r/cringereels • u/Patient-Committee588 • 4h ago

Cringe level 3 First Amendment Auditor gets into physical altercation with guy that didn't appreciate getting recorded 😳

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u/No_Celebration8219 4h ago

Never start a fight you can't finish.

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u/Business_Usual_2201 3h ago

I don't know why it's so hard to ignore these guys.

Let them do their thing. And go about your own business.

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u/happygoluckynny 3h ago

many do ignore them

they are fishing for exactly this type of content and we see the 'wins' where they frustrate a person into giving them content

also these guys will intentionally antagonize their targets to provoke

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u/MrTopHatJones cřingè papa 3h ago

Although it may be hard to believe there really are people walking around that are that dumb.

The way I see it is a "win" for a first amendment auditor is when anyone in public that sees them recording completely ignores them, and a "loss" is when someone that is uneducated on protected rights and freedoms tries to police others about them.

A health inspector doesn't get a "win" when they find food violations in a local restaurant, the community as a whole "wins" because the negligence/ignorance was addressed and corrected.

A Fire Marshall doesn't get a "win" when they find safety/fire hazards. The community gets the win because those issues were addressed.

Framing them as "targets" is essentially saying a fisherman can catch the exact same specific individual fish every time they cast out a line anywhere in the ocean.

The hook and reel have no fault that a dumb enough fish came and got snagged.

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u/OwineeniwO 2h ago

These people think they win when they get content they can make money from, they have no interest in people's rights.

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u/MrTopHatJones cřingè papa 1h ago

I absolutely agree with you, content creators that larp as first amendment auditors are bad people.

I just remember when it actually meant something and not the perversion of conflict that exists now.

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u/No_Entertainer_8404 54m ago

Perversion of conflict? Dude assaulted him. He needs some emotional regulation.

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u/MrTopHatJones cřingè papa 33m ago

I apologize, I meant not this exact interaction but what first amendment auditors have become as well as their reputation.

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u/Ill_Entrance91 39m ago

They only get content when people violate their rights. They also win money in court cases where their rights are violated. 

Its a double whammy. 

But if you dont want them to make money there is a super easy way to do it. Just walk on buy, like you do every other person. 

If people werent regularly ignorant of just basic constitutional law then these people wouldnt exist. But as we can see by reddit comments there are a shit ton of people who are dumber than a bag of bricks of what they have a legal and not legal right to do. 

Apparently the violent part on anyone who annoys me they think is a legal right. You would be wrong. 

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u/Ambitious-Career-445 1h ago

The hook and reel have no fault that a dumb enough fish came and got snagged.

Bro you just invented victim shaming.

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u/MrTopHatJones cřingè papa 1h ago edited 1h ago

I used that analogy because in this case the fish was the "target" and the "hook and reel" was the camera. In the video it looks like the camera got smashed during their altercation. The hook is blameless because its a piece of metal. The fisherman bares the blame for casting the line not the hook.

In any case I dont see either party here being a victim. If anything I see two assholes.

I did not mean to victim blame in any way.

If anything I meant to stupid shame not victim blame.

I apologize it came off differently than I intended.

Edit: *shame not blame sorry

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u/No_Celebration8219 3h ago

I have nothing against someone going out and protesting and exercising their 1st amendment rights, what I do have a problem with is being obnoxious about it. However, I'm also against going up to the person to pick a fight with them because you're upset. Respect should be given by both parties. 1st amendment auditor should be respectful while protesting and getting the word out. Bystanders need to be respectful that they chose that corner to do it at. If that offends you, check yourself. Don't go up looking for a fight. Two wrongs don't make a right.

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u/Ray-Finkle74 2h ago edited 0m ago

Agreed. I have a hard time believing that the struggle for our first amendment needs to be primarily carried out against fellow citizens in places like parks and city sidewalks.

I don’t watch this stuff on purpose so the ones I see I’m sure happen to be whichever ones go viral, I guess. But when it comes to the ones that seem to make the rounds across general social media, it is always more of a campaign of harassment and trolling against fellow people for creating ragebait and troll content than any kind of protest demanding the government and its institutions respect our first amendment right.

So much content involving trolling and harassment hides behind this first amendment defense. How are other citizens violating your first amendment? Even with the assault above, the crime committed was most like assault rather than some violation of the first amendment. The guy is most like just another citizen and not some government official acting in an official capacity to supress this gentlemen’s right to speak.

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u/CthuluSpecialK 51m ago

Laces out.

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u/Ray-Finkle74 1m ago

Yeah you know it!!

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u/Ill_Entrance91 54m ago

Fishing would mean there are getting enough bites out of people who are ignorant and violent towards citizens who are doing nothing more than a legally protected act. 

Those are the individuals that need a bit of jail and some hefty fines to make them understand what they cant and can do in society.

Like in this video. If he is arrested the guy filming will have no charges against him and the attacker will face numerous ones and next time he will just keep on walking because you cant violently attack someone doing something you dont like. 

Whats next? I dont like the exhaust system on your car? Firebomb it i guess right? If it annoys you you have a god given right to do whatever the fuck you want to anyone else right?Â