A homeless man's quick response to an anti-vaxxer protester who tried to use him as an example to prove her point has people on Twitter cheering.
The protest was led by a woman yelling conspiracy theories into a bullhorn.
When she tried to involve a local homeless man named Ray in her rhetoric, asking why he wasn't dead of the virus, he shut her down immediately by hollering back a very simple answer—they're vaccinated.
See the moment below.
WARNING: NSFW language
Hollywood Blvd, Saturday, 11:22 AM:\n\nANTI-VAXX PROTESTER: Do you see all of these homeless people around. Are they dead in the street with COVID? Hell no. Why?\n\nHOMELESS PERSON (walking by): Because I\u2019m vaccinated you dumb fuck.pic.twitter.com/rPskpOqtKs— Film The Police LA (@Film The Police LA) 1633484775
The protest took place on Hollywood Boulevard in Los Angeles this past Saturday morning.
It didn't appear to be very well attended. But with bullhorn in hand, the group's leader made plenty of ruckus anyway.
As she and the group passed by Ray, who was walking down the street with his belongings, the woman decided to involve him and other homeless people in the area in her rhetoric.
Without asking—and speaking about them as if they were inanimate objects that couldn't hear her—the woman bellowed:
"Do you see all of these homeless people around. Are they dead in the street from Covid? Hell no! Why?"
Ray immediately bellowed back:
"Because I'm vaccinated, dumb fu*k!"
The woman, seemingly unfazed by the truly epic clapback she'd just been dealt, simply kept on yelling her conspiracy theories.
The man who filmed the encounter was able to catch up with Ray a few hours later.
In a video shared in a follow-up tweet, he was able to learn a bit about him and thank him for his great comeback to the anti-vaxxer who tried to use him to spread her conspiracy theories.
"Ray gave the whole country, honestly internationally, people not just a good laugh but honestly sends a strong message."
We found the king. His name is Ray. Super-intelligent with a gentle demeanor.\n\nHe will soon have a cell phone and ID voucher. Once he gets those (in a couple hours) we can begin setting-up the Gofundme. Trying to separate myself from that process. https://twitter.com/FilmThePoliceLA/status/1445566038855217158\u00a0\u2026pic.twitter.com/J5vwWaqRll— Film The Police LA (@Film The Police LA) 1633556163
Quick update: He has his phone and he has his ID voucher. He\u2019s set for the night.\n\nI told him I\u2019ll meet him tomorrow afternoon where I\u2019ll go over the gofundme to make sure he understands everything (he will have full control).\n\nAlso, I\u2019m giving him all the video rights. It\u2019s his.— Film The Police LA (@Film The Police LA) 1633567569
https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-ray-find-some-housing?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=p_cf+share-flow-1\u00a0\u2026— Film The Police LA (@Film The Police LA) 1633641490
On Twitter, Ray quickly became a hero for his snappy response to the anti-vaxxer.
Screeeeeeeaminghttps://twitter.com/FilmThePoliceLA/status/1445566038855217158\u00a0\u2026— Deanna Raybourn (@Deanna Raybourn) 1633523378
Alexa, show me someone that has never in their life thought about the possibility that homeless people are intelligent, capable, and, most importantly, paying attention.— "For children are innocent and love justice...." (@"For children are innocent and love justice....") 1633492587
May make this my ringtone. It\u2019s perfect. And hilarious.— Rex Chapman\ud83c\udfc7\ud83c\udffc (@Rex Chapman\ud83c\udfc7\ud83c\udffc) 1633487456
Give him her house.— PunishedCzarina (@PunishedCzarina) 1633484904
I just love how they use the fact that they are not knee deep in dead bodies to disprove COVID.— Kate, the currant bun (@Kate, the currant bun) 1633486064
Use your homeless neighbors as a prop and they're gonna make u look stupid, he ate her up lmaopic.twitter.com/ch01AnPqwc— Chad Loder (@Chad Loder) 1633489919
Gold.https://twitter.com/FilmThePoliceLA/status/1445566038855217158\u00a0\u2026— Timothy Caulfield (@Timothy Caulfield) 1633616207
I wish the voice of the homeless person was louder, but that's a metaphor too. Boom.https://twitter.com/FilmThePoliceLA/status/1445566038855217158\u00a0\u2026— Steve Silberman (@Steve Silberman) 1633487896
As of this writing, the GoFundMe for Ray has raised more than $17,000.
Here's hoping it serves our new public health hero well.
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