate restraint.

[benfranklin1776]

38. Apropos.

But since the racist spewing filth from his rancid piehole is one of them “heritage”championing neoConfederate traitors perhaps a bullwhip would be better to allow him to personally experience some of the vile traditions of that “heritage.”

[multigraincracker]

42. As I like to say...

If you don't like Black folks, it's too bad your folks were too damn lazy to pick their own damn cotton.

[70sEraVet]

51. I've learned that slaves weren't just used for the unskilled manual labor jobs like picking cotton

In my part of Tennessee, the majority of slaves were used in iron production. Much of this was highly skilled labor, and of course like all jobs filled by slave labor, greatly increased the profits of employers.
Kind of funny, when you think of the masses of poor, Southern whites, fighting to preserve a system that had kept them poor Southern whites.
Like many recent wars, the poor, fighting the rich man's war.

[JustAnotherGen]

58. Thanks - My great great

Grandfather who ran from Alabama to Mexico - was a blacksmith.

He had also been taught to read so . . . his running was his enslaver's own fault.

[70sEraVet]

63. Hat-tip to your great, great Grandfather! He was not only skilled and educated,

he was brave and resourcefull!

[multigraincracker]

65. Sounds like he was much smarter than his owner.

I love stories like this.

[JustAnotherGen]

68. Thank you

My generation in the family holds intergenerational wealth today - because that man lost toes and scars on his back . . . wasn't his first runner.

[electric_blue68]

90. Wow, what family history!

[JustAnotherGen]

62. A better comparison

The Precious Southern Belles were too lazy to breast feed their own children.

[electric_blue68]

88. As a white woman the first time I ever saw a ?etching of that (decades ago) I was like WTH is That!?

[Beetwasher.]

47. Yup, Said the Same Thing, He Showed Restraint

The racist is lucky.

[rambler_american]

16. Fucked around

and found out.

[Tarc]

17. Looks like an old man chose to fuck around and find out today

And the slaps. Not punches, slaps. Absolutely emasculating, I love it.

[BlueJac]

18. Loved watching every second of that!

[oswaldactedalone]

20. Racist POS

got bitch-slapped quite nicely. Well-deserved.

[Ohioboy]

21. Someone is lucky fists weren't used, and it was only slaps

I hope a lesson was learned.

[vercetti2021]

22. Beautiful

Love it. Now lets apply this to all these nazis from this point.

[I_UndergroundPanther]

107. I have a fancy old fashioned

Plate on the wall put in veiw of my door that says
We punch nazis in this house..

[spanone]

23. the donald j trump syndrome.

hatred is now a republican policy

[gab13by13]

24. That video won't work with Applebee's new commercials.

[Emile]

28. Good point. The guy thought he knew his name but,

was wrong!

[gab13by13]

40. OMG, I'm still laughing.

[Emile]

25. Got his ass kicked good.

[raccoon]

26. Anyone know what city this was? Nt

[Whiskeytide]

27. Finally. Some legitimate political discourse. n/t

[uponit7771]

29. lol

[2naSalit]

31. lol.

[Beetwasher.]

50. Well Played!

[electric_blue68]

91. Omg 😂

[Solomon]

32. !

[Traildogbob]

34. I anxiously await

The day we see this happen to Tuckums. I loved this. More please. Time to shut the fuck up, or get the fuck shut up.

[LiberatedUSA]

33. These stories make one feel good.

But assault over words is still illegal. The next racist will be armed. Because while it is illegal to assault over words, it is legal to defend one’s life from a beating.

I wonder what they would have done, if the man got angry after the beating, and started storming out to his car; where guns are sometimes kept.

I’m guessing he will go to the cops with evidence of the attack and press charges.

I remember when people were cheering on violent attacks on Trumpers for wearing a red hat. I was waiting for a hook, line and sinker situation where a Trumper gets a concealed gun, puts on a MAGA hat, goes to a liberal area and waits for the attack. Bait if you will.

[Scalded Nun]

36. Slappin' good in the neighborhood

[dixiechiken1]

48. *snort* 😏

[MLAA]

53. Good one

[William769]

37. This is not who we are, is it?

Don't bother answering, many posts in this thread have answered that question.

Violence is never the answer. I'll say that once again, violence is never the answer.

[DonCoquixote]

41. I can see why you are upset

On the other hand, it has become plain to see that not only do racists get to use violence, but they get cheered for it right from the highest levels of the land. I am not saying the n word deserves a slap, but we also need to address the fact that, be it with school shooting's, vandalism, assaults', that one side knows they can get away with it, and be praised by the joe Rogans, Tucker Carlsons, and the billionaires that fuel them.

[William769]

43. And that's why I thought we were better than them.

Sticks and stones may break your bones but words will never hurt you.

Growing up Gay, I know now all to well that saying.

You can never justify violence, so don't even try.

I know all the people you listed in your post. I'll only list one.

Dr. Martin Luther King

Now you have a good day sir.

[DonCoquixote]

87. the problem is

when words do encourage the sticks and stones, and the bullets.

[questionseverything]

105. That has nothing to do with someone slapping a guy at least 20 years older,

A foot shorter and what fifty pounds lighter at least 15 times until he falls on the floor

[Goodheart]

44. I agree with you.

I believe that "freedom of speech" should allow use of the n-word without legal jeopardy and physical harm, no matter how repulsive it is.

Having said that, I confess to thoroughly enjoying the video in a very unprincipled manner.

[JustAnotherGen]

66. I'm just going to say this

When I was a little kid in western ny in the late 70's early 80's - small town . . .

Now this was back in the day right?


Someone called my mother a N*gger Lover one time too many and I walloped that kid. And then when his dad brought it up during a little league game -

My dad piled on his dad and pretty much said: If your kid wasn't stupid (r word to be exact) and hadn't been held back two times - he wouldn't have been in my daughter's vicinity to get punched in his mouth. He's a full head taller than her - you aren't raising that boy right.

********************

I think because there is such a 'preciousness' around white children and they are learning this blatant disrespect from their parents - and the schools PROTECT their speech which demeans, diminishes, and attacks the soul of black children -


Not having a playground tiff after school is going to make American a bad place in 20 years.

Again - if you didn't experience that upbringing you won't possibly understand it - but sometimes bullies who disrespect your mom need to get put back on their behind. Especially when older, and bigger - and dummy dumber.

[Blue_Adept]

49. Agreed

I'm almost more disturbed by the reactions here than the video.

[JenniferJuniper]

55. Me too. This is awful.

[sarisataka]

52. Unfortunately it is who we are

We always condemn violence until we don't.

[Celerity]

56. sometimes it is the only answer

[brooklynite]

78. Completely unrelated...

WW2 happened because Nazi Germany started with violence.

[Celerity]

81. it is absolutely germane to the universalised claim the other poster made

Violence is never the answer. I'll say that once again, violence is never the answer.

[MineralMan]

59. I agree with you on that. Better if he had gotten up

in that guy's face and demanded that he repeat what he said several times than to strike him.

However, I understand why the man slapped him. Interestingly, it is rare for men to slap people. Doing so is an insulting statement that says, "You are not worth being punched. So I'll just slap your stupid racist face instead."

[JustAnotherGen]

61. Agree

But it may not be who 'you are' - but

You have to at least acknowledge that this is where many black people are.

I'm there. I've had it. And it may be because I live in the Montana of New Jersey and I'm surrounded by these shit ass racists.

It's enough. I've had enough. And I think that America better prepare itself for more of this. Malcolm was right, the original Black Panthers and Deacons were right and JUSTIFIED . . .

And I've had it. A lot of "US" have. Peele warned America with that.

[electric_blue68]

94. I'm not a complete pacifist, tho I prefer non violent solutions AND I can understand...

to a pretty good degree your feelings.
(only because)
First my mom started pointing out racist stuff to me fairly early on, she hated cruelty.
From her I've then spent decades listening to Black people on radio, tv, in writings, and discussions with my Black friends of past and current injustices. Both of Southern, and Northern harm, and worse.

Having TFG kick over every stinking log, and rock with his dog whistles, and fog horns giving racists "official" permission to wreck even more havoc, and worse on Black and other POC - which now uncorked just keeps on going is a somber, horrific, and infuriating situation.


One question "the Montana of NJ" uh, Southern NJ or where? I've lived across from NJ.

[vercetti2021]

64. You're right

Violence is never the answer....but it is an option

[JI7]

71. He was slapping him around in a way which didn't harm him that much

that's why the racist kept getting up and kept spewing racism at him.

Not saying it's ok but also not going to say it was not ok .

[brooklynite]

79. Didn't harm him that much" isn't a legal defense.

It might mitigate to a lower charge, but its still a violation.

[JI7]

89. So what ?

[brooklynite]

93. So he deserves to face whatever the legal consequences are...

Hate speech, as ugly as it is, is protected under the First Amendment.

[Just_Vote_Dem]

74. True

Thank you William.

[Wavelight]

80. Eh, disagree

Nt

[Chainfire]

39. We have a saying down here,

The man let his Mockingbird mouth, overload his sparrow ass.

[Patterson]

82. Your mouth wrote a check your body couldn't cash. - Fred Sanford

[Beachnutt]

124. or

Your alligator mouth overloaded your jaybird ass..

[thesquanderer]

46. Star Trek version...

(though the part that came next wasn't so different)

[dixiechiken1]

54. Good. Going high when they go low does nothing but embolden these assholes.

Bet at least one old man will think twice before spewing that bullshit again. Fuck him.

[JustAnotherGen]

57. I don't agree with violence

But what can they expect us to do?

There's only so much of these blatantly racist words and actions we can take.

They started in 2007 with Obama's rise in America, they got their racist shit ass President Trump, they unleashed - and after 15 years of them acting like it's 1919 and they can just run around lynching us . . .

We are done.

I know it's probably going to upset some non black and/or non minority DU'ers - but it's the truth. I'm done.

I'm done with these racist shit asses - a lot of us are.

[electric_blue68]

95. Oh, yeah I remember when the Secret Service said they got the most death threats against...

President Obama.😔

I'm a spiritual person so I included them in my prayers for their safety.

[hippywife]

112. And I don't blame you in the least.

No one gets away with that shit even once in my presence. I don't get physical, but I get fucking mouthy and in their faces. 🤬🤬🤬

[The Jungle 1]

60. I thought he was punching him at first.

That racist slime is very lucky the hero controlled himself and only smacked him. Although I think the first shot was a punch.
The hero was very much in control of himself. It is clear from the coordinated and prolonged attack that the racist could have hurt badly.
That is one calm controlled man. Watch him flip his hat after he pushes the racist to the ground. He has adrenaline squirting yet he is still able to flip his hat. I would love to hear his life story. Beer is on me sir let's talk.

I just wish the hero would have gotten in the racist face and let him push him first. Although in an ironic twist I doubt a jury would convict the hero. I also doubt pasty face will press charges. That dumb ass is still trying to convince people there is nothing wrong with what he said. He is stupid!

[dalton99a]

67. Stupid POS asked for it

[maxrandb]

69. Violence is NEVER the answer, until voting isn't

Aren't we there in America?

If you take away non-violent means for change, what are you left with?

[CaliforniaPeggy]

85. Your post reminded me of this quote from John F. Kennedy:

Those who make peaceful revolution impossible will make violent revolution inevitable.

[Hortensis]

70. "Get the white slapped off him"?! I'm white. Is that bad?

I wouldn't advise anyone to wait hopefully for someone to try to slap the white off me, Maraya.

[BlackSkimmer]

72. Certainly an odd choice of words.

[Hortensis]

73. Well, we know it's been in long use, now with minor variation.

[kcr]

75. "Welcome to Slapplebees"

[JI7]

122. +

[tblue37]

76. FAFO!

[Iggo]

77. Damn!!! x18.

[Sympthsical]

83. Cheering for violence

Also, "slap the white off"? You know there was a problem in the Bay Area last year with the "Slap an Asian" challenge. Maybe rethink that racist nomenclature.

So, protest is bad, speech iffy, and violence good if it's someone disliked.

Trying to figure out where there's room for a liberal in all this. This is not what I signed up for.

[BlackSkimmer]

92. Spot on.

Imagine saying “slap the {insert race} off about any other race than white.

[Jedi Guy]

98. Par for the course, unfortunately.

As long as the person on the receiving end of the violence is someone we don't like, it's good violence, apparently. After January 6th, whenever a thread popped up regarding another planned protest by the right, there were posts calling for violence against them. For all the times people here shit on the police as violent thugs, they cheer the idea of the police being violent towards people on the right. The violence was never the real issue, it was the target of the violence that was objectionable.

Disappointing as all hell, but not surprising. What's even worse is watching the same people cheering on the violence then lay claim to the moral high ground. That high ground was ceded quite a while ago as far as I'm concerned.

[Sympthsical]

100. Remember "Bin Laden Won"

Because America ceded so many civil liberties and good decision making in response to 9/11?

The more I watch, the more that comes to mind. "Trump won." The man could die in prison, but he took a lot of people I've always thought of as on my side down with him. With polarization comes an increasing lust for authoritarianism as long as it is properly directed.

I noticed a bit ago Canada's version of the ACLU (the CCLA) is going to absolute town on Trudeau's use of emergency powers to smother protest.

Weird there are absolute crickets about that.

[Jedi Guy]

102. I said something very similar not that long ago right here on DU.

Hate is a choice. By hating Trump and his followers, one becomes a little more like them. It's possible to vehemently oppose Trump and all he stands for without giving in to hatred. You're absolutely right in that he dragged a ton of people down to his level. If he vanished from the scene tomorrow, the damage is still done because people allowed him to make them like him.

You're right about the drive for authoritarianism, too, though of course some will insist that there can be no such thing on the left, and the very idea is just silly. Then in the next breath they'll advocate for laws against hate speech.

As for the protests in Canada, goes back to the earlier point. The oppression is okay as long as its target is someone we don't like.

[FreepFryer]

126. If it feels foreign, it just might be. (Nt)

[LuckyCharms]

84. The old white guy will probably press charges, but...

I think there is a good chance that the man who physically expressed his displeasure will fare pretty well in court.

1) A case could probably be made that the term that was used would be considered "fighting words".

2) The gentleman doing the hitting obviously showed restraint, held back some of his justified anger, and used an open hand.

Older people tend to gain wisdom as they age, but apparently this guy didn't. How can someone be so goddamn stupid that they hurl an incredibly offensive and rage inducing word to someone, and not expect repercussions?

I do not condone this type of violence, but I certainly can understand it. When I was younger, I beat the shit out of someone after he got in my face for about a minute while screaming "WOP, WOP, WOP, DAGO, DAGO, DAGO" directly into my ear.

For anyone who can't understand why physical pushback against this type of stuff happens, all I can say is...see if you can control your hands when someone assaults and insults your very being so brutally. I don't think anyone should be expected to maintain total control in a situation like that. Everyone has a line that cannot be crossed.

[dixiechiken1]

86. "Everyone has a line that cannot be crossed."

☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️ THIS ☝️☝️☝️☝️☝️

[Akoto]

96. I'm half Japanese, I look like it, I've had words thrown at me. I get it.

I both can understand but can't condone responding to them with violence. It only serves to make the aggressor appear justified in the eyes of people who think as he does.

That being said...

1. The restraint on the part of the insulted man is obvious and recorded. Yes, he struck the racist repeatedly, but he did so with an open hand. He also stopped himself once the man had lost his footing, resuming only when said racist got back up and then invited further conflict by repeating his racist remarks. He was egging it on.

2. I think the whole 'egging it on' thing is going to play in the verbally assaulted man's favor in any court case.

3. As has been pointed out above, I further believe this has a strong "fighting words" basis in any case. Repeated use of, what's more.

I've been angry when this kind of thing has happened to me. Infuriated, even. Yes, there are racists against every ethnicity, even a young half Japanese dude. Again, though, I can't condone violence because it strengthens the racist's "movement" (for lack of better term) even if clear restraint was shown. Had the insulted party here been using closed fists rather than open hands, that guy would've been headed for an ambulance before the video was finished. I've felt like doing this, but aside from being crippled by disability, hitting someone with my cane is only going to get me in court and empower the racist's agenda.

[Jedi Guy]

99. Doubtful that a racial slur would be considered "fighting words."

Mere offensiveness doesn't constitute fighting words. Examples of protected speech in past cases have included things like "bury the n*****s" so it's doubtful that the simple utterance of the slur itself would be considered fighting words.

Odds are you're right that the attacker in this case probably isn't going to get the book thrown at him, as any jury is likely going to be fairly sympathetic to him. Doesn't change the fact that responding to speech with violence is not appropriate. The First Amendment is a cornerstone of our society and has long been held to protect even vile, hateful speech.

[JI7]

109. It's not freedom of speech to get in other people's faces like that and spew shit

Then it can be abusive and threatening.

[Jedi Guy]

119. It actually is freedom of speech. You're basically talking about "verbal assault."

And insofar as the law is concerned, there's no such thing as "verbal assault." I can get in your face and call you whatever names I like, and that's not illegal in and of itself. It would become illegal if threats are uttered, but simple invective or name-calling isn't illegal.

[JI7]

121. Getting in people's face like that can be taken as a threat and people can defend themselves

there are things like harassment . There doesn't need to be a specific law that mentions "verbal assault" .

[Jedi Guy]

128. It can be taken that way, sure. That doesn't mean responding with force will be legal.

If I'm standing in front of you, yelling at you and calling you every vile name in the book but making no move to touch you, that's free speech. That isn't a threat. If I say, "I'm going to kick your ass right here and now," I've crossed the line because any reasonable person will recognize that as a threat.

The key bit is "reasonable person." You'd need to reasonably fear for your safety to be able to respond with force. Simply being called names, no matter how vile, doesn't cross that line.

[JI7]

129. A reasonable person could someone yelling racist slurs to be a threat.

[Jedi Guy]

130. Just slurs alone likely wouldn't cross that threshold. That's just name calling.

Also, you do realize that what you're arguing would apply to the other side, right? So if you get up in some MAGAt's face at a protest and he "feels threatened" because you called him names, he's within his rights to put hands on you? Is that really a precedent you want to set? Because I sure don't.

[JI7]

131. This specific case was not at a protest .

[Jedi Guy]

132. So what? That was just the example I gave.

That this specific case took place at an Applebee's doesn't matter in the slightest. Don't deflect, address the argument being made.

[JI7]

133. Of course it makes a different. Just as you need permission

many times to do a protest. And People have been arrested for it.

[NutmegYankee]

116. Other court cases have upheld the N-word as a fighting word.

There is precedent.

[JI7]

118. Also this was directed at someone which I think makes a difference

I'm pretty sure freedom of speech doesn't mean one can get in people's faces spewing hatred at a restaurant or maybe anywhere.

[Jedi Guy]

120. And others have ruled that it isn't a fighting word.

There's precedent in different directions in different jurisdictions. Simply calling someone the n-word, as vile as that is, probably isn't going to fall under the umbrella of fighting words. There generally has to be more to it than that.

[Demovictory9]

127. if he presses charges his name and face become public for using the N word. He might not want that

[ForgedCrank]

103. The fact of the matter is

that getting a beat down is not going to change the way that guy thinks, he's still a racist. Hell, maybe even more so now.
Violence isn't how you deal with these people.
Unfortunately, the guy will likely end up with charges if the white guy presses on it.

[JI7]

108. Why are black people responsible for white people being racist ?

and he wasn't smacking him around to change his mind.

[ForgedCrank]

110. "Why are black people responsible for white people being racist ?"

What did I say that sounded anything even close to resembling that?
I never said either of those things or anything even close.

[JI7]

111. "he's still a racist. Hell, maybe even more so now."

[ForgedCrank]

113. Geez, ok I'll explain.

The guy is a racist. Agreed?
Now think of all the stereotypes that blacks have had to endure over the decades.
In the mind of a racist (the white racist guy in this video), one of those stereotypes was just validated.
That in no manner, no matter how hard you try, equates to me saying it's the black guys fault that this man is a racist.
Seriously.

[JI7]

117. The White Racist hates someone like Obama more than the stereotypical thug . White racism

has nothing to do with the racists misunderstanding or being misguided. It has to do with their hatred .

The problem with the racist is themselves and their insecurities and whatever other issues they have of themselves.

[ForgedCrank]

123. If you want to talk about

everything that is wrong with a racist, we're gonna be here for a while. These aren't zeros or ones, there is no reason for racism. There's as many reasons for it as there are racists.

[FreepFryer]

125. Boy, they are really pushing the polarizing, violent antisocial messages aren't they?

Gross.