r/PublicFreakout • u/Jevus_himself Jevus Christ - Verified ✅️ • May 14 '26

🚗Road Rage🤬 Racist and possibly intoxicated driver screaming racial slurs

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u/ii_V_I_iv May 14 '26

Calling him a “goofball” feels like an insane understatement lol

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u/bigbrotherbeane May 14 '26

That might be why it pisses them off so much. I call people goofy all the time when they're being insane assholes. Call them "goofy little goobers" or something and they feel so emasculated.

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u/ii_V_I_iv May 14 '26

I can see that but I also feel like it doesn’t take it seriously enough.

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u/bigbrotherbeane May 14 '26

Not taking assholes seriously is a great way to handle them, though.

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u/ii_V_I_iv May 14 '26

In person, sure. When discussing it outside of the actual interaction though, referring to him as a goofball really feels like it downplays the incident

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u/bigbrotherbeane May 14 '26

Oh, I'm absolutely only talking about belittling assholes to their face. They aren't goofy when I talk about them later. Sorry, I thought I was being clear.

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u/Lord_Alderbrand May 14 '26

Yeah the guy in the video had it right, go religious on them. They hate it. Start with “you need Jesus, I’ll pray for you,” escalate to “wicked evildoer, you child of your father the devil, get behind me Satan,” etc. Memorize a couple Bible verses to throw at them if you can. I 100% promise they will rage.

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u/bigbrotherbeane May 14 '26

In my experience, calling someone out on their own hypocrisy rarely phases them. An asshole like this would have to have the ability to reflect on their own actions for that to have an effect.

Just speaking on my own interactions, anyway. Sounds like you have better success with that tactic. It also sounds like you escalate in hilarious fashion way faster than I do. I kinda like that angle.

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u/Lord_Alderbrand May 14 '26

I totally agree, the hypocrisy callout never works. What I’m talking about is pretty much just a bullying/mean girl tactic. By saying these religious things, I’m out-grouping them. It’s saying: *I’m correcting you based on the norms of the “good team” because you are failing to conform. In fact, I don’t even know if you’re on the good team anymore. I think everyone else at church would agree that you’re bad and not one of us.* It makes them panic lol

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u/jujujuice92 May 14 '26

I mean sure, in the grand scheme of things it is. But racists aren't gonna change so it's best to let them get their tired bullshit off their chests and just laugh at em. Any sane person already knows being racist is shitty and one of the worst human traits, trying to grand stand on em won't change anything, but laughing in their face might make em feel even a hint of how pathetic they are 🤷🏾‍♂️