https://twitter.com/ThatKevinSmith Kevin Smith, movie director, was pulled off a Southwest Airlines flight earlier tonight - AFTER he was seated with the seatbelt on and the arm rests down - for being "too fat to fly."
No, reallyHe was put onto another SW flight, but he's clearly a
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Also Southwest kicked 2 women off flights not long ago for not being "properly dressed" to be seen in public. This airline is a train wreck, if you'll pardon the pun.
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Seriously? How can this policy not be illegal??
Some companies just have it coming to them.
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But the bottom line is there's no case law or precedent regarding discrimination against people for being too fat, and won't be until one of these cases sparks a lawsuit.
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It's not only probably illegal and nasty, it doesn't even make any sense!
But I agree that they're going to regret doing this to a high-profile sort of person, and serve them right.
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Except when someone at the gate realizes this is Kevin Smith, the movie director, so they find him another flight fast in a desperate attempt to contain the damage.
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I have not the words.
But I bet Kevin Smith has, and I hope he uses them to flay these people.
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