A new viral TikTok shows a woman on a plane incoherently ranting about free speech while hurling homophobic slurs and praising Elon Musk as she is kicked off the aircraft.
The incident occurred on a flight out of West Palm Beach airport in Florida. It's not clear what initially caused the woman to be booted from the plane, but the TikTok user who originally posted the footage claimed it was over racist and homophobic comments she made.
The video picked up just after the incident in question occurred.
It showed the woman delivering an unhinged rant about masks, China and Elon Musk being "the king"—Elvis would like a word, ma'am—while hurling homophobic slurs and profanity at nearby passengers.
WARNING: NSFW language
This couple on a flight were using homophobic slurs, and the woman started praising... wait for it... Elon Musk. A few days ago, I tweeted Elon Musk has become a symbol of hate, and here it is.pic.twitter.com/22u8WEk0Xx— Christopher Bouzy (@Christopher Bouzy) 1651491507
The original video clip was posted by TikTok user @charlottedalessio.
In her caption, she explained what touched off the incident.
"Couple yelling racist & homophobic slurs wouldn’t deboard plane today leaving West Palm Beach."
"A free show to all on board"
The woman yelling is incoherent at best.
While insisting she will not leave the plane and demanding to know why she was being asked to leave, the woman yelled at an airline employee "free speech is dead."
She turned to her fellow passengers and asked:
"Do you guys see what is happening in America?"
"You didn't like what [her husband] said and now we're getting kicked off a plane."
She then gloated about making the entire plane late before warning the United States was turning into China and mocking passengers for wearing masks.
And then she sang her praises for Elon Musk.
She told her fellow passengers:
"I looooove Elon Musk."
"ELON!"
"He is the fu*king king!"
She and her husband weren't done there.
She next threatened to sue JetBlue and a man adjacent to her as her husband told the man he makes more money than he does.
As law enforcement removed them, the man claimed to be a former FBI agent while the woman claimed they were being kicked off because they are supporters of former Republican President Donald Trump.
The woman and her husband seemed to clearly think they were some sort of freedom-defending heroes, but their fellow passengers disagreed.
A second video, taken from within the terminal as the passengers were escorted off, shows them being booed as they are led away by law enforcement.
Here's the same obnoxious couple at the airport in West Palm Beach, FL after being removed from the plane pic.twitter.com/dw74lhPYTn— Fifty Shades of Whey (@Fifty Shades of Whey) 1651479649
On Twitter, people were disgusted by the couple's display, and unnerved by the impact Musk "free speech" rhetoric seems to be having on far-right bigots.
Elon Musk, simply by offering to pay $44 Billion for a company that is worth a fraction of that and using a well worn playbook talking about FrEe SpEEcH on Twitter, has has gotten what he wants: \n\nThe adoration of millions of people looking for him to solve their problems.https://twitter.com/cbouzy/status/1521091745030852611\u00a0\u2026— Sleeping Giants (@Sleeping Giants) 1651508556
Elon Musk has become the champion of hate speech masquerading as free speech.\n\nHate speech is not free speech. In fact, it can be a crime.https://twitter.com/cbouzy/status/1521091745030852611\u00a0\u2026— R. S. S. (@R. S. S.) 1651500539
pic.twitter.com/WDGEI1v7mE— Resist Toxic Conservatism \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6 (@Resist Toxic Conservatism \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\udde6) 1651491655
Yep, @elonmusk and Trump/MAGA are becoming synonymous, and it absolutely impacts the way I see @Tesla. Thankfully there are many other EV makers to choose from now.— Trish Zornio (@Trish Zornio) 1651513227
"why on earth are LGBT people worried about Elon Musk"https://twitter.com/cbouzy/status/1521091745030852611\u00a0\u2026— Sakuya (@Sakuya) 1651531433
The racist bigot loves Elon Musk. What a shock.https://twitter.com/davenewworld_2/status/1521039342533238784\u00a0\u2026— Kimberley Johnson \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6 (@Kimberley Johnson \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\udde6) 1651510874
And others found themselves struggling to understand the point of the woman's rant.
I'm confused\n\nShe's going to sue the people across the aisle from her for - saying words to her?\n\nBut she's crying about free speech? \n\nThese people always want freedom from consequences of what they say - that's what they really mean - but they don't want others to have the same— kj martin - NO FORCED BIRTH! (@kj martin - NO FORCED BIRTH!) 1651502033
Start the problem then play the victim.— Daniel! Ray \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 \ud83c\udf3b (@Daniel! Ray \ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 \ud83c\udf3b) 1651494232
Many of us have lived in dictatorships where telling a joke about our leader would get one executed. Seeing Americans claim their country is turning into China is so insulting. It's not a dictatorship to maintain public decency and not be hateful.https://twitter.com/cbouzy/status/1521091745030852611\u00a0\u2026— Rasha Al Aqeedi (@Rasha Al Aqeedi) 1651514660
Here's your gentle reminder the 1st Amendment of the United States Constitution protects speech from being infringed upon by the government, not the airline whose plane you are screaming slurs upon.
