Why is Madison Cawthorn beating up this tree?

[Nevilledog]

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[Irish_Dem]

1. He seems to enjoy violent destruction of living things. Power trip.

And an obviously angry young man.

[marble falls]

2. Because another, bigger, healthier tree kicked his ass.

[csziggy]

7. Yeah, the tree he's beating on is already dead and rotting.

Some of the shots show that the bark is missing from above where he is bashing at the dead tree.

I usually leave the dead stobs like this for the woodpeckers. After a few years, they've pecked away at the dead tree enough that it falls over. Even then it provides a place for woodpecker food to live.

[Nevilledog]

10. But I really like how he manages to miss the stationary target several times.

[marble falls]

11. He was going to have a buddy hold it down, but he kept whiffing so bad the bud backed out.

[Siwsan]

3. He is a deeply disturbed young man.

Frighteningly so.

[Nululu]

5. Agree

[smirkymonkey]

14. Seriously.

WTF?

[BlueNProud]

25. Yep a sociopath who resides in a bubble of crazy

[aquamarina]

4. Freak

[underpants]

6. Because it's dead and rotting.

or at least covered in moss.

[FoxNewsSucks]

8. The tree has that in common with Cawthorn

[Alliepoo]

9. Good grief!

He looks like a flippin’ idiot. I guess he might think this makes him look strong or macho or something. I’ve got news for him... NOT!!

[DesertRat]

12. He filmed himself doing it

So does he think that beating up a skinny tree makes him look tough?

[Generic Other]

13. His hubris is showing

Even after his downfall, he has learned nothing. A Greek tragedy.

[kairos12]

15. What a sap.

[Dagstead Bumwood]

16. Because filming himself doing this

wasn't nearly weird enough.

[Vinca]

17. You can see the woodpeckers have worked over the tree pretty well. That's nothing in common

with this moron, though. They're looking for food. He's looking for a photo op. Someone needs to tell him he looks like any generic redneck from the side. The only surprise is he's not drooling.

[theophilus]

24. He thinks he is a peckerwood, though. n/t

[TlalocW]

18. Because

The tree said something bad about Hitler.

TlalocW

[keithbvadu2]

31. His fellow Nazis must be laughing at him.

[Yonnie3]

19. Because it can't fight back n/t

[MontanaMama]

20. This.

He’s a bully.

[blm]

27. ✔️

[Retrograde]

28. Beat me to it

[moose65]

21. What the heck??

I could have gone all day without seeing MadCaw boxing with a rotten tree 🙄

Geez. These people are LOONS (apologies to loons, which are beautiful creatures).

[Dennis Donovan]

22. He's an imbecile who I hope Richard Widmark visits.

[msfiddlestix]

29. I just saw him in an old film with Marilyn Monroe, she plays a psycho

Interesting actor.

[ChicagoRonin]

23. It rejected his advances

[blm]

26. He's just another power junkie

Just another sex-starved monkey.
You’d know it if you saw his stuff
The man just isn’t big enough.


That’s the REAL answer.
Courtesy of Don Henley

[Claire Oh Nette]

30. to terrify little people everywhere?

If I were a midget, I'd still be able to outrun him.

I think we need to 5150 his ass. This is crazy behavior.

I am not paying him for this.