The Top 5 Things That The Recent “Gay Bashing” At Dallas BBQ Reinforces To Us
5. In 2015, there are thankfully some bystanders who will still try to break up an escalating fight before it escalates to a point where someone is hurt while there are still others who will of course pull out their smart phones to record and share versus help. This video shows that some people did try to separate the men.
4. There are three sides to every story. Both parties' separate accounts and the truth, which almost always lies somewhere in between the two.
3. There is still a lot of bigotry with minority groups. As more eyewitness testimony comes to light about this story, including speculation that the attacker may be gay himself and that the victim may've initiated the altercation himself via racist overtures, we are blatantly reminded that people from all walks of life are bigoted. Prejudice is not just the domain of white, straight men.
2. It is always better to walk away from a fight when possible. Even if you actually do know how to fight. And it's usually possible as most fisticuffs don't start with your life being threatened at their outsets, but could most certainly end up with you dying. I'm not sure how name-calling or knocking over a drink ends in someone needing to be medically treated. Why can't grown-ass men realize that level of violence is so not worth it? A man having a chair smashed over his head could have resulted in his death.
1. Everyone has the right to enjoy themselves in public without putting up with bigoted comments and behaviors from other patrons. Again, there seem to be conflicting stories about who made the first prejudiced comment or who threw the first blow. Ignoring all that for a second, don't we all have the right to go out to dinner and not deal with some asshat's ignorant bullshit? And barring the resulting violence, don't we all have the right to speak up for ourselves when accosted with said bullshit without fearing for our safety?
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