Boys Behaving Badly

A Texas Christian University student got the old dumperooni (by text message no less!)  just before he boarded a flight from London to Dallas. He proceeded to get banjaxedly bombed on Barcardi and went into a rage-a-phonic tantrum. He…

… spat at people, assaulted a BA air hostess and bit the hand of a passenger who tried to restrain him on the packed flight. (source)

On top of that, the flight had to return to London. “Tanner’s” 200 fellow passengers (who had NOT been dumped by their girlfriends, were NOT loaded on a liter bottle of firewater and, presumably do NOT have serious anger management issues) had to be rescheduled on fresh flights. Were they able to get home that day? I seriously doubt it.

I have some questions:

1. He was guzzling, on board the plane, from a liter bottle of rum. How did he get a liter bottle of any liquid on board the aircraft? The UK equivalent of the TSA doesn't allow more than 100ml, So, how’d he manage it?
2. Is the ex-gal pal stratospherically, cruel and insensitive or was she just young, stupid and clueless? OR, was she fully aware of his self obsessed, utterly assholian, violent tendencies and text dumped him so as to save herself?
3. He goes to a “christian” university and he was, at 21, presumably a senior – one semester short of graduation? How is he this outta control stupid after almost four years of Christian inculcation?

Oh wait, I know the answer to this one!  I suspect, like other god-for-profit outfits, the "education" you get has much more to do with learning to subjugate women (or be docilely subjugated), be a greedy-ass motherfucker and how to best hate thy neighbor (if thy neighbor is brown, gay or otherwise any different).

And, of course, there’s the MAGA smug, idiot boys in Kentucky. You know, the ones in the now infamous pic of the…

…dozens of teens, many from an all-male Kentucky Catholic school and some wearing bright red "Make America Great Again" baseball caps, appeared to mock and chant over the voices of a small group of Native Americans who were singing on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial at the conclusion of a march in Washington, D.C.  (source)

Just FYI, the boys had been bussed into D.C. for the March for Life, March to Deny Women the Right To Own Their Own Bodies. Mocking and harassing brown people? It was a Republican/Fascist twofer!

A lot has been written about this – there’s the usual right wing, reflexive I’m the REAL victim horseshit, the disingenuous both-sides-isms as well as the more realistic and nuanced write ups. I particularly enjoyed and appreciated Steve M. of No More Mister Nice Blog and Michelle of Rubber Shoes in Hell’s takes. Go read, read! I'll be here when you get back – I promise!

There are tons of stories about assholian Southern white boys being, ya know, assholian. In this age – the Shit-Spackled Muppet Fart Age to be all specific and shit – we’re not “suffering” from a dearth of them. I’m glad there’s more of a harsh spotlight on these entitled, hate mongering freaks of humanity – they’ve always been with us after all.

Here’s the thing – how’s ‘bout some good stories about the decent people down below the Mason Dixon line. They do exist. HONEST! RILLY!

Side note: Stacey Abrams may be running for the U.S. Senate. If you’re a Georgian, help get out the vote for her. She’s awesome AND that entitled white schmuck Kemp stole the Governorship from her through outrageous voter shenanigans.