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Originally Posted by activeStick
I'd assume that his comments stem from a collection of negative and racist experiences he's had throughout his time in Canada rather than from this single incident.
To me, this feels like a situation where someone who has experienced similar repeated incidents of racism directed towards them would more readily understand his state of mind and comments VS someone who hasn't.
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I'm not judging the guy for sticking up for himself or his principles. I just don't agree with him that this was a reasonable situation where he should have expected people to come to defend him in any form. From the point of view of the other patrons, this was likely just two jerks getting into a confrontation at McDonald's while they tried to eat and avoid getting into the middle of it.
Even in his own story of the events, he went out of his way to confront this man three separate ways.
First he made a point to let the ###### know that he disagreed with his views regarding the charges being dropped. This was not really due to any racist motivation at the time, it's a controversial subject and he saw the guy and wanted to let him know he disagreed because he had a "####ing stupid opinion". When you knowingly disagree with a ######, it's going to end up into an argument more often than not.
Then, according to Mr. Running Coyote himself, he got up and out of his seat to confront the man who had now gone to the line because of a racial slur. But again, to the patrons at this point it's just two guys yelling obscenities at one another. When Mr. Running Coyote had just run up to the ###### and starts saying "say it to my face ####er" how do you really expect some bystander to respond? "Yes, this guy makes a good point, do call him an Indian to his face."
I mean, maybe someone who witnessed the entire exchange would at best have been able to say something like "look, this guy's a ###### don't let him get to you and enjoy your meal" but, again, I think he overestimates people's perception skills. To them, it's just two loud mouths at the time.
And then, when everything had settled down apparently, he goes out into the parking front to continue to confront the ###### and his partner who had left. I mean, I think at this point the most reasonable expectation for a bystander is to stay out of something where a man is following another man into the parking lot. If anything, Mr. Running Coyote, (if it wasn't already the case) would now very much appear to be the aggressor. One guy is leaving the situation and the other is following him and who knows what else is going to escalate. At that point you can't really blame management for wanting him removed.
Again, if he felt the need to stand up for his beliefs and himself, all the power to him. But he shouldn't be expecting the restaurant patrons to follow him into the parking lot to confront the guy.