"This is my foot about to go up your ass"

This angry fellow was none too pleased that we were handing out flyers about how Ringling Bros. Circus abuses elephants. I kept telling him it was a federal trial I was talking about, not my opinion. He still thought it was fine to throw crumpled up flyers in Matt and mine's face and tell us he would happily go to jail after beating the shit out of us. He did this in front of my kid who was about 3 feet away ( and who had no idea what he was saying or doing thanks, I think, to Matt and I remaining completely calm while this guy screamed in our faces and threw things at us, which I did not get on film) and in front of his own kids, wife, and friend, none of whom seemed impressed with his macho bullshit.

I turned the camera on because, after the throwing stuff and threatening, I thought it might deter him from assaulting us (which is how it looked like it was going to go) or at the very least we'd have video of him beating me and Matt up. I felt really bad for his wife and kids and their friend.

I can't say this didn't shake me up a bit but I did remain very calm and collected and kept trying to tell the guy we were trying to help the elephants. I knew he wasn't going to hear me, but at least I didn't head down the road he did and I kept our goal in mind instead of escalating the situation like he did.

If you need info on why we were protesting the circus, look here.

If you're wondering who this asshole is, he probably has an entry here.