Riverboat Fight

[blhawk]

Whole thing is really unfortunate but as a black person from Alabama watching 6 white people jump a single black man who is just doing his job that has to trigger something most of us on this board can't relate to.

They've got hundreds of years of history as to why you don't hesitate in a situation like that. Fuk those Alabama white trash douchebags, whole thing was completely avoidable if they just followed the rules

 

[luvmyhawks]

CSB

Guess it is if you like race baiting racist like you apparently do. Unfortunate, but good to know.

 

[The Tradition]

Whole thing is really unfortunate but as a black person from Alabama watching 6 white people jump a single black man who is just doing his job that has to trigger something most of us on this board can't relate to.

They've got hundreds of years of history as to why you don't hesitate in a situation like that. Fuk those Alabama white trash douchebags, whole thing was completely avoidable if they just followed the rules

Yup.

And in view of what seems like an army of black people with their phones out on the breezeways overlooking the dock.

Just idiotic and despicable behavior no matter if anyone is watching or not.

 

[TennNole17]

Whole thing is really unfortunate but as a black person from Alabama watching 6 white people jump a single black man who is just doing his job that has to trigger something most of us on this board can't relate to.

They've got hundreds of years of history as to why you don't hesitate in a situation like that. Fuk those Alabama white trash douchebags, whole thing was completely avoidable if they just followed the rules

I (don’t) get that POV, as I’m a white male. I agree it’s disgusting. I think from the initial videos, it’s a bunch of assholes being assholes.


However…what I don’t get is the “celebratory” theme I’m seeing on my feed of “got dem white folks slippin”

Just as trashy as the initial behavior.

 

[wausauhawk]

My best friend from h.s. is a police officer in Alabama. I texted & asked if he had any comments about this. His 2 replies verbatim -

Obviously you don't understand that below the Mason Dixon line, the Civil War has not been conceded.

Followed by -

And besides, everything is legal if you yell roll tide or war eagle afterwards.

 

[millah_22]

 

[50kWidowmaker]

comments like this are as disgusting as the whole event IMO.

The words "privileged ass white people" or variations of that stoke tension and animosity. It's inappropriate. It's racist.

 

[runkpanole]

Guess it is if you like race baiting racist like you apparently do. Unfortunate, but good to know.

Did you watch the video or just read the comments and dismiss everything else?

 

[Bulldogs1974]

That video is exactly why I stopped wearing flip flops 15 years ago. Bad footwear for a race war.

I swapped out the bottle opener in the bottom of my reefs for a knife. Thinking ahead

 

[blhawk]

Yup.

And in view of what seems like an army of black people with their phones out on the breezeways overlooking the dock.

Just idiotic and despicable behavior no matter if anyone is watching or not.

The fact you use the word army says a lot about you but not surprising you'd sympathize with fellow dock shoes wearing white like yourself. These were people enjoying themselves and causing no problems until they saw a 6 on 1 assault taking place.

I (don’t) get that POV, as I’m a white male. I agree it’s disgusting. I think from the initial videos, it’s a bunch of assholes being assholes.


However…what I don’t get is the “celebratory” theme I’m seeing on my feed of “got dem white folks slippin”

Just as trashy as the initial behavior.

Like I said the whole thing was unfortunate and alcohol was probably a big factor but this was completely started by the pontoon rednecks....they messed around and found out with their inexcusable behavior. The false equivalencies just don't apply when one side completely instigated it.

I would absolutely do things I normally wouldn't if observing something like that....like the little fat redneck saying he was gonna fuk up the flight attendant on the plane a few days ago.

Why do southern dudes tend to be such worthless piles of shit?

 

[JWolf74]

I'm disappointed that multiple people weren't thrown in the water during the fight.

 

[luvmyhawks]

Did you watch the video or just read the comments and dismiss everything else?

Watched the video. Didn’t read any comments outside of this thread and what exactly am I supposed to dismiss? The fact the twitter handle you apparently follow is a race baiting racist? No, I didn’t dismiss that.

 

[GOHOX69]

@torbee hasn't posted. Was he on the river boat? 😉

 

[dgordo]

Relevance of the type of boat?

 

[95Hawk]

I can’t quit X….no matter how badly Elmo screws it up.

 

[Jerome Silberman]

I'm disappointed that multiple people weren't thrown in the water during the fight.

I counted 3 total. A couple are between the boat and the dock, so it's tough to see a splash.

 

[JWolf74]

I counted 3 total. A couple are between the boat and the dock, so it's tough to see a splash.

I was hoping more like the fight scene in McClintock!

 

[Jerome Silberman]

I was hoping more like the fight scene in McClintock!

At least we got the hat toss!

 

[St. Louis Hawk]

At least we got the hat toss!

The hat toss is the new bat signal …

I watched that clip too many times.

 

[themelrosemauler]

Shirts off!!!! Man títs everywhere…

 

[Jerome Silberman]

Shirts off!!!! Man títs everywhere…

There was so much pink in that pontoon I'm sure Steven Tyler is rethinking his hierarchy of colors.

 

[jasonrann]

I’m amazed by the lady in the blue shirt in the first video. She took some shots from a couple of different males and kept up the fight.
Any guy that’s punching or hitting a lady deserves jail time.

Um, yeah. I didn't see any of those. Some advice for the ladies.... If you're coming in throwing fist sandwiches, you're gonna get yours. Zero sympathy from me. As Billy the Kid said in The Green Mile, "you can come in here on your legs, but you're goin' out on your back."

 

[DooBi]

Um, yeah. I didn't see any of those. Some advice for the ladies.... If you're coming in throwing fist sandwiches, you're gonna get yours. Zero sympathy from me. As Billy the Kid said in The Green Mile, "you can come in here on your legs, but you're goin' out on your back."

I think trying to split up a fight isn't the same as throwing fists. Those guys were hitting anything that came close to them. And many of the strikes were done when the women were on the ground. Hitting a woman that is down makes you a piece of shit.

 

[BrianNole777]

I think trying to split up a fight isn't the same as throwing fists. Those guys were hitting anything that came close to them. And many of the strikes were done when the women were on the ground. Hitting a woman that is down makes you a piece of shit.

Yep.

It looked like some of the women were trying to protect friends or break up the fight.

Who were the men in blue shirts?

Staff?

 

[jasonrann]

I think trying to split up a fight isn't the same as throwing fists. Those guys were hitting anything that came close to them. And many of the strikes were done when the women were on the ground. Hitting a woman that is down makes you a piece of shit.

I am not talking about hitting a woman on the ground, wouldn't do it and I certainly don't condone it. If you insert yourself into a melee where people are recklessly swinging, you're gonna get hit. If you start swinging yourself, and several did, it's on. This clearly wasn't a Mensa society gathering. Not sure how an undersized woman would expect to break any of that up and come out unscathed.

 

[SeaPA]

Yep.

It looked like some of the women were trying to protect friends or break up the fight.

Who were the men in blue shirts?

Staff?

Looked to me like they were staff from the riverboat; they didn't start pouring in until the boat was docked

 

[torbee]

@torbee hasn't posted. Was he on the river boat? 😉

I actually took a 24-hour total social media break over the weekend.

Felt awesome.

I'm back to educate fools now though.

 

[GOHOX69]

I actually took a 24-hour total social media break over the weekend.

Felt awesome.

I'm back to educate fools now though.

I do that these days also. I also deleted twitter and left facebook. It's a great feeling to get rid of toxicity.

 

[Thunderlips71]

This video has shattered my prejudices, specifically that black people (1) don’t swim, and (2) gang up when fighting others. The pontoon hillbilly crackers got what they deserved, and I learned yet another life lesson.

 

[SB_SB]

This is what happens when DEI isn't fully followed. This fight was Diverse and very Inclusive, but there was no Equity. The man shouldn't have been allowed to use the chair, the women should get the chair. There was simply no equity throughout that fight.

 

[Hoosierhawkeye]

I dream of a country where mixed groups of races brawl with other groups of mixed races on a ramp near a River

That’s my dream

Maybe not a ramp near a river but if you watch a sports brawl for the most part the fighting is usually based on what color shirt you are wearing and not your race. So there is some mixed racial diversity on both sides.

 

[JupiterHawk]

 

[RollingBallofButcherKnives]

I think trying to split up a fight isn't the same as throwing fists. Those guys were hitting anything that came close to them. And many of the strikes were done when the women were on the ground. Hitting a woman that is down makes you a piece of shit.

So does hitting a woman that is up…

 

[Obviously Oblivious]

Newsflash: Those Alabama white folks are trash.

 

[Old_wrestling_fan]

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LOVE the hat flip from the employee at 3:31 signaling that "It's on!".

For real...a number of people in that fracas should be criminally charged, that was ridiculous.

 

[McLovin32]

So does hitting a woman that is up…

Agreed, UNLESS that woman comes in and hits me first, then it's equal rights and equal lefts for everybody.

 

[torbee]

LOVE the hat flip from the employee at 3:31 signaling that "It's on!".

For real...a number of people in that fracas should be criminally charged, that was ridiculous.

I'd like to read about arrests.

I'll be pretty annoyed if security guard dude is charged --- fella just trying to do his job and defended himself.

He's not responsible for the idiocy that followed.

 

[PoopandBoogers]

I'm disappointed that multiple people weren't thrown in the water during the fight.

The lady with her feet up in the air like a dead cockroach as she was yeeted into the water was my favorite part.

 

[DooBi]

Agreed, UNLESS that woman comes in and hits me first, then it's equal rights and equal lefts for everybody.

While she's hitting you maybe. Not while she's on the ground and not if she's just trying to split things up. There was a lot of attacking on both sides of people that weren't actively fighting anybody. Even though the white men in the beginning are the biggest douchebags, there are no winners here.

 

[McLovin32]

While she's hitting you maybe.

That's literally what my post said.