Alabama man shoots his TV because he's sick of hearing about Caitlyn Jenner

[47of74]

And in Alabama this happened.

Caitlyn Jenner is back in the spotlight after she received the Arthur Ashe courage award at the ESPYs Wednesday night, but for one man, it was the last straw.

Jenner, who came out as a transgender woman in April, has received plenty of backlash ever since ESPN announced that she would receive the award. Alabama resident Bobby Knight has had enough of her, and he wants to “remove this portion of garbage [from his] life.”

Instead of, saying, hiding Jenner’s name from Google search results or avoiding news articles about her, Knight took more drastic action. Since she appeared on his TV, he took his TV outside and shot it.

Judging from the age of that TV (90s or early 00s) I'm guessing he already has a brand spanking new flat screen TV in his domicile. I'm also guessing he couldn't find anyone to unload his old TV on so he came up with this as a way of disposing of the ol' cathode ray tube and to look like a proper homophobic redneck in the process.

[HooptieWagon]

1. If he shot his TV, there may yet be hope for him. Nt

[shenmue]

31. Smug much?

[Hayduke Bomgarte]

2. Yeah

That'll show 'em who's boss.

I sure learned my lesson...

[Hoppy]

3. I was in A.C. Resorts Casino last night out of boredom. Asshole at the table announces

about the great ESPY show last night until it was ruined by an award to an idiot who didn't deserve it. Everyone at the table ignored him.

[NaturalHigh]

4. I just use the remote control.

I grew tired of anyone remotely connected to the Kardashian clan years ago.

[tularetom]

5. There are easier ways of not having to hear anything about Jenner or any other Kardashian

Not watching satellite, cable or network TV works well for me.

[Eleanors38]

11. Kardashian's assets can't fit on my T.V.

[RadiationTherapy]

6. Alabama man shoots his TV because he's sick of not being Elvis Presley.

[SheilaT]

7. I guess he hasn't found the off button.

Too bad. Lots of great things can happen when the TV isn't on. Or if you change the channel once in a while. Maybe just watch the weather channel 24-7. I don't think there's too much Caitlyn Jenner coverage there.

[tabasco]

8. I can relate

Tired of hearing about her too.

[Eleanors38]

9. Right decision, wrong reason.nt

[BainsBane]

10. One of the advantages of not watching TV

Is that I don't have to shoot it.

[HappyMe]

12. I would probably be ready to shoot mine

once the endless political commercials start, if I had something to shoot it with.

I will have to settle for tossing it out the window, or watching TCM.

[47of74]

13. I know the feeling

We're already starting to see commercials from dipshits like Perry and Jindal here in Iowa. I have to fight down the urge to throw something at the TV when these two assbites come on the air. Thank GOD for the mute button.

[LiberalElite]

19. I LOOOVE my mute button -

[47of74]

25. The mute button is the only reason the living room TV survived the last election.

[restorefreedom]

28. lolol nt

[LiberalElite]

32. LOL - and my landline

survived being ripped out of the wall by a hair.

[KamaAina]

14. Must have been right on the Florida line.

[KamaAina]

15. I wonder if he has an iPhone.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026980225

[Yo_Mama]

16. If only someone had explained the power button ...

he could have donated that TV to a good adoption home that would have cared for it and loved it.

[greyl]

17. No, he's just jumping someone else's Celebrity Train. nt

[Zorra]

18. Better to shoot up a TV than a churchful of innocent people, like RW bigots

all to often do when they act on their insane hate driven violent impulses.

[dembotoz]

20. Used to see fund raisers where for a fee you could hit a car with a sledgehammer

Wonder about a rifle range with a stack of TVs

Maybe I would throw down a couple bucks to do that

[CatWoman]

21. I can completely relate

[elehhhhna]

22. Elvis shot the tv, but only when Robert Giuket was on and singing

So they say.

[Brickbat]

23. Good lord, who gives a shit?

[hunter]

24. I've never seen anything on my TV about Caitlyn Jenner.

My television plays movies I wish to see. That's all it does.

No broadcast, no satellite, no cable... no ads except for the occasional trailers on DVDs and tapes.

[Warpy]

30. I've got a satellite hookup

but since TCM got a lousy programmer who seems to be endlessly reliving his youth, I'm thinking of getting it disconnected. Amazon Prime will substitute nicely, as would Netflix.

Most of the time, I've found myself over at You Tube watching things like Tales from the Green Valley.

ETA: and no, Ms. Jenner has not made an appearance on any of the channels I watch. I think she resides mostly on all the wretchedly bad 24 hour "news" channels, something I avoid like the plague they are.

[romanic]

26. Well damn do they not have remotes down in the Bama?

I'm annoyed with the constant escapades of the Jenners and Kardashians but I ain't gonna shoot my tv because of it. Just don't watch celebrity gossip trash tv then. :/

[YOHABLO]

27. I can think of a lot reasons to shoot your tv, but Caitlyn Jenner is not one of them.

Perhaps FOX (snooze).

[restorefreedom]

29. this story is a perfect encapsulation of what is wrong with the fringe right

easy access to guns, homo/trans/anybody-different-than-them phobia, and a propensity towards violence to solve their "problems"