It’s generally a good idea to avoid head-on confrontation with bigots, because unless they have a willingness to approach their prejudice with an open mind, what starts as civil conversation can quickly devolve into a heated screaming match.
Once it reaches that point, both parties wind up feeling like their perspective has been validated.
But of course, rules are made to be broken, and we’d be lying if we said we didn’t feel some deep satisfaction at the response a gay tow truck driver gave when he noticed the antigay bumper stickers on the car he was tasked with relocating.
The photo quickly went viral after it was shared by the Facebook group Have A Gay Day.
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Maybe the tower didn’t do much in the way of changing hearts and minds, but he definitely gave us a Monday morning smile.
That’s got to be worth something:
Stache99
..and a buick too. Shocking.
Cam
LOL!
nocibur61739
I wonder if he refused to tow the car citing “religious grounds!?”
Robert Barber
One for our team!..
Anthony Edward Rosener III
Woo, a real badass there.
brooklynbobby
@nocibur61739: LOL good one!
tsginamarieva
How much do you want to bet, the minute they read his note that a gay person touched their car, the husband ran right around to the back of the car to see if the tow truck driver stuck something in their tailpipe?
brooklynbobby
@tsginamarieva: LOL I don’t know that it would be my first reaction! But then again I never vandalized some ones car! It that something people do? Or is it something you thought of because of “tailpipes” and gay guys? LOL
stanhope
It was an old assed buick so you know it goes home to the trailer park with the driver in a barcalounger watching pat robertson and fox news. It’ll take her a week to get the tow fee up.
SeeingAll
Gay or not, tow truck drivers are still the dregs of society.
brooklynbobby
@SeeingAll: That’s an odd thing to say??? What do you do if your car breaks down on a lonely stretch of highway in the middle of no where, when the wind is blowing and the snow is falling??? Do you call a CEO or a PHD?? That is such a strange comment. What makes them the dregs of society???
Giancarlo85
I would have poured sugar in the gas tank. Only kidding.
That beater probably had a failing transmission anyways.
Giancarlo85
@brooklynbobby: The certain troll in question hates them because he can’t park in red zones or in areas that say “permit only” without having to pay towing fees and impound fees.
SeeingAll
@brooklynbobby: I’ve had too many experiences where they watch people park where they shouldn’t (without knowing), don’t say a word, and pounce in there to tow the car as soon as the person walks away. Then the car is held hostage.
SeeingAll
@Giancarlo85: shush now, Colombian serial killer
brooklynbobby
@Giancarlo85: You think? I just can not fathom why anyone would hate tow truck drivers like that. My mind doesn’t go right away to the negative I guess. And my car has been towed and taken to the pound. I certainly didn’t blame the tow truck driver though. I blamed the knuckle headed police man who gave me a ticket that I didn’t deserve and beat in court!!! The idiot cop was the one who called for the tow truck it’s not like he was driving around and just chose a random car to tow. Weird, people are weird.
SeeingAll
@brooklynbobby: Be careful….Broooklyn guy. You’re bonding with a loon who has a hardon for SeeingAll (me)…..you’ll see….
Giancarlo85
@brooklynbobby: He’s now saying that they stalk people. People should know how to read signs. They are there to enforce the rules. The same thing goes with speeding. As far as a ticket, you always have the option to contest it in court.
Don’t pay attention to the endless personal attacks SeeingNothing makes on me. You can’t reason with a nutcase.
SeeingAll
@Giancarlo85: They do often stalk people ($$$). And you’re still stalking me around Queerty.
Giancarlo85
This troll will call me all sorts of names and ad hominems. I am not here to excuse bad behavior that puts the public at risk. If this troll wants to park in a red zone, he’s is impeding emergency vehicles from being able to use those zones. When a license plate says “CA Exempt” (in the case of California for example) they are the only ones that can park there if there is an emergency.
SeeingAll
@Giancarlo85: You’re still ticked off about the serial killer thing. And because I called you out for saying the inventor of the computer wasn’t white.
brooklynbobby
@SeeingAll: MMMMM I don’t know where you live but in New York they can’t just come by and tow a car on their own. At least as far as I understand things. Only the police can make that determination and call for it. If you live somewhere that tow truck drivers can just come along and take your car my advice would be to be more aware of where you are parking so it doesn’t happen. Especially if you know this type of scenario can be played out. It only makes sense and if you don’t you really don’t have any one to blame but yourself. Sorry, I’m not being mean. For me one experience like that would be a lesson learned but you say “too many experiences”. hmmmmm
As for “bonding” with anyone. I made my comment long before giancarlo85 said anything. I’m not “bonding” with anyone. As I said in my last comment my mind doesn’t automatically go to the negative. Apparently others do. I’m not commenting because I want to argue or make an enemy out of anyone, I initially responded to nocibur61739’s comment because I thought it was funny. I still think it’s funny and what the GAY tow truck driver did was funny too!!
Giancarlo85
Don’t listen to the trolls lies about inventions and serial killers. This is something this troll has done in the past to try to insult anyone. This troll is up to no good and only insults.
brooklynbobby
Good lord! You two need to get a room!! LOL and you both know who I am talking about. It’s obvious you two crazy kids are mad about each other. So kiss and make up and go make ummmmmmm babies or something LOL
SeeingAll
@brooklynbobby: lol (ugh…the horror..)
SeeingAll
@brooklynbobby: http://mynewsla.com/crime/2015/08/17/has-your-car-been-held-for-ransom-predatory-tow-truck-crackdown-continues/ I’m in NYC. But this type of thing (like in this Ca. link) happened all the time to people I know in NJ. Often the tows would wait outside concert venues til everyone was inside. Etc. (Glad you avoided such experiences).
Giancarlo85
@brooklynbobby: Na… I’m taken. I like good looking guys anyways (pretty much strikes him out).
Marky
Awesome.
mildred25
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GayEGO
Whoops! Sorry, your anti-gay car accidentally fell into the river! :>)
Mack
@SeeingAll: It’s a job like all others. As a human being he’s no different. If you’re car got towed, then it was somewhere it shouldn’t have been.
Cam
@SeeingAll:
AND what a shock, once again, anything to take attention away from the anti-gay bigot and attack the gay person in the store.
At least you’re consistent.
SeeingAll
@Mack: My own car never got towed. And what do you think of the article in the link I provided ? Do you take his side too….uh….Mack?
SeeingAll
@Cam: You’d defend William Bonin, though. I pick and choose.
Cam
@SeeingAll:
I have no idea who you are talking about. But it’s funny because you and the other name that you claim isn’t you, (BJ) always make the same type of bogus claims.
If you are going to keep claiming that you don’t have other screenames, you should probably not say the exact same false comments. It makes it very easy to spot.
I should let you go, you have a LOT of defending anti-gay bigots and attacking gay people ahead of you for today.
SeeingAll
@Cam: Take it up with Queerty if you think I’m also “BJ”. And use Google sometime if you’re ignorant about a name that comes up.
Cam
@SeeingAll:
So in other words, you try to deflect the fact that you always defend anti-gay bigots or attack gays by accusing me of defending somebody, then tell me to google it.
How BJ of you, can’t provide any link ever to prove your comment.
So nice try. Now I guess it’s time for you to post multiple posts explaining why anti-gay bigots are great and gay tow truck drivers are horrible.
SeeingAll
@Cam: Lesbian tow truck drivers DO suck. Straight ones too though. Okay, here’s the link :
SeeingAll
@Cam: http://murderpedia.org/male.B/b1/bonin-william.htm
Cam
@SeeingAll:
Nice try, your claim was that I defended the guy. Not sure why you keep thinking you can put anything up here and nobody will check it. But thanks for trying.
Now you again have time to go back and defend anti-gay bigots.
SeeingAll
@Cam: No, I said you WOULD defend him. Big difference. Nice try. And I will defend some homophobes, sure. Most people aren’t all good or all bad. Emile Zola did some good stuff for society. So does the Dalai Llama.
Cam
@SeeingAll:
OHHHHHH, I get it, so because I say that people shouldn’t be bigots, that is the same thing is defending a murderer in your eyes.
So THAT is your opinion, saying people shouldn’t be anti-gay bigots, is the same thing as defending rapists and murderers. So in your eyes, LGBT’s are no different than rapists and murderers.
Your self hatred has reached a level where you should really seek therapy.
SeeingAll
@Cam: No, I’m saying you’d prefer to take the position that even the detectives who arrested William Bonin are homophobes, because if you’re gay you can do no wrong. I disagree. So…we’ll just have to leave it at that.
brooklynbobby
@Cam: Why do you keep interacting with this nut? He just makes things up wholesale to get attention! He says one thing, then he says the opposite. And it is all intended to get a rise out of people so that sensible folks will pay attention to him. I guess mommy let him sit too long in poopie diapers until he was about 5 years old and it just ruined him for life so he has no chance of ever being a normal adult. Personally I don’t think he is even gay. He probably goes around to all sorts of sites and interjects himself into comments about just any old story so he can get his attention jollies. UGH! trolls can’t live with them, can’t live with them. LOL
Cam
@SeeingAll:
And again, at any time, you will always defend any anti-gay homophobe and attack a gay person. The fact that your only defense is to liken defending gays against homophboes is akin to defending a serial killer is very telling.
Cam
@brooklynbobby:
The reason I respond is because the way he and the other Log Cabiners work is that they will make false comments as if they are true. To somebody on here who doesn’t know, they might believe it. So correcting their lies not only prevents that from happening but points out just how vacant the Log Cabiners are of any facts to back up their views anymore. If they have to lie to make their point, it is very obvious that their point is basically false.
SeeingAll
@brooklynbobby: So…are you even actually in Brooklyn, Bobby? Because I’d LOVE to hook up with you, or are you going to hide like Cammy did when I gave out my number and said “call” ?
SeeingAll
@brooklynbobby: And when we DO hook I’ll show you evidnce that I’m also a registered Democrat.
SeeingAll
@brooklynbobby: And not only are you probably the stereotypical gay “faggot”, quick to insult people online but too wussy to say it to a face, but you’re also stupid enough to insult someone who was glad you got out of your ticket, and yet bonding with those who said “if ‘you’re’ car got towed, then it was somewhere it shouldn’t have been.”
brooklynbobby
@SeeingAll: A) Yes I am actually in Brooklyn. I have owned a 3 family row house in Park Slope for the last 16 years. However I don’t need your number because I only date adult men. I am NOT the least bit interested in preadolescent mentalities in a grown man’s body. I don’t hide from people I just have better things to do with my time.
I never said you weren’t a Democrat. That’s a beef you have with other people. I am not so stupid as to believe that Democrats can’t be crazy liars any more than Republicans or Tea Baggers or what ever you want to call them. An attention sponge is an attention sponge no matter political party affiliation, religion, sexual interest or the diet of the week they are on. I just don’t care!
As for being a stereotypical GAY “FAGGOT” I’m not entirely sure what that is but I am gay and I have been called a faggot enough times so I will claim that title with great pride! And when I have a free moment, because I am employed full time, if you would like to name a time and a place where I can meet you I will show you how wussy I am and tell you that you are a lunatic ass right to your face! I can very calmly and rationally tell you that because it is the absolute truth. Now if you would like to check out the Queerty Comment Policy calling someone a FAGGOT is strictly verboten and it might just mean the end of your nutty comments for good!
So there 😛
SeeingAll
@brooklynbobby: Then don’t go talking about poopy diapers (real grown-up, there) and spouting ignorant b.s. about somebody you don’t know if you’re not going to meet to see how accurate or not your insults are. You back up the “wussy” stereotype of cowardly (and vicious) gay men and don’t do the rest of us any favors.
SeeingAll
@brooklynbobby: My cell is 646 250 5932. Make sure you call if you want to set up time and place.
SeeingAll
@brooklynbobby: And I also can’t wait to hear from you and Cammy that I’m not gay (face-to-face) and what it is that I made up…”wholesale”…
SeeingAll
@brooklynbobby: And…if I get thrown off Queerty for using the f word (!) …oh no, from that blow I shall never recover! (If you owned a house here for 17 years then you were here for 9-11. So you turn on ME, who did everything I could to help at the time, and bond with Cammy ??? Who probably laughed and cheered and said the U.S. deserved it??) Oh…man. I gotta meet you. And don’t use the excuse that I’m a loon not to meet. You’ll see on the phone how sedate I am.
brooklynbobby
@SeeingAll: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 OH MY GOD! WHAT is wrong with you!!!!! Don’t you have anything better to do??? A job? Friends? A television??? HOLY SMOKES!!! You are a nut! And just to show how much you pay attention I said I owned my home for 16 years not 17. Are you too lazy to just scroll up a tiny bit and make sure you are accurate? NO! Because you aren’t interested in accuracy as you have shown through every single post you have made since you started on this topic since the 26th!!! WOW. You really are a troll. I didnt turn on anybody or bond with anybody. You accused me of that with giancarlo but he was at least smart enough to get the hell away from you. I don’t know what you did after the WTC attacks and I don’t think I would believe you if you told me! And you can say whatever you want about what you want to imagine what I did when it happened. All I know is that you could see the whole thing from the end of my street! And the whole neighborhood was snowed on by ash that came from the burning towers and I have a whole packet of papers that flew into my back yard from some insurance company where probably everyone died! Nobody at my house was laughing or cheering you bozo. HOW DARE YOU!!! Use that horrific tragedy to get your jollies. You aren’t a loon you are a LUNATIC!!! If you post just ONE MORE THING addressed to me not only will I contact the people at Queerty but I will look into contacting someone else because I think you might be dangerous you creep!!!! UGH!!! And I mean it!!!!
SeeingAll
@brooklynbobby: No, I’m not a loon. But we have to start having integrity on here. If people are going to insult, they have to meet to back it up. And I have a very full life, but I’m willing to make sacrifices too to keep the standards for gay (and straight) men high. And I want to see an three-family house owned by a grown man who actually talks about poopy diapers (also making light of the very serious child abuse issue). As for 9-11…I watched gay men in Manhattan laugh about it.
SeeingAll
@brooklynbobby: Oh yeah…AND they laughed about Fr. Judge having the hots for firemen. So don’t take the high road with me on that. Once again, if you’re not going to meet, then keep your mouth shut next time. I’ve done more for gay equality than you or your husband or anybody else in your clique.
Cam
@SeeingAll:
I love how you try to invent a conversation that never happened for you to respond to because you can’t respond to the ACTUAL one that happened.
I never said you weren’t gay, as you well know. I said that you always defend the anti-gay bigot or find an excuse to attack the gay person which you did again on this story.
When I pointed that out, you compared my defending the gay tow truck driver to defending a rapist and serial killer.
I can see why you would want to invent a new conversation after making your self hatred and anti-gay bigotry THAT obvious.