Are you sure the asshole you're mad at is the only asshole in the room?

Read a post on Facebook. This guy goes in to a convenient store and starts ranting at the cashier, calling her "cat killer" and demanding she get her manager while continuing to berate her. When the manager comes out, he starts bullying her and verbally assaulting her, not giving her a chance to speak, not listening to what she has to say. Just yelling about his own issues. Eventually the video ends.

Here's the situation. The cashier was a cat killer. Her and her son drive around running over cats. They post their activities on Facebook. Yes, they are both pieces of shit. Yes they deserve to be called out on it. They deserve to be publicly shamed. They deserve to go to jail and be judged by a jury of their  peers. If I had my way, it would be handled in ways that the public doesn't have to foot the bill for. Unceremoniously.

Here's the poop. This guy is understandably pissed off. So he walks in to a place of business where the woman works as a cashier. Makes a scene. All but drags the manager out. Talks to her like a second class citizen, bullying her, not giving her a chance to speak or be heard. Assuming that she is aware of what he saw on Facebook. And video recording the whole thing like he thinks he's some benevolent badass. He isn't. He's just another type of asshole just like the cat killer. You don't just walk in to someone's house and start treating them like shit. The manager just works there. She may not have even hired the cat killer. She doesn't have Facebook so she hasn't seen cat killer's posts. And she isn't required to either. She's not even under any obligation to take action once she is made aware of it. However, the guy had no right to walk in to someone's place of business, causing a scene, yelling at someone he doesn't even know or has nothing to do with his personal issues.

People like him who force themselves on others like they own the world because they wear their heart on their sleeve are just contributing to the problem. Those of us who are trying to advocate for rights of animals against mistreatment, abuse or neglect don't need to be lumped in with people like him who may not be abusive to animals, but are abusive to other people. The store manager didn't deserve his shit. Half the people who watch his video will think he's a hero, and half will think that he's just like all animal rights activists and we are all like him. When you present your argument with the same lack of respect for others that you are trying to prevent, you are only  hurting your cause and have effectively made an argument for the other side.