A taxi driver in Vienna was charged with assault after verbally abusing and attacking a gay couple who kissed in his car.
The couple exchanged a brief kiss while taking a cab in Vienna’s Third District in the early hours of the morning, which enraged their driver. According to The Local:
…the taxi driver, who was not named, was furious and started swearing at them. According to the pair he told them: “I don’t want anything gay like that in my car.” One of the men, 37-year-old Manfred, said: “He was using foul language and calling us arseholes.”
To add insult to injury, the man had felt he was completely in the right and demanded that the pair pay up for their incomplete journey. He then tried to throw them out and when they refused, he called the police expecting backup. When one of the men pointed out that he needed to be a bit more open in his view of the world, he had then shouted: “People like you need to be shot.”
The driver then punched the other man in the face and had to be restrained by police officers, who then arrested the driver and charged him with assault.
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Peter Jonsson
BEHEAD THE DRIVER
joeyty
Gays wanted Muslims to fill up Europe. Now gays have to live with it and stop complaining.
Hermes
@joeyty: Er…. Virginia is NOT in Europe – and what gay organization do you know of that advocated for Europe to be filled with Muslims. Citations, please.
Hermes
@Hermes: Ah Vienna — fine – I concede the Europe, but I still ask – what gay orgs wanted Europe filled with Muslims? Other perhaps than gay refugees at least.
joeyty
@Hermes: Every gay on every European blog for years.
joeyty
@Hermes: How could you confuse Virginia with Vienna ???
joeyty
@Hermes: American gays too.The bloggers. Queerty. Andrew Towle. Matthew Rettenmund. They’re either self-hating sickos or so stupid they think all “diversity” automatically means good. I guess some dingy professor in college told them that.
Hermes
To Joey – I find the first part difficult to believe given the activities of the Dutch Right – since the “list” that was most anti-immigrant was headed by a gay man. I also think you are confusing compassion with advocacy. I feel that we must do something for the refugees. It’s our duty. It is not our duty to take them into our country or let their traditions dictate to us in any way. I, on the other hand, have urged gay Arabian and Persian boys and men who I’ve talked to online to flee to the West, go to Uni – and seriously consider (in some cases) leaving their core religion behind – in order to find peace and live happy lives. I do think that its more complicated than you make it out to be – but I find it stunning that gay people are recommending unlimited immigration of people who are (factually) barely out of the bronze age in many cases, uneducated, and strongly brainwashed.
Hermes
could you please link me to some of those article? If you wouldn’t mind.
Hermes
joeyty
@Hermes: The refugee thing is debatable. A whole other argument. I’m talking about way before the Syrian refugee crisis. (Although even they’re turning out to be homophobic trouble).
joeyty
@Hermes: I don’t have the links. Just go to those sites and ask. If you say you don’t want unlimited immigration of Muslims to the west they’ll call you a “xenophobe.”
Randy Bartrug
Just fucking drive!!! That’s how your paid. Don’t worry about what’s going on in the back
davidjohng
@joeyty:
Is it at all possible the driver was native Austrian? The article not ONCE mentions the driver is Muslim. I don’t know many Arabs named Manfred. Actually Manfred is more of a German/Austrian name. Even the link from the original story doesn’t mention his nationality. Nothing like jumping immediately to your bias. That aside I was in Vienna several months ago and it is truly an amazing, liberal, beautiful city and very open and welcoming to the gay community. I’ve read about these same incidents happening in Chicago. That doesn’t mean you’re not going to Chicago or change your impression of that city.
davidjohng
On re-read I see that Manfred was one of the passengers. But still the article does not once state that the driver was Muslim/Arab. He could have any ethnic origin.
Sand Nierenberg
Hope he gets raped in jail
Brian
There is no evidence that the taxi driver was Muslim – none at all.
Austria is not a gay-friendly country. Neither is Switzerland. A Swiss friend of mine says that it’s unheard of to see two men holding hands in public in Switzerland.
joeyty
@davidjohng: No. I found out at another source. Muslim.
joeyty
@davidjohng: BTW : Manfred was one of the passengers.
joeyty
@Brian: Will you guys EVER admit reality or continue living in a fantasy p.c. world right up to the moment they put that blade to your neck ?
Stache
@davidjohng:Seriously doubt it’s a native Austrian. Every single time this happens I predict it’s a muslim and I’m right 100% of the time.
martymart
@Stache: you are probably right : http://www.thelocal.at/20160307/gay-snog-infuriates-muslim-taxi-driver
silveroracle
What is the world coming to.
JessPH
Probably a goat fucker
Brian
There are plenty of non-Muslim Austrians who are offended by male-male kissing, believe you me. Stop jumping to conclusions in this particular case. Educate yourselves before spouting off at the facial orifice.
Daggerman
…well, we all know which one should have been shot!! What a sad despicable cretin!
..you’d think that somewhere like Austria would be fairly top of the humanitarianism chart!
Bob LaBlah
Not to go off topic but the majority of the Uber drivers are out there because they have leases on cars that they can barely make the payments on. Yes, there is a reason why you are picked up in a luxury car, which should be the flag this driver might not be wrapped to tight in the mind and start unravelling during your trip.
joeyty
@Brian: It says he’s a Muslim on a Euro site. What makes you think anyone here doesn’t look up other articles on the case to see what Queerty left out?