A video of a man trying to inflict damage upon a Target store’s Pride merchandise display has blown up on Reddit in the last 24 hours. The reason? Well, it’s pretty pathetic.
Watch below.
The creator of the video has been identified as far-right troll Ethan Schmidt. He has built a small following with his rants against corporate displays of inclusivity, and against people who still choose to wear facemasks.
Related: Right-wing troll demands store employees remove their Pride flag
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Queerty wrote about a video he posted last year in which Schmidt failed to persuade employees at a PetSmart store to remove their Pride flag.
On his Telegram account, Schmidt confirmed the video was his. He said it was from a couple of years ago and seemed bemused people had rediscovered it.
We’re not so sure he’ll be so happy with some of the comments people are making.
“I like how he barely squished it, cause he was too scared about the consequences,” was one well-liked opinion on Reddit.
“He’s acting tough and cocky for the camera guy but he’s clearly afraid of anyone else there seeing him. This video makes him look timid AF,” said another.
“He walks like a poorly generated 1st person character,” observed another.
“Real fucking alpha male here immediately walking away from confrontation and barely even doing anything to the sign. Clearly only did this for views,” another accurately suggested.
The video also went viral after it was reposted to Twitter a few days ago.
This Ethan Schmidt person is so obsessed with gay sex, what are the chances that his browser history is full of gay porn?
97%?
98%?
99%?
100%?— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@BettyBowers) February 20, 2023
He should just come out already… it’s not healthy to repress your own feelings that much, as you can see.
— Karmuppance is Coming (@KComeuppance) February 14, 2023
All I see is a triggered, insecure snowflake walking around looking for his mommy’s skirt, to hide from the big bad world.
— LinaiiSaye (He/Him) (@linaii_saye) February 20, 2023
Yidan
Unfortunately he is probably making money anytime LGBTQ+ view the video giving him reason to act a fool in any future posts. Is Queerty complicit in stoking his views by posting this? lol
Robert Bradley
False. Queerly gets paid when you click an ad, not by reading their articles. JHC!
abfab
Ummmm, not so fast buddy. You’re almost correct….. Q collects higher ad dollars from those companies based on the the amount of times people visit the site. So, ostensibly they collect no matter what and fetch more because we are all such worthy servants……I think you’d have to be an asswhole to click on the ads but that’s my problem.
Vince
Wow. Look at me. The alpha male douchebag!
I’m sure his juvenile video’s appeal to some real low life’s out there. Quite the schtick.
Jim
Alpha male???
No such thing. those so labeled are just inconsiderate self absorbed jerks
LumpyPillows
Yeah, noting alpha about him. A real alpha would not feel threatened by a cardboard rainbow.
Troyfight
…the first comment in the article, regarding his browser history probably loaded with gay porn …LOL!!!
BEPVA
Who walks like that with his arms floating around ahead of him? Is he Gumby?
Who decided that (poorly executed) vandalism is okay?
Why is he so “tough”, but his camera guy walks away when there’s a slight confrontation?
So a rainbow symbolizes “Devil Worship”? He may want to check that against the Noah story in Genesis:
“Whenever the rainbow appears in the clouds, I will see it and remember the everlasting covenant between God and all living creatures of every kind on the earth.” So God said to Noah, “This is the sign of the covenant I have established between me and all life on the earth.”
abfab
He can read? You do thoust shower this cretin with way too much credit.
jackmister
In addition to knocking over rainbow flags for giggles, you know “alphamale” spends his free time on his back, logged into Grindr, with his ankles waving in the air.
LumpyPillows
I was like, oh, maybe he’s hitting it because it is the bastardized, divide-us-into-little groups rainbow. Nah, just a douche.
abfab
He thought is was the tutti frutti Vape department and became agitated after being directed to the wrong aisle.
dbmcvey
Go read the history of the rainbow flag.
LumpyPillows
What about the history. I know it well. The original flag had nothing to do with race, gender or types of sexuality. In other words, all of us. The new colors are specifically for sub groups, which divides us up.
gregg2010
Is this the way some straight males behave? I guess I’m completely out of touch.
abfab
He’s trying to qualify for the butt boy/cokksucca position in his local Proud Bastard Boys organization in some podunk town near OshKosch USof A! This rainbow ”takedown” was one of the requirements, then he put on a wig and went to NEW YAWK CIT-EE to torch a pride flag. These people are seriously deranged.
SDR94103
strange. Why would a gay guy punch gay stuff. strange.
abfab
HELLO WAKE UP…….we do that here every day!
Mike Hunt
Why, this practically screams SPS!
(As we all know, SPS is Small Penis Syndrome.)
abfab
LOL Sorry, I’m doing waaaaaay too much LOLing these days. But that really is funny.
Doug
Why isn’t Target going after this guy? They have all the evidence in the video.
Terrycloth
So how much did camera guy pay this guy to act like an idiot..was it worth it ?
Fname Optional Lname
what they didn’t show:
Right before he punched the rainbow camera guy says “I’ll let you swallow me whole if you punch that display”
Jon in Canada
How butch
abfab
I bet he jerks off to Putin.
johncp56
LOL with a dildo up his bone hole lol
dbmcvey
Pathetic.
Kangol2
Hateful, fragile, cowardly straight man far too obsessed with LGBTQ people and symbols. What else is new?
Target should prosecute his @ss to teach him a lesson, since he’d probably be the first person screaming about “personal property.”
Preppy1000
I’m wondering–did Target do anything to ban this guy from their store? They have all the evidence in the clip.
abfab
George Dayton (founder) was a raging republican and would have loved the POS and this guy who is in a red baseball cap. Perhaps the Target store we see here has a bigot for a manager and was quite pleased with this scumbag’s actions.
CNY1983
i hope he got a good look at himself in those blue high tops, theyre gayer than the pride flag.
Osterfool
Best part was when he tried to approach a store employee asking “do you support Satan?” and the woman, completely nonplussed responded “oh yes, uh huh”. She wasn’t having a bar of his nonsense.
johncp56
LOL so what did he prove, I think he protests to much closet case, he should have been fined for wrecking target property, funny what does he know about devil worship lol, No hate like good Christian love