I really need to stop reading articles about Kevin Smith, Southwest, or anything involving the airline industry. Because if I see one more comment amounting to "just lose some weight! or suck it up and buy a second seat!" I will lose my shit
I think that was kind of the point. Although he could fit in one seat, he bought a second seat because he found it more comfortable. However, since he said he
needed
a second seat for weight issues, they kicked him off the flight when there was only one available.
I am just sick of ignorant fuckheads, is what it amounts to.
Sounds like maybe anti-government domestic terrorism.
This is going to make my aunt's brain 'splode. I first learned about it via her "praying for the FBI in Austin." As, apparently, FOX News thought it was a terrorist targeting the FBI. This lead to her flist, tut-tutting about it not being called "terrorism" and the administration covering it up.
I'm going to get to watch the flip
in real time!
Agreed Dana, I took a friend to task over it. I think it's just that "He's to fat and it was a safety risk/imposition to other passengers," is easy and provides people with opportunities to be "clever" and snarky. But actually taking a moment to consider someone as a human being is too hard. Ah well, for all the good things about this dude, recognizing the humanity of others is not his strong suit.
Connie, you actually will be surprised as to his political leanings, if you can discern them
Actually, once I got to the bottom of that screed, I'm not.
What do you think his political leanings were? I couldn't really tell.
I bet he was foreclosed on, his wife left him, and he was being audited.
Unlike the non-tenured shooter, who LARPed and played D&D and wrote sci-fi.
What do you think his political leanings were?
He was calling for revolt by the American zombies, saying that there were still Americans willing to sacrifice their lives for freedom. It wasn't explicitly stated by naming people or organizations, but there was a Tea Party vibe to it all.
Really? I didn't get a Tea Party vibe. Maybe because he was very dismissive/insulting of GWB.
A lot of Tea Partiers do not want to be aligned with the current incarnation of Republicans and their spendy ways.
