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I got kicked off a flight for being too drunk. People would rather my drunk ass in a plane than this shirt. Atleast I was quite
So here’s how this played out in front of my bathroom mirror this morning:
Someone starts yapping about their god or whatever.
I loudly say “No thank you. Please stop.” while ensuring I have caught the eye of the nearest flight attendant.
I give them about 30 seconds to take their bows and sit the fuck down.
If they don’t, I move to the center aisle, stand up, loudly announce that they are creating a disturbance on the plane. I tell them for deeply personal reasons, the topic they are discussing is upsetting and unsettling to me, and if they continue, I will consider their continuation belligerence. I look directly at the flight attendant and tell them that it is their job to prevent passenger belligerence.
If I’m feeling charitable, I’ll mention that freedom of religion is also freedom from religion and that I’m about to freak the fuck out if they don’t shut up the wannabe preacher. And if they don’t, well, then nobody gets to be heard over the sounds of me screaming the account of my then 12-year-old childhood friend being molested by a youth preacher while I watched in the back of a church van.
So says the hero in the bathroom mirror that is devoid of consequence. We all know on this side of the mirror, I would be banned from flying and the idiot TikToker would get a gofundme.
Shout out to the last two sentences for bringing us all back down to earth 😂.
You forgot to mention that everyone clapped though
I wonder what would happen if a Muslim tried to do this
four country idiots will yell “let’s roll” and pretend they are heroes. then get invited to the white house for mcdonalds.
They'd land the plane at the closest airport, bring in the swat team and arrest them violently.
arrest them violently.
Only if they're lucky
This is a reminder to loudly play Disney music from your phone before you commit a felony so you at least aren't generating content for them.
It’s why I’m always ready to sing, A Whole New World. You would be amazed that statistically there’s always someone willing to sing out the Princesses half of the song lol.
And the hope that strangers might convert outweighs any concern that they’ll conclude Christians are lunatics.
Who the fuck do they think is going to convert by being forcibly subjected to that? On the contrary. I would imagine that they're more likely to cause other Christians to have second thoughts.
Most evangelism isn't actually to convert people. It's to other them to the one evangelizing. The evangelists return to their group moaning about how no one will listen and they bond over their good deed of trying to spread "truth" with the rest in their circle and it makes them feel even more like they're a part of a group.
It's all performative cult behavior
There’s unfortunately very little airline staff can do to stop this. While there are rules regarding passengers who are disobedient or belligerent, preaching doesn’t necessarily cross a line. Flight attendants can politely ask them to stop, but I have yet to see any examples of plane preachers getting kicked off flights because they wouldn’t shut up.
100% if someone got up preaching Islam or Satan, they'd get kicked off and put on the no fly list.
"My fellow passengers, let's all say a brief prayer to the elemental force of air, which gives us lift."
Far more relevant than a shepherd from ancient Judea. WTF does a sheep boy know about airplanes?
theres nothing they can do cause shes white and christian.
Get a muslim imam up there and I bet you they divert the airplane and have a tactical squad ready at the gate.
No. Someone is getting removed from that plane. I am not paying for that. These airlines need to grow some fucking balls already.
United will pull a doctor out while he's screaming and passing out but they just can't seem to anything about a blonde woman yelling about Jesus
I know it wasn't united in this article but still
Airlines can put them on the no fly list and the problem is solved.
Also from google "the FAA enforces a strict zero-tolerance policy and can propose civil penalties exceeding $40,000 per violation for unruly behavior or refusing to obey crew instructions"
Airlines which choose not to do this are complicit with the obnoxious preachers.
preaching doesn’t necessarily cross a line
It doesn't matter. A steward can ask you to return to your seat and be quiet and doesn't have to give a single reason. And if you don't comply they can have the plane land immediately to get you removed just because you didn't follow their orders. And when asked, they can just say that the passenger's behavior was distracting them from their safety related duty
The real issue here is that the stewards and/or airline management are apparently complicit.
It absolutely crosses a line. What they're preaching isn't even relevant (though it obviously makes it worse). Shut the fuck up and sit the fuck down.
Doesn't even need to be a religion. Someone could stand up and start spitting out legit facts about climate change and I'd still tell them to shut the fuck up. Like, "yeah we know, it fucking sucks. But we're on an airplane so how about shut the fuck up?"
Yet they treat the guy with "bombing kids isn't self-defense" shirt like a terrorist but let this bullshit literally fly
Stand up and recite Matthew 6:5.
5 “And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites, for they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by others. Truly I tell you, they have received their reward in full. 6 But when you pray, go into your room, close the door and pray to your Father, who is unseen. Then your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 7 And when you pray, do not keep on babbling like pagans, for they think they will be heard because of their many words. 8 Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.
I'm generally very respectful towards people's religions but I would heckle the shit out of these bastards.
If the airlines can't stop an evangelist from preaching, they can't stop me from blaspheming.
Heckling obnoxious evangelists was one of my fave things to do in college. I'd always ask questions that they couldn't really answer and they'd always be like "it's part of God's plan" and I would ask them how they know God's plan and they'd get even more upset.
If you're gonna shove your beliefs down my throat, don't get uppity when I asks question lmao
You start with "everyone's entitled to their beliefs," they harm you per their beliefs, and then you want to draw a line? Too late, you already gave them the blank check.
Christianity deserves pushback, not respect. It is a death cult. They don't respect you, they think you belong to their god. They will be happy when you die, pretending you are rewarded in heaven or punished in hell. There is no such thing as a christ, we are not born with sin, we do not require divine salvation (which comes at the price of complete subjugation).
Can we stop letting them kill us? People should be held accountable for their choices, including the choice to accept and repeat baseless claims. As a species, we need to mature out of superstition before it kills us.
Heckle them loudly. If talking loudly isn't a bootable offense, making fun of the preacher and their lack of ability to entertain or hold an audience without force is a good starting point. Undercut their message by showing the lack of charity in their actions and what a good person would do: be respectful of others.
Apparently Whitney needs a reminder:
1 Timothy 2:11-12
Let a woman learn quietly with all submissiveness. I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; rather, she is to remain quiet.
I am that autistic person who would be quite happy to yell shutup over and over until she got the point.
I’m no believer but I think these people should hear the words of the Bible.
Matthew 6:4-6
4so that your giving may be in secret. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you. 5And when you pray, do not be like the hypocrites. For they love to pray standing in the synagogues and on the street corners to be seen by men. Truly I tell you, they already have their full reward. 6But when you pray, go into your inner room, shut your door, and pray to your Father, who is unseen. And your Father, who sees what is done in secret, will reward you.…
They always counter with "that's just prayer, not spreading the word" and point at Matthew 28:19-20
19 Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, 20 and teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you. And surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age
Outside of the Sentinelese, everyone on the planet has heard of Jesus Fucking Christ. If anyone wanted to convert already then they would have by now. These performative assholes need to shut the fuck up already and leave people in peace.
Every few years some Christian tries to genocide the Sentinelese too
They're fully aware the diseases they carry could wipe out the Sentinelese, and are fine with it. Terrible people
One time on the NYC subway someone started preaching. Then a middle aged business man started counter-yelling about evolution and natural science. Then a third person started yelling that they all need to shut up.
It was kind of funny to watch, but also a 20 minute train ride with multiple stops is much lower stakes than a flight.
if an airline allowed this to happen, I would never fly with that airline again. I bought a ticket for a respectful flight, if they can't provide that...
I am 1000% sure if this was a Muslim preaching they would find a way to stop it.
Try doing this with the Quran or Satanism on a domestic flight and see how long it takes them to squak 7700 and eject you at the nearest federal penitentiary.
So we're happy to have extremists stand up and spout religious nonsense as long as they're white Christians speaking English. Neat!
I wonder what would happen to a preacher, who say was, oh I dunno, Muslim. I wonder how they would be greeted when they land. I wonder...
someone put the radical religious fundamentalists endangering others on a plane on the no fly list and charged them with federal crimes right?
Ohhh I've seen this in action before on the public bus. The response is usually "SHUT YO ASS UP, NO ONE IS TRYING TO HEAR THAT"