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Some extremely intoxicated slob of a redneck attacked a gay man in line at the Dallas airport, and was immediately subdued by a crowd including a very burly man in a cowboy hat, until two black cops arrested the jackass. At that point, with two serious looking cops kneeling on his handcuffed self, he went full metal Klan. Not the sharpest bulb, this guy:

The crowd response was rather heartening, and the “interview” afterwards was cute.

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  1. 1.

    Crusty Dem

    I don’t believe I recognize this particular Palin, but he’s showing the consideration and respect expected from his tribe…

  5. 5.

    Ruckus

    The guy at the end hoping that it’s just substance abuse. Sorry no. This is his true personality, sober he may not show it quite so up front, but this is him. All the alcohol does is take down his inhibitions from acting like this without it. And of course we don’t know if he does/doesn’t act like a complete asshole when sober, we do know he does when drunk.

  7. 7.

    srv

    Yeah, when I posted that earlier I thought pink shirt guy got out of the wheelchair to help but it looks (and sounds) like they took his ankle out. So NSFW.

    Not impressed with the cops/tsa, they clearly were right there but waited until the assault.

  9. 9.

    Howard Beale IV

    @Ruckus: All I know is that if anyone ever takes a swing at me, I know enough martial arts/self defense methods that I will use any and all tools/techniques at my disposal.

  12. 12.

    Howard Beale IV

    @srv: They probably had to wait until an actual assault took place-c’mon, you;re talking Texas here.

  13. 13.

    Corner Stone

    @Howard Beale IV:

    All I know is that if anyone ever takes a swing at me, I know enough martial arts/self defense methods that I will use any and all tools/techniques at my disposal.

    Do you mean politely asking someone nearby to call the police?

  14. 14.

    Howard Beale IV

    @Corner Stone:

    Do you mean politely asking someone nearby to call the police?

    Depends if i’m in amongst a group of people with surveillance cameras running or not.

  16. 16.

    shelley

    I hope someone is sure to let the guy know that we all enjoyed the view of his butt-crack as the cops frog-marched him out.

  17. 17.

    Corner Stone

    @srv: I couldn’t tell. Wasn’t he actually already in the chair and got out to horsecollar that drunken bigot?
    It looked like his ankle got rolled on the take down but he seemed not to care too much, for some reason.

  22. 22.

    Corner Stone

    @shelley: I think from the really self-satisfied smile on his face as he’s getting cuffed he’d probably revel in some violently displayed butt crack.

  23. 23.

    Howard Beale IV

    @srv: They were probably out of sight when the initial attempted grab of the phone was made, and the victim did not wander off to LE to report what was going down.

  24. 24.

    Citizen_X

    @Corner Stone: “Ah punched him square inna fuckin mouth. Reason why is cuz this ‘s ‘Merica, that’s why! The same reason you get to live and breathe an walk by!”

    Authentic frontier gibberish, right there.

  25. 25.

    Villago Delenda Est

    @Rex Everything: Well, you know, that’s the “America, Fuck Yeah!” dynamic in action. Never pick a fight with a country that can actually fight back. Grenada, Iraq, Panama….those are the ones you pick up and throw against a wall.

  27. 27.

    Corner Stone

    And from previous conversations on this blog, is the guy who filmed this tete a tete a truly evolved form of the hipster douche?
    He has a full on rampaging face beard, which I think I read is the new symbol of douchecanoe in the hipster realm? He didn’t have a trilby or porkpie hat so I have to think he’s not the older version of hipster.

  30. 30.

    Corner Stone

    @Citizen_X: I swear I listened to that part twice and thought he said, “Same reason you get to live and breathe while black. You know what I’m talking about!”

  31. 31.

    Baud

    Some extremely intoxicated slob of a redneck attacked a gay man in line at the Dallas airport, and was immediately subdued by a crowd including a very burly man in a cowboy hat, until two black cops arrested the jackass

    We were just one Indian away from this being epically awesome.

  33. 33.

    Corner Stone

    I, for one, really enjoyed the little hip thrust move drunkie did after telling the guy to stick the phone up his ass.

  36. 36.

    Violet

    @Corner Stone: @Omnes Omnibus: From the end of the video, the gate seems to be right by security. Everyone has to remove hats to go through security (religious exceptions may apply–don’t know about that). Even if he has a hat, he might have taken it off to go through security and then not bothered to put it back on.

  37. 37.

    Liberty60

    I bet this guy wants his country back.

    No, I’m serious- this is the nightmare scenario the Tea Partiers fear- an America where gay people are sufficiently enfranchised to be able to have black cops defend them. And the crowd support the effort.

    Maybe this isn’t as good as hearing the lamentations of their women, buts its a good start.

  42. 42.

    ranchandsyrup

    OT but funny post from a buddy on FB:

    To the young man who just came to my front door asking if I was the guy he was emailing about the blowjob, I hope you find your man. (He was giving not getting) If I was single, and gay, that would have been the best “wrong address” ever. Ahh, maybe in another life. Gotta love this new online dating era.

  44. 44.

    srv

    @Citizen_X: Terminal B is fucking disaster area. American, being ‘Mericans decided “Why rebuild one terminal when we can do two!”

    Thank god the Wright Amendment has expired, how many decades have I waited for that – nonstop to Love Field, baby!

  45. 45.

    JPL

    @Violet: That’s who I aspire to be. What a nice family. I am making the assumption that they didn’t pile on because it was not necessary.

  49. 49.

    Frankensteinbeck

    @Liberty60:
    Yes, I believe you are right. They want to ‘take their country back’, because what we see as minor details or pleasant social trends they see as full-on dystopia. We tend to assume smouldering shells of ruined cities and roving bandit gangs are required, but that’s our bias. Their nightmare has come to life, and everything they were warned about during desegregation happened. Americans are abandoning religion in droves. Blacks are marrying whites and gays are marrying each other, and this is all public and you’re more likely to get spat on for objecting to it than they are. Women are taken seriously when they object to how men treat them, and if you needed any more proof that the world as a bigot knows it is over, a black man is president.

  51. 51.

    Corner Stone

    @ranchandsyrup:

    asking if I was the guy he was emailing about the blowjob, I hope you find your man. (He was giving not getting)

    Wait a second…you have to be gay to accept someone giving?

  54. 54.

    Corner Stone

    @Omnes Omnibus: I think CHD was also the same voice that at the end was saying stuff like, “Fuck that! You don’t get to do bullshit like that! Motherfucker!” and/or etc

  56. 56.

    Debbie

    Reminds me of a country song that had a title something like, “How come I never saw your good side until you walked out on me?”

  59. 59.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @cokane: As far as I can see one person made an internet-tough-guy-esque comment. Everyone else has been laughing about what happened.

  63. 63.

    Frankensteinbeck

    @sinnedbackwards:
    As far as their world-view is concerned, he looks black so he’s black. I tend to the same definition from the opposite direction. I don’t give a flying fuck what color he is, so until I have good reason to believe he has a preference, I’ll go with the superficially obvious. In this case, the superficially obvious is that everyone treats him as black.

  68. 68.

    R. Porrofatto

    @Corner Stone: So beautiful it could be the next Lee Greenwood hit. It kind of sums up all things redneck, teabagger, etc.:

    I punched him square in the fuckin’ mouth tha’s what I did. Lemme tell ya the reason why I did it… Because this is AMERICA! Tha’s why!

  70. 70.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Mike J: I must have been living in Europe when that happened. I was unaware of it until now. And, I’ll note, much more peaceful in mind and soul than I shall ever be again.

  72. 72.

    Howard Beale IV

    @srv: Considering that The Wright Amendment made it all but impossible for flights out of DAL to fly outside of states physically bordering Texas I fail to see how Delta (bring in Georgia) blowback-especially since they were getting ready to fly to their second biggest hub in Detroit and that got spiked.

  73. 73.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @MomSense: I have blotted it out of my memory. Twenty-two ounce framing hammer.

    ETA: In my experience, the best way to throw a punk rock party is to make booze and music available to the right people – preferably at an inappropriate time.

  80. 80.

    Citizen_X

    @Steeplejack: So–and I agree now that that’s what he said–the guy’s “logic” is, “black people are free to walk around, so I’m free to beat up queers. ‘Merica!”

    That about right?

  81. 81.

    Corner Stone

    @Omnes Omnibus: I would just think that’s pretty damned rude to say no. I mean, a case of mistaken identity is one thing but if the person has made the effort to show up and all.

  82. 82.

    Corner Stone

    I like that woman in the background that’s talking shit to him. The one where he responds back, “So let’s go home!”
    She’s all, “You went and started some shit you can’t finish, and now this is happening tough guy!”

  83. 83.

    Tree With Water

    I believe the gentleman is what Chuck Berry referred to as a “southern diplomat”. Wouldn’t surprise me if he winds up as governor of that blighted state.

  84. 84.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Corner Stone: I do think it is probably the decent thing to let the person know about the mistaken identity issue first. Then go ahead and do what you think is right. I also think the situation would make for slightly awkward thank you notes.

  85. 85.

    Corner Stone

    @Citizen_X: Well, arguably, the black guy in the WH did kind of let all the gays get gay married. So, enacting the associative principal, black people walking around free is the root cause of gayness being allowed in our nations airports.

  87. 87.

    Corner Stone

    I wonder what happened before the hipster douche started filming? The guy’s overwhelming assault on drunkie’s (now quite questionable) hetero sexuality was just too much to take? Because the pink shirt guy is also wearing a violently pink shirt and he didn’t try and assault him. So the nice shirt probably wasn’t the only trigger.

    edited a little.

  88. 88.

    Corner Stone

    All I know is, I’ve seen quite a few boxing matches and also more than one MMA bout. So if somebody wants to try and make fun of my filming their drunken ass self in a public place…well, they’ll have another think coming!

  89. 89.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Corner Stone: My guess is that the gay* guy was just there being gay and in line.

    *All of this assumes the guy was actually gay. Something that I am not sure is in evidence.

  90. 90.

    Corner Stone

    God, Chris Christie. Just shut up and go away. What fucking fool ever thought he was someone we could work with?

  91. 91.

    El Caganer

    Jesus. I’ve been that drunk in airports before – hell, I’m pretty sure I’ve been that drunk in DFW – but never felt any urge to attack my fellow passengers. What an asshole.

  92. 92.

    El Caganer

    @Corner Stone: Chubs Chubbie? He figured out who the most corrupt Democrats in the state legislature are (it’s not like there’s a shortage) and teamed up with them.

  93. 93.

    Violet

    @Omnes Omnibus: Did you see this in that article:

    The classic track “London Calling” by The Clash is great for welcoming guests in the doo.

    Welcoming guests in the doo is definitely more punk than shiny garlands.

  95. 95.

    Ella in New Mexico

    I still can’t believe a man in a wheelchair was the last citizen to hold this guy down for the cops. Breathtaking.

  98. 98.

    Corner Stone

    @The Pale Scot:

    So that’s what frog marching is, I always wondered.

    Actually, I believe that’s a shoulder hammer lock. Frog marching would be if they grabbed his cuffed wrists, lifted them upwards and forwards at the same time so the guy had to walk on his toes and virtually skip forward to relieve the pressure.

  99. 99.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Violet:

    I’m frankly disappointed at the omission of Jello Biafra Jigglers from the menu. If I didn’t know better I’d think you were some kind of poseur.

    I went back and looked. I hadn’t realized there were comments. I liked this one.

  101. 101.

    Violet

    @Omnes Omnibus: That one was funny. I also liked this one:

    Thanks! We threw a punk party, and it went great. We added an additional activity: political discussion. It went over great! Kids really love decrying Thatcherism and Reaganomics.

  102. 102.

    Visceral

    @Omnes Omnibus: Yeah, what’s up with that? I’m glad it happened, but this is not the way I’d expect Southern white men to react to a gay man getting attacked.

  103. 103.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Violet: My 11 year old nice recently said “Well, why shouldn’t we take care of people who are sick?” And the rest of the family responded in chorus, “We should, but assholes think otherwise.”*

    *Possibly butched up a bit …

    @Visceral: What’s up with that? Cowboy hat dude obviously didn’t cotton to random attacks on innocent people. A rather decent attitude if you ask me.

  104. 104.

    Frankensteinbeck

    @Citizen_X:
    I believe the logic is that America is a Land of Freedom, and conservatives believe that the freedom to hurt others is the most important freedom. I am not being sarcastic or hyperbolic. When they complain about their freedom being taken away, it’s almost always that they’re being stopped from hurting someone else.

    EDIT – @Visceral:
    Even in the South, the culture is not monolithic. The region may ooze hatred, but individual people are always… individual.

  106. 106.

    Tone in DC

    @Frankensteinbeck:

    They want to ‘take their country back’, because what we see as minor details or pleasant social trends they see as full-on dystopia. We tend to assume smouldering shells of ruined cities and roving bandit gangs are required, but that’s our bias. Their nightmare has come to life, and everything they were warned about during desegregation happened. Americans are abandoning religion in droves. Blacks are marrying whites and gays are marrying each other, and this is all public and you’re more likely to get spat on for objecting to it than they are. Women are taken seriously when they object to how men treat them, and if you needed any more proof that the world as a bigot knows it is over, a black man is president.

    LULz.

    Dystopia, their worst nightmare, same thing.
    Ignorant, racist, homophobic and violent. This Fuck Yeah asshole is four for four.

  107. 107.

    Steeplejack

    @Visceral:

    Not all Southern white men are redneck shitheads. Plus some Southern white men just like getting into a tussle, especially when it’s clear they are on the winning side, e.g., four people gang-tackling a drunken shithead.

  111. 111.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @Jebediah, RBG: I love both my nephew and my niece, but she is simply the most decent child I have ever met. My nephew is wonderful, but year by year he becomes more and more like me. How can this be a good thing?* The girl becomes more and more like my mom. If you want to read something weird into that, meh.

    *Year by year, I become more like my dad. Good and bad.

  115. 115.

    Omnes Omnibus

    @PIGL: I was set up by a lot of people. I did not get there alone. Okay, the “In the Navy” reference was all me. But everything else was built on the work of others.

  117. 117.

    feebog

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    *Year by year, I become more like my dad. Good and bad.

    My dad is 93, soon to be 94, and is the most decent, honest and kind man I have ever known. Would that I was more like him in every way. Oh, and a life long Democrat.

  118. 118.

    Corner Stone

    @Omnes Omnibus: Having kids will further fuck you up.*
    Watching 3 generations with the same mannerism(s) is a real treat.

    *You’ve still got time. But I don’t recommend it.

  119. 119.

    AxelFoley

    @Frankensteinbeck:

    @sinnedbackwards:
    As far as their world-view is concerned, he looks black so he’s black. I tend to the same definition from the opposite direction. I don’t give a flying fuck what color he is, so until I have good reason to believe he has a preference, I’ll go with the superficially obvious. In this case, the superficially obvious is that everyone treats him as black.

    The President self-identifies as black.

  120. 120.

    SWMBO

    On September 11, 2001, there were several passengers who stormed the cockpit of United Airlines flight 93 knowing that no matter what, they were doomed. We gripe, bitch and moan about a great many things in this country but we are still, basically, a decent generous people. All of our warts, flaws and adversarial politics cannot hide our basic decency and compassion. You never feel prouder of our country when, in the course of human events, it shows up in the most ordinary ways…

    ETA stepping off of soapbox now…

  121. 121.

    Chet

    The guy who was attacked asked for it, per Free Republic. Oh, and both he and the guy who ended up in the wheelchair are obviously “flaming”, because pink shirts and funny socks.

  122. 122.

    Bystander

    Nice to know that in these times of ebolated disciples of ISIS invading Texas’ border, heightened security rules the day at DFW.

  123. 123.

    BruceFromOhio

    @Bystander: …ebolated disciples of ISIS…

    If your band name generator doesn’t kick out something like this every so often, please upgrade immediately.

    I have the pleasure of visiting DFW shortly, I’ll let them know the show was enjoyed by all.

  124. 124.

    Jonathan B

    From what I understand, what set this asshole off is seeing the guy in front of him taking pictures of him.

    I’m not defending him; he’s a homophobic asshole. But nowadays everyone is a videographer. I feel I have some privacy rights.

    Last week, my wife and I were feeding the ducks in the park. Because it was late in the season, and they hadn’t been fed, these ducks got aggressive, surrounded my wife, quacking loudly. She let out a little scream and backed off. Cute, right? But I noticed a girl holding up her cell phone, making a movie of the whole thing. Maybe we don’t want to be online. A few weeks ago, I was sitting in a restaurant, and someone at the next table had their phone pointed at me. Maybe she was taking a picture for yelp, or maybe she wanted a photo of the weird old guy eating his hamburger. I don’t know. But it made me uncomfortable.

    The asshole was drunk at the airport. He’s clearly got issues. But if he hadn’t seen someone aiming a camera phone at him, maybe he wouldn’t have exploded.

    Years ago, if you wanted to take someone’s picture, you asked them permission, and explained why. Nowadays, if I’m not under constant corporate cam surveillance, some douche is aiming his/her phone at me.

  125. 125.

    GHayduke (formerly lojasmo)

    @Jonathan B:

    But if he hadn’t seen someone aiming a camera phone at him, maybe he wouldn’t have exploded.

    Good job. She deserved to be raped, too, right?

  126. 126.

    Wally Ballou

    @Jonathan B: The thing is, we don’t know what happened prior to the beginning of the vid. Maybe Drunk Guy was threatening “Queer” Guy to begin with and the latter started taking video as a defensive measure. Also, what GHayduke said.

    Anybody else struck by how downright theatrical Drunk Guy’s behavior is when he’s talking to the guy in the cowboy hat? “Ah laid it own th’ LAHN!!” It’s like he’s consciously trying to live down to every cartoonish B-movie stereotype of a redneck villain. The cracker version of thug cred, I guess.

  127. 127.

    Wally Ballou

    Oh, and if you look closely, you can see him flipping bystanders the “double deuce” around the 0:20 mark. Classy.

  128. 128.

    Tehanu

    @Omnes Omnibus:

    And cowboy hat dude, who the bigot probably would have assumed was on his side, jumped right in to wrestle him to the ground and restrain him.

    Gives me hope that this country isn’t quite finished yet. I’m usually a virulent anti-Texist (anti-Texanist? anti-Tejasmist?) but things like this mean I can follow Anne Frank in saying that I still believe most people are really good at heart.

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