Florida Man Goes on Unhinged Rant Against Masks: 'I Will Not be Muzzled Like a Mad Dog!'

[SouthernCal_Dem]

A Florida man has gone viral — much like his home state — by launching into a rant during a county commission meeting about mandating masks to fight the coronavirus, during which he exclaimed “I will not be muzzled like a mad dog!”

Earlier this week, CNN aired video of local Palm Beach residents flipping out over a mask mandate — calling them “the devil’s laws” — so at least one resident of St. Lucie County promptly had those people hold his beer.

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[Aristus]

1. Man, meth is some nasty stuff...

[Nevilledog]

27. Yeah. He's only 25.

[Aristus]

28. ...

[cwydro]

39. Wow.

25?

Looks way older.

[Nevilledog]

42. 60 in meth years.

[lame54]

2. How Ironic

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Does he wear pants? Does having to wear them also impinge on his freedom?

Even mad dogs don't have to wear pants.

[33taw]

4. I would quit giving these jackasses air time. Muzzle the asshole.

[SiliconValley_Dem]

5. hilarious and sad at the same time

[essme]

9. Incredibly sad

I have written on DU before--- we have a mental illness problem in the US. It is easy to make fun of these folks- the nuts, the "Karens" etc, but they are not well.

It's awful.

[SiliconValley_Dem]

15. agreed--and I think people who are a little neurotic can be radicalized

more easily and become even more mentally unbalanced by our toxic political and media environment.

[electric_blue68]

44. Idk..... about the "Karen's".

A lot just seem like racist white women (and equivalent men). They may be having some difficult non mental health situations in their lives, and for what ever "reason" a black person(s) appears and "offends" them, and then all their racism comes out extra fueled by their situations.

[GoCubsGo]

6. Well, he should be, because he's acting like one.

[ProfessorGAC]

7. Yes, Indeed

While saying he's not wearing one because he's not a mad dog, he proves otherwise.

[GemDigger]

16. If he stopped drinking that MadDog 20/20 shit he wouldn't need a muzzle.

He would need a muzzle even without Covid.

[Phoenix61]

8. Bet he was ok with having to wear a shirt and

shoes to get into that meeting. It’d be so much fairer if the stupid just hurt the carriers.

[NightWatcher]

10. I do see the resemblance to a rabid dog.

[live love laugh]

25. I thought it was just me. nt

[Doreen]

11. Is he on something?

[gulliver]

12. That's great stuff. A lot of anti-mask people seeing it will be ordering their masks.

[Doodley]

13. I thought for a minute that was Mel Gibson in Braveheart.

[TreasonousBastard]

14. I'm just wondering what effect these videos are having. I would like to think they are...

exposing these slugs for the bottomfish they are, but could they be glorifying them to certain elelments?

[Runningdawg]

17. Not only should he be muzzled, add a spit shield and take away his car keys and guns too.

[NoMoreRepugs]

18. His children and grandchildren will be able to view this

for the rest of their lives. Wonder how many of them will change their name??

[tblue37]

19. He's rather acting like a mad dog, though. nt

[robbob]

20. Where is laughing green shirt guy

when you need him?

[Crunchy Frog]

21. Send animal control after him. n/t

[Liberal In Texas]

22. Florida Man.

You know, Florida Man, freedom doesn't mean you can do absolutely anything you want. Society has rules. You may have heard of them. For instance traffic laws so people don't go around killing one another with their cars. Laws that say you can't stand up in a crowded theater and yell fire. And public health laws. A recent one being wearing a mask to help stem the plague that is rampaging through our population. You expect other people to be law abiding citizens (bet you're a "law and order" kind of guy) so should you.

[Buns_of_Fire]

23. Have a deputy swat him across the nose with a rolled-up newspaper. nt

[lunasun]

24. I certainly understand his concern of possibly being mistaken for a mad dog & getting muzzled 🙄

Drama queen hope he’s not always like that

[MiniMe]

26. Wearing a mask is a lot easier than being on a ventilator

[bbernardini]

29. I know Florida is weird in general, but what is it about St. Lucie?

I feel like the majority of Florida Man and Florida Woman stories I read take place there.

[Initech]

30. He looks like he drinks too much Mad Dog.

[wryter2000]

31. Funny

He looks like a mad dog.

[blugbox]

32. Somebody muzzle that mad dog

[Midnight Writer]

33. This fellow has been watching too much WWE.

[Vinca]

34. Yikes! The guy gives mad dogs a bad name.

[struggle4progress]

35. I'm glad nobody was bitten but snapping at people is an unwelcome symptom

[JustABozoOnThisBus]

36. He won't be muzzled like a mad dog, but ...

... doesn't he appear to be foaming at the mouth?

Maybe just leftover from the six tall beers he drank on his drive to the meeting.

[tinrobot]

37. I am convinced these anti-mask people are all toddlers.

Every last one of them sounds like a two year old who has had their binky taken away. They are throwing tantrums, not voicing coherent arguments.

We need to remind these children that adults sometimes have to do things they don't like. Adults don't throw tantrums, they own up to their responsibilities to themselves and to others.

Grow up. Put on your damn masks.

[47of74]

46. Hell my niece is more mature than a lot of these people, including Fuckmuppet von #BunkerBaby.

She's a little over two years old and acts with a lot more maturity than many of these so called adults do. That most definitely includes Fuckmuppet von #BunkerBaby.

[quickesst]

38. There is a solution....

.... to a "mad dog" refusing to be muzzled. 🤔

[Buns_of_Fire]

40. If wearing a mask (a minor inconvenience) sets him off like this...

...I pity the poor waitress at Outback who has to tell him that they're all out of Bloomin' Onions.

[Dirty Socialist]

41. There's an internet game called "Florida Man"

You google "Florida Man" and add your birthday. See what absurd crime a Florida man committed on your day.

What is it about Florida that turns many men's brains to shit? Is it inbreeding?

[47of74]

47. Florida Man Threatens Man With Machete To Go Steal Beer From Walmart

This was a story that came up on my birthday (June 9)

Linky, linky

A Florida man is in jail after he allegedly threatened another man with a machete to make him to steal beer from a Walmart in Merritt Island, Florida.

The victim was inside his friend's boat in a wooded area near Kiwanis Island park that is just west of the Walmart Supercenter located at 1500 East Merritt Island Causeway.

According to Brevard County Sheriff's deputies, 51-year-old Michael Richard Laplante approached the boat around 9:30 p.m. on Thursday and pulled a long metal machete with a serrated edge from a duffel bag. Laplante then allegedly demanded that the victim give him a bicycle that was inside the boat and ordered the victim to take the bicycle from the wooded area to Merritt Island Causeway.

After the two men had cleared the woods, Laplante ordered the victim to go inside the nearby Walmart and steal two six packs of beer, according to the arrest affidavit.

[Liberal In Texas]

48. Nuts, they don't have one for my birthdate.

Here's a list Brevard Times came up with:

http://www.brevardtimes.com/2019/08/florida-man-challenge-list-of-florida-man-stories-by-date/amp/

[area51]

43. Well, alrighty then.

[electric_blue68]

45. And.. 25!!?!?? Oh, dear. Looks nearly twice that!