• darkdemize@sh.itjust.works
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    13 days ago

    This dude has ego and temper issues and should never be in a position of public service. He honestly was acting like he was drunk up until the first time he got clocked.

        • Clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works
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          13 days ago

          Sounds like he was speaking Pidgin. I’m guessing you know this, but for the others: Haole are people not from the island, but doesn’t always apply to tourists from what I have read.

          Hawaiian identity is somewhat complicated.

          • TranscendentalEmpire@lemmy.today
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            It’s complicated… Hawaiian pidgin developed in the late 1800s from multi ethnic plantations. It’s a blended version of English with Hawaiian, Portuguese, Japanese, Cantonese, and Filipino languages. It’s not really distinct to a single ethnicity on the islands, it’s spoken by around half of the population of Hawaii. So it’s more of a distinction that you are a local rather than being a native Hawaiian.

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        13 days ago

        I used to fight Thai. He looks trained to me. Solid block of the chair which was telegraphed to fuck and he wasn’t bothered by, then the cross to knock him out.

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    Wow, that’s highly embarrassing for him. He comes across as a petulant little weasel with a Napoleon complex.

    He’s lucky the guy who decked him had more self control, or Basin could have had the ever-loving shit beaten out of him. He got lucky with just being knocked out for a minute.

    I hope this video haunts him in his election campaign.

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      13 days ago

      That’s not plastic grass; its a common kind of grass in Hawaii, that’s very densely packed, and it feels really nice to walk on while barefoot. Also nice to sleep on when you’ve been decked.

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    12 days ago

    Assumed Republican but actually Democrat.

    As a Democrat voter I am here to condemn the fuck out of this loser and can pretty much confirm his political career is over.

    Wish the other half of America made it this easy.

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    13 days ago

    I’m somewhat confused here. This guy is now where listed as a candidate for the 2026 congressional election for either the 1st or 2nd district. So was it that he was a candidate for the primary and already lost and just gets the moniker still or??

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      12 days ago

      Movies have lied to us. Outside of trained boxers/fighters, it doesn’t take much to knock someone normal out IRL, a decent tag in the right spot and almost anyone will go out like that.

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        I’m not a trained fighter. But I have knocked a few people out before. I had to hit them pretty hard and not just anywhere. Usually the jaw around the chin.

        Of course this was all in self defense. I had long dreadlocks and I live in a state with a bunch of cowboys… why do drunk cowboys always want to try to kick a hippies ass?

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    13 days ago

    Lol knocked out. He fell down and pretended to be out from the looks of it just to stop from actually getting his ass beat.

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      13 days ago

      A well-placed punch to the jaw can knock you out.
      Plus playing dead can backfire and you end up being beaten even more.

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        Yeah i saw no jaw contact but a good slip and fall on your back can def turn your screen off lol

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        he wasn’t punched at all, the guy just pushed him away to avoid getting hit by the chair. Classic fucking asshole response.