President Obama got heckled by a suspected inebriated man
today during his speech, which had me like--
Leave--
President Obama--
Alone.
My name is William Haynes.
You're watching SourceFed.
And I just want to take the time to point out
the world is so much different than it used to be.
When people used to talk, other people used to listen.
But now you can't see people because phones are in the way.
And I've told you that I'm so hopeful about what
we can accomplish.
So this speech was being delivered by the President
while he was honoring gains for LGBTQ rights, which make sense
because people hate it when people get more rights.
It's usually people with rights that do the hating.
They're usually the ones that are pissed about it, even
though they have never and never will lose any rights.
Americans--
President Obama.
Yeah, hold on a second--
[INAUDIBLE]
It's unclear what specifically is being said
by the heckler in the clip.
Let's just replay that a bit.
[INAUDIBLE]
OK, you know what--
President Obama.
Oh, I get it.
I think that person said I'm a huge idiot
and don't respect the leaders in my country.
This is one of the few times I've
seen the President interact with hecklers to this extent.
As he said--
No, no, no no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
You got a no-no from the most powerful man in the country,
and even more.
Listen, you're in my house.
[AUDIENCE LAUGHING AND APPLAUDING]
That must be embarrassing.
I feel like if you ever make the decision to yell
at a politician, you assume everybody
is going to jump in with you.
And those people literally shut you down.
What a surprise, the people in the room
wanted to hear the President speak,
not you, you completely unknown person.
It's not respectful when you get invited to somebody--
[INAUDIBLE]
I like how the President stopped criticizing the man in order
to hear what he had to say.
Where's the Secret Service when you need them?
You're not-- you're not-- you're not gonna-- you're not--
you're-- you're not going to get a good response from me
by interrupting me like this.
And then the crowd started booing the heckler.
I'm sorry.
Boo.
And then Vice President Biden put his face in his hands
because he's getting too old for this crap.
And finally, the President said--
You can either stay and be quiet,
or we'll have to take you out.
Man, if this was Lyndon Johnson, he would personally
dragged that man out himself.
If this was Bush-- well, President Bush
wouldn't be making a speech about congratulating LGBTQ
rights, would he?
Or almost any other president, I guess.
The times are different.
This is so important to me, because we
live in a country that does support freedom of speech
religiously, but how far does it go?
Just because someone is interrupting something
I agree with, would I be just as upset
if they were interrupting something I didn't agree with?
If Obama was making a speech saying
I'm going to make cheesecake illegal
and William Haynes needs to pay me $1 every day,
I wouldn't be upset by a heckler.
I'd be heckling.
It's an interesting world we live in.
So what do you think?
Is it ever appropriate to interrupt the President
while he or she is talking?
Is there a specific time and place that it can be done?
Let me know in the comments down below.
I'm William Haynes, and--
Love you.
I love you back.
[AUDIENCE CHEERING]
I know that.
This is SourceFed.
[MUSIC PLAYING]
OK, and I'm still afraid of the dark a little bit.
I know that's true.