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Swede

(40,062 posts) Mon May 11, 2026, 09:22 AM May 11

After 'MAGA influencer' trolls gay couple with baby, support grows for dad who threw punches [View all]

What a shock, the troll is a Trump supporter.

For the nine years they’ve been together, Anthony and David Vulin saw West Hollywood as their safe space.

They had their first date at a Mexican restaurant on Santa Monica Boulevard and eventually moved in together at a nearby apartment in the famously inclusive city. Married in 2022, the couple recently welcomed their first child, Ante, into the world.

So when a stranger approached them on a walk with their newborn on April 16, they said they felt perfectly comfortable answering a few questions from someone who claimed to be with CNN. It didn’t take long, they said, to realize something was off.

https://www.seattletimes.com/nation-world/nation/after-maga-influencer-trolls-gay-couple-with-baby-support-grows-for-dad-who-threw-punches/

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After 'MAGA influencer' trolls gay couple with baby, support grows for dad who threw punches [View all] Swede May 11 OP

Neimi was cruising for a brusing. marble falls May 11 #1

To the extent that I wonder what the "fighting words" defense is, if there is one in Cali. prodigitalson May 11 #3

"Fighting words" generally are not a defense to a physical assault onenote May 11 #12

Thanks for explaining prodigitalson 13 hrs ago #25

Trump, our Christo Fascist Evangelicals, Fox News, and just dumb ass mouth breathing idiots make this ... Botany May 11 #2

Before anyone says they shouldn't have followed him...it could hurt his defense if charged prodigitalson May 11 #4

Jury of peers in Superior Court of LA? haele May 11 #6

See post #12. onenote May 11 #13

"Have you ever heard about the statistics coming out that gay men are much more likely to commit child molestation?" Ray Bruns May 11 #5

"influencer" is the most worthless title you can give yourself RainCaster May 11 #7

Niemi is a tube of dog shit. n/t SpankMe May 11 #8

So this 21 year-old screaming bigot, complete with posse, deliberately niyad May 11 #9

If I lived there, and assuming it actually went to trial, I would have no niyad May 11 #10

I would have lost it and did much worse Johnny2X2X May 11 #11

Niemi thought gays don't get physical azureblue May 11 #14

If this goes to trial, I can't imagine he would be convicted. LoisB May 11 #15

About damn time!!!! AverageOldGuy May 11 #16

I generally abhor violence, but it's the only language these bigots understand momta May 11 #17

One of my daughter's best friends is a gay guy she met in high school. patphil May 11 #18

There is the doctrine of using fighting words in common law. Jacson6 May 11 #19

You might be surprised. Not everyone is prepared to excuse physical violence in response to speech. Jedi Guy May 11 #23

See post #12. onenote Tuesday #24

CA law somsai May 11 #20

You know what is weird AND twisted? Allowing known pedophiles to father their own children FakeNoose May 11 #21

Unfortunately, these shitwad "influencers" welcome the reaction flvegan May 11 #22

K&R ck4829 13 hrs ago #26

Apparently, MAGA's have so much inner turmoil and bitterness, they can't mind their own business dlk 12 hrs ago #27

Thinking about how often the rw extremists project their own bad behavior onto others, FullySupportDems 11 hrs ago #28