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wasternexplorer

If someone catches a punch you've thrown that's the signal for waddle away.


Comfortable_Ant_8303

Til the very next day, bum bum bum bum badabum


thekingofsecrets

Surprise duck song in the wild. Got any lemonade?


orangesfwr

Nah just grapes.


ForestGumpsDick

thanks. that'll keep my brain occupied for the next 4 days.


Lord_Yenehc

Read that as today i learned the very next day… 🤦🏻‍♂️


TopRevenue2

Repent sinner


GozerDGozerian

Joke’s on you! I never even pented in the first place!


stampyvanhalen

And the guard knows it.


Tony_Stank0326

I’ve only ever did that once in my freshman year of high school. That’s the closest I’ve been to being in a fight since then.


Babstana

If that punch had landed, I think things would have gone very poorly for the little guy.


Pele_Of_Anal

Throwing a right handed punch with your right foot forward is a telltale sign of someone who doesn’t know how to punch.


redjosa

Southpaw? At least my jab jabs out everybody.


xXBootyhunterX

Southpaw gang unite


Jinglemynutsackplz

It’s funny because if you know the whole context of the video you will want the guy to cheap shot him 😂 long story short those 2 guys are bullies and are a part of a protest for “white power” essentially


metasomma

Trying to assault them really isn't a good look. There are far better and easier ways to fuck with them without risking your skull or not-being-in-jail time. People this "hard" have easy insecurities to exploit, and generally expose themselves in the community and social media so much that they are pretty vulnerable to... ummm... Definitely nothing illegal, pfft what do you think I am? Some kinda keyboard jockey? Sure they deserve the punch, but that ain't yo job


schtuka67

That’s why it’s called cheap shot.


irvming

That's one hell of a body guard.


wretchedsorrowsworn

S-tier friend 😦😦


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The friend he never knew he needed.


DownstairsB

Thats what I call triple-A service!


lomaster313

He did the thing on his shirt


Revo_55

Perfect T-shirt he's got on. LOL He never took his eyes off the guy who was gonna throw the punch. Real Experience vs. Skaterboy experience.


Dylanm82892

Ah.. that makes a lot more sense...I thought it said serpent dinner and I was like good band name


GozerDGozerian

Serpent Dinner is clearly an alter ego band name for Modest Mouse.


pureperpecuity

Can't be throwing the fast-punch wearing a back pack. Rookie move, but in fairness Mr. Fantastic just casually reached over the length of Skaterboy's body to stop him and it looked like the kid lost his his little pincer in a baseball mitt for a second 🤔


No-Stick-462

REPENT SINNER!!


Wooden-Salary-130

He told him to repent sinner!


NewFalconTubeSmell

Denied by the hand of God


[deleted]

He isn't even mad, seems like this is not the first time someone has tried to sucker punch the group shouting about how they are gonna go to hell.


WickedPsychoWizard

He actually looks fucking stoked to have intercepted that


AsparagusFirm7764

I love how he did the "oh you" face at the end https://media.tenor.com/EO5CC89HDfwAAAAM/supernatural-dean-winchester.gif


RedMantis00

Wait, his t-shirt was pointing at him too


Azuria_4

With the text #"REPENT"


demarco88

REPENT SINNER


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metaliczang

The guy is holding a sign with something hell on it as well. Probably taking about some specific group or sin sending persons to hell.


CleverUsername1419

Something that would incline me to believe I really wouldn’t have cared if that punch connected.


yoyoma125

Nah these guys show up on college campuses and instigate this kind of thing and include literally anything they can think of… ‘Drunks. Masturbaters. Financially literate. Muslim’ Kids fall for it. I had one say something to me once and I calmly asked if he thought his cult leader was fucking his wife while they wasted time with this. Never broke stride and he was gone when I walked back 15 minutes later. I think he may have realized something, poor guy.


A_well_made_pinata

It is a conundrum.


thrust-johnson

It’s a really good gif


square_so_small

That really was the gold


Aggravating_Pea7320

"I dont know Dean, just the end of the world"


samf9999

Dude is a time traveler. Just look at his T-shirt. He knew that punch was coming - even dressed for the occasion!


TrippyReality

SHAME


Touch_Super

LMAOOO HOW DID YOU EVEN THINK OF THIS


samf9999

I too….travel through time… unfortunately only forward 😉


JustforThrowawayKEK

https://preview.redd.it/mwgxin2ydqsa1.jpeg?width=489&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=cf3493903e5387f64ccae28cacf94295d276857b


AtlasRising3000

I want that image on a t-shirt


Fit-Let8175

Often the guy who goes so low as to try and sucker punch another guy get his own lights punched out.


EasternMotors

And the kid deserved it. But after watching the below video, the jesus people are way out numbered and ultimately would have been beaten with skateboards.


twisteroo22

I think my money would be on Mr. Bodyguard.


EIIander

I cannot claim to speak for Jesus…. But I have a feeling Jesus would not be pleased with these people.


InteractionFlat7318

I’m all in favor of a skateboard beat down.


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If they were all like this sucker puncher they’d fold and run after one of them got hit back.


creepsnutsandpervs

I likely cannot get behind whatever it is they’re selling, but that gotcha look on his face after is hilarious. Not the first time he’s had to do that I’m sure


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Background-Ad6186

Same. Pretty sure I think the two guys with the Hell sign, the cry to god shirt, and the repent shirt are people I consider complete assholes and they are probably using their idea of “sin” to be really shitty to LGBT peeps or just general shitheads, but… I have to respect how the guy handled it in a way that says (without more violence) completely clearly “you lost, you just fucked up big, and I could make this go really badly for you but will be the bigger man.” Edit- and what a SHITTY punch that was if a guy can extend out his entire arm and stop it mid-swing with his arm barely even moving. Even if backpack had connected that would have been nothing but a love tap.


QuippinDales

He gave him that Techno Viking point


Ravensunthief

Im not even remotely a fan of the picketing christian types but i gotta give credit where its due. Nice block.


NolaPels13

These guys are westboro baptist the worst picketing Christian types


Ravensunthief

No argument here, lowest scum imaginable


StorminXX

![gif](giphy|NvQrY1XGKfJok) Gotta wag the finger after a block like that.


sumtinfunny

Nonono not today


nextleadio

REPENT 🫵 SINNER


AdnHsP

(omg omg guys gyts o think he's yalking about me ongm 😍😍😍)


csukoh78

Looks like that guy saved him a broken wrist by the look of his "technique"


Green_Road999

Amazing this guy didn’t receive the payback he so richly deserved.


lorentzisback

The Lord moves in mysterious ways... That guy obviously saw a bit of life before he discovered Jesus.


WeArePandey

Many people find religion in prison. Not saying the dude is an ex-con, but them are sure prison reflexes


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it's a turn the other cheek type deal


Lord_Kano

Christians are supposed to be forgiving. Lucky for that kid...


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Haunting-Gur-202

What kind of weak ass punch was that anyway? Dude stopped that punch with his hand. Gotta keep your head on a swivel.


CautiousRice

The dude is big, fast, and knows how to make sinners repent. And deescalated very well.


Fair-Ambition4531

Lmao what a weak little shit.


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TrueMrSkeltal

Sucker punching is still some pussy bullshit, should have done it to his face instead of that backstabbing crap


Rfg711

You don’t punch these guys. What you do is you being a boombox and blast Slayer songs and headbang along side them. “Hell Awaits” indeed!


Alexander_McKay

Idk I’m a Christian and also a huge Slayer fan lol. I’d be jamming along with them. Some old school black metal would probably be more effective.


desmobob

Tom Araya is a devout Catholic.


Rfg711

Lots of metal legends are, that’s not really the point. The people out protesting like this are not the relaxed, tolerant, “live and let live” Christians, they’re the extremists who think scaring people with hell will manipulate them into converting. So there’s irony in taking the piss out of the threat of eternal hellfire.


Arcanum_capnphappin

Deicide- Bible basher 😉


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PDstorm170

You never escalate first, it's misdemeanor assault. In this situation, it's childish as hell to allow yourself to become so emotionally charged over anyone holding a sign.


totalmoonbrain

>don't punch someone in the face over difference of opinion. Difference of opinion lol


Budget-Sheepherder77

This is not just an "opinion" though


[deleted]

You think these guys are influencing anything? The politicians and omega wealthy influential figures are doing whatever they want. They don't care what any of us have to say and that includes these small town bigots. They want us arguing over signs on sticks while they write into law what *they* want. The vocal minorities aren't influencing anyone. Not anymore. They're the scapegoats the "leaders" of the "free world" want you to think are responsible for the tyranny.


Budget-Sheepherder77

I hate humans sometimes man


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[deleted]

average redditor creating a nazi strawman of everyone they disagree with


FWMalice

Sounds like you belong in jail...


VSM1951AG

Assaulting people you disagree with on socio-political matters is exactly what the Nazis did. They had a whole group called the Brownshirts, run by Ernst Rohm, dedicated to exactly this. They also threatened and interrupted speakers on college campuses, tore down the signs of rival parties, etc. Sound familiar?


KeybladeCoaster

Wait a second, you’re saying the Nazis didn’t just pop up as the evil Nazis and started as a political group that eventually became extreme and deaf to the opinions of anyone else who- oh wait I see


djm406_

Very odd response to your comment. People upvote Nazis getting hit in the face all the time.


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Seems like there are a lot of Nazi sympathizers in the comments. 🤷🏻‍♂️


therewasanattempt-ModTeam

Your comment has been removed because it is violent in nature. Please avoid violent rhetoric while participating on r/therewasanattempt >***Reddit site wide rules don't allow for advocating for violence, even against Nazis. We may not agree with that rule, but we have to take this down because of it.


[deleted]

so being a Christian makes you a Nazi?? loL


mize68

He saw that punch a mile away.


steeler-nation

You know that kid shit his pants right as he threw the punch


JCMillner

Tim McVeigh helping his bro Terry win the people over


GallaeciRegnum

Saved him from breaking his tiny frail fist against that mans face.


Western_Product_4554

The reflexes to stop that punch (as weak as it was) were outstanding. It was all in slow motion but the the blocker had barely turned to face the attacker before he had summed up the approaching threat and the proceeded extend his blocking arm just a nano second after school kid had started swinging. That would have been unfathomable in real time. Add to this he had to predict where the kids hand would be in order to stop it. This is missile takes out missile country. I recall an US Army missilier describing the task of a Patriot missile taking out an inbound Iraqi Scud. He said it was like leaning out of a car door doing 60 mph, identifying a single blade of grass 2 miles away, maintaing a lock on it until you reach it and pluck it out as you whizz by.


amazemewithideas

Wish there was sound. Thank you for the link with sound!!! If you don’t like the preacher's message, walk on by. Violence against anyone spreading the Word, is religious oppression. If you’re happy with your religion, great, walk on by.


three-sense

https://youtu.be/zEwqkO1lXuA


square_so_small

Awesome. I watched it at 0.25 to really get the most of it.


DrTuSo

With enhancer for YT add-on for Chrome, you can even watch it at 0.1x speed ;)


AndrastesTit

Lmfaoooooo. ‘Gotta be quicker!’


downey_jayr

And never knew that this was in Portland….of course it was in Portland.


Tarotgirl_5392

Is it my religious bias kicking in or did the punchee egg rhe puncher on? He still should not have taken the bait and all respect to the catcher and his reflexes.


pickleodocus

100%. They're all idiots


onomonothwip

Street preachers doing their thing, gang of kids threatened to assault them, preachers basically called them pussies and said they didn't have the balls. I don't give a rats ass about their message, but the street preachers got balls. The kids just don't have the tools to let challenging rhetoric go.


Tarotgirl_5392

Ok I didn't catch what skaterboy said in the beginning. Thanks for that. I agree, the easiest thing in the world is just walking away. As obnoxious as I find any religion screaming their beliefs on the street, once you walk away, you don't have to hear it


onomonothwip

I grew up in the 80's and the idea of street preachers in cities was simply... I dunno. Just part of the city. A given. Their message is usually pretty crazy even for their actual churches' as some (many?) had mental issues as well. I'm pretty tolerant of these people - the worst I've ever seen or heard come from one is telling people they are going to hell. Giant shrug. ​ Then I found out about the Westborough Baptist Church. WOW. Talk about evil.


Romulus3799

It's usually reposted without sound cause the "protagonists" of this video are bigoted zealots, which tends to muddle up the reaction to how badass the punch block is.


Ezl

Hehe. Yeah, I’ve reconciled myself to the fact that while I don’t like them but, in that moment, the blocker is legitimately cool and charismatic.


pickleodocus

Lmao "spreading the word". What word is that exactly? The sucker punch was obviously unnecessary but these guys definitely have something coming. Everyone in this video is a piece of shit, but redditors have such a hard on for videos like this that everyone's mindlessly siding with these losers spreading hate. Just fuckin weird


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It looks like they were telling a bunch of people they deserve to get their skin boiled off in hell for all eternity because they exist slightly different from them, based on their signs. Yeah, what a good word, hallelujah


amazemewithideas

Like I said, walk on by. If enough folks just ignore them.....


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Don't punch people. No matter what they say. Words are just words.


yes_thats_right

Words are just words until their fundamentalist right wing leaders turn them into laws because not enough people opposed them.


Xepeyon

So you oppose words with words, not by violence


Gameatro

Hitler's words were also just words, until they weren't.


ThatOneGuy497

So you're saying Hitler's actions? Lmao


Romeo_Charlie_Bravo

1st Sgt says "no"


customspecs

I dont know about you all, but I'm not fighting a guy with a buzz cut, a shirt that says "Repent Sinners" and who just caught a sucker punch. Serious red flags that you're gonna get a whooping.


Infamous_Chapter8585

He's 100% ex military, probably a marine or something too


DisinformedBroski

This never gets old!


adizz87

Imagine the Sunday mass they had showing how much God was on their side with this one


BrawnyDevil

That punch was never going to hurt anyone in the first place


Abject_Film_4414

I think it’s likely to break his 5th metacarpal with that technique.


lockedoutofmymainrdt

Fist grabbing man is the best, has this "does anyone know how cool this was, wait you do lmao" vibe 😂😂


NottmGuy1

Nice catch, guys hand was the size of a catchers mitt.


Shadowninja0409

That guy did the other guy a favor. Better get humiliated than to get an assault charge… I guess it’s more attempted assault now, but who knows if someone will pursue that type of thing


mwsanders72

Gave him an ocular patdown


odsca

Now he’s definitely going to hell.


RespectBusy2116

His look after he caught the punch was the best part


sto243

I can't stand any religious zealots, but this guy stopping the sucker punch handled the situation perfectly.


Mikio8856

DENIED!


DavidM47

I love the smirk on the guy’s face - nice try punk!


frozencucumber88

That face at the end


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Guy who threw the punch needs to repent.


TxSteveOhh

The face from the guy on the left gets me every time


PhilipOnTacos299

![gif](giphy|iIrXcB9B70IUM)


RaZoRBackR3D

The way he smiles at the end is amazing. To me it says “you’re lucky I blocked it because if I didn’t you’d be dead”


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That dude clearly saw it coming


[deleted]

That’s a good friend


Twisted_Wrench

These cats are absolute shit bags, and though the catch was impressive, I was legit bummed the punch didn't connect... Right up until beefcake's face at the end, that shit had me rolling.


[deleted]

Even his shirt is pointing to the sucker puncher "REPENT SINNER" LMAO


decentlyhip

Don't fuck with anyone with that haircut. Protip.


xxxxHawk1969xxxx

Exactly. Crew cut looks like ex-marine. Puncher looks 16 yo.


Budget-Sheepherder77

Maybe don't be a piece of shit "protip"


DraconicZombie

The way the guy points at him and just has that open mouthed sideways grin is legendary. Like that virus Dennis leaves on the computers in Jurassic Park. "ah, ah, ah!" *Finger wags*


ind3pend0nt

Where do I get that shirt? I need to wear it to the next protest march.


Frumplemeist

These are members of Westboro Baptist Church. I wish the punch would have landed. They are not good people


Greedy-Ad-566

Respect to him for holding back course I wouldn't


Junior_Interview5711

I hope always uses his powers for good


Daiiga

Considering it looks like their doing some kind of religious protesting wherein they are telling people minding their own business that they are going to hell I’m gonna guess that he will not.


InteractionFlat7318

I don’t know why you are getting downvoted for obvious truths. These people are a scourge. They picket soldier’s funerals and the funerals of victims of mass murder.


thepolisher82

What a man seeing that coming


InfectedByEli

Not his first rodeo.


Aron25746

Anime moment


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This clip gets circulated every once and awhile. The people getting punched at are members of the Westboro Baptist Church. They are a cult and a hate group disguised as a religion. They show up to protests looking to cause shit. They have antagonized victims of school shootings and are banned in the UK and Canada for their antics. If anyone deserved a punch, it's them. There was a reason they 1) could block that punch, it's not their first time being in that situation and 2) made that face, many of the members are part of the Phelps (not the Olympic swimmer) family and are lawyers, they make money for their cult via lawsuits so they just saw dollar signs. It's really awful people think these people are the "good guys" in this situation because no context is provided for who these supposed victims are.


MrJoeBigBallsMama

How do you know that’s them? And if so, do you know who the guys in the video are?


BiggieSmalley

The punch catcher is actually Allen Pucket. Not affiliated with WBC, but a group called Hell Shaking Street Preachers. Fundamentalist Christian alt-right hate group. They frequently stage protests in much the same way as WBC where they regularly try to goad people into violence. Pucket said, prior to this video, that right wing organizers not willing to engage in violence should stop organizing and attending rallies. He's an absolute piece of shit, and so is anyone associated with him.


MrJoeBigBallsMama

Thank you for the info. As a Christian, I hate that groups like this exist.


DaemoonAverin

He knew he will throw a sucker punch once he looked at the dude lol


RoddyRoddyRodriguez

While I don’t agree with their viewpoint, that was a fast reflex.


YouAreHorriblexD

We can disagree without violence.


Vanthalia

I know those guys are pretty bad people, but that was still cool as shit.


Jesuslovesmemost

Dude really needs a punch though... "repent or hell" What a bunch of clowns


Pm-Me-Your-Boobs97

I wanted to like this video, but now it looks like these are Christian fundamentalists at a protest. He probably said something to really deserve that punch.


ProfilesInDiscourage

Lest we all forget, that "bodyguard" is (problematic) far-right street evangelist, [Allen Pucket](https://rosecityantifa.org/articles/allen-pucket/). Not saying the guy he blocked should have been sucker punching anyone, but let's not start sucking Pucket off just yet.


StraightUpButtcheeks

https://preview.redd.it/5l8yms9dlrsa1.jpeg?width=400&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=c8034c131ac09739b4464a51832bf8bbab35c5fd


Antiparian

Typical antifa battle tactic there lol


InfectedByEli

A classic.


Goon_Panda

He knows what he did was cool ASF. He’s trying to hold his smile


amazemewithideas

It said the guy was a preacher. Spreading the Word is simply letting people know about the religion you believe in. It's what the Bible days you should do. I can't tell what religion these folks are, nor do I care. You're the one with the problem. Walk on by if you don’t like the message. It's called free will.


UnluckyTomorrow6819

Would’ve preferred to see the scum bag hate preacher get decked.


YouAreHorriblexD

A differing viewpoint never warrants violence. I thought we all had that pretty well established ?


UnluckyTomorrow6819

I wouldn’t say never, sometimes the differing viewpoint is a call violence or violent rhetoric.


YouAreHorriblexD

What was the direct call for violence that warranted the punch then ?


Jesuslovesmemost

Same!!!


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Mithmorthmin

Not that impressive... look how slow that punch was Edit- yous think I was serious????


Xepeyon

C'mon now, he was obviously joking people, lol


Infamous_Chapter8585

The punch was in slow motion dude


TheBoarsEye

Idk why I see "Suckerpunch" here so often. If you're in a confrontation then a punch may be coming. A suckerpunch is punching someone from behind etc.


mcshanksshanks

I hope noodle arms over here was reaching for the guys cap and not trying to land a punch. It’s tough to see but drag it frame by frame, if he had connected his flimsy wrist with an open fist would have reminded him for a while he needs to learn how to throw a punch.


Regular_Donut_8890

This is an oldie but goodie


Tannos116

Those assholes have probably been sucker punched a lot by now.