72 year old Buzz Aldrin punches conspiracy theorist in the face for calling him a liar.

[Dinner]

A conspiracy theorist who believes the moon landings were faked began following the 72 year old former Apollo astronaut around harassing him and calling him a liar. Aldrin tried to get hotel security to remove him, tried to reason with him, but still the conspiracy nut kept harassing him and calling him names until the 72 year old just decks him. The old man still has the juice!

Bart Sibrel is one of those lunar truthers. And back in 2002, he ambushed Aldrin outside a Los Angeles hotel and berated him about his supposed role in the hoax, asking him to swear on a Bible he landed on the moon and calling him a "liar" and a "coward." Offended that someone would question his integrity, and fed up with being pestered for so long, Aldrin finally snapped and socked Sibrel in the face."

http://theweek.com/article/index/265042/speedreads-watch-a-72-year-old-buzz-aldrin-punch-a-jerk-in-the-face-for-calling-him-a-liar

[pchang]

When you have alzheimers, old things appear to be new.


Over and over again.

[Lorizael]

The article you're quoting even mentions that this is a 12-year old story. Seriously, Oerdin.

[Dinner]

It's still a fun video to watch. It's still making the rounds on Facebook.

[Lorizael]

Yeah, because of the 45th. It is fun.

[Sava]

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[Bugs ****ing Bunny]

It really is the best way of reasoning with conspiracy theorists. All the Infowars/Alex Jones brigade- the simple and elegant rebuttal that is the smack in the mouth.

[-Jrabbit]

I must admit to taking considerable pleasure in Aldrin popping that annoying jerk in the nose.

But in terms of the whole lunar truther thing, the Mythbusters piece debunking the "parallel shadows" theory is pretty good.

[Ben Kenobi]

Horizon effects are strange when you're on the moon.

[My Wife Hates CIV]

he should have just put his hand on the bible and said - it was fake.

I wonder what the pushy guy would have said than?? really???? I knew it... he would have been happy. nothing changed... just the stupid people would be happy. is that all that bad??

[-Jrabbit]

No. That would have been bad, making the stupid people believe they had prevailed in truth. Very bad.

Smacking around the determinedly clueless is much better. Especially when the cops decline to press charges.

[My Wife Hates CIV]

i dunno... give them what they want. easier. nothing changed.

we need people like that. we do.

[DinoDoc]

Smacking them is more fun.

[pchang]

I would have put my hand on the bible and said the following:

I solemnly swear that I am telling the absolute truth. You sir, are a complete and utter idiot. And by the way, I really did land on the moon.

[Alexander's Horse]

Good old Buzz, still a hero to millions, a stand up guy

I find it very distressing to see a great man like that harrassed in that way in his old age by that awful fool