Disgusting Protestor Brings Stuffed Shark To Mock Surfer Bethany Hamilton, Fails To Ruin Everyone's Good Time

It's only February, but we may have some front-runners for the worst people of 2024, and it's some protesters who showed up to an event featuring OutKick's Riley Gaines and surfer Bethany Hamilton.

I know it's only February, but it'll be harder to find bigger dregs than those who brought stuffed sharks to the event or dressed up like them in an attempt to mock Hamilton, who lost in a 2003 shark attack.

Yeah, that's just not something a nice person would do. 

Funny too, since these are the people who will talk your ear off about "acceptance" and "tolerance" when they corner you at a party.

Just kidding, they don't get invited to parties.

Gaines and Hamilton were in Springfield, Missouri, on Feb. 2 for an event called Brave Books Story Hour, which was hosted at The Library Center. The two women's sports advocates were there to read books, with Gaines reading her children's book, Happy No Snakes Day.

Additionally, Gaines — the host of the Gaines For Girls podcast — presented Hamilton with the Riley Gaines Center’s 2023 "True Woman of the Year" award.

"Very cool," is what a nice person would say. However, some very uncool people decided to show up in a bid to rain on everyone's parade.

While they were probably a little miffed that the story hour wasn't being led by drag queens, the bigger issue at hand for them was that Gaines and Hamilton had the audacity to fight for fairness in women's sports.

So, at least one protester sent out a call to arms for any other progressive lunatics who weren't busy doing nothing.

Never mind the hilarity of ordering people to wear "inclusive" shirts (whatever those are) to protest an event that says "All are welcome!" on the poster, a few people took up the offer to ruin storytime for children.

Gaines shared a picture of one of the "protesters" (you'll see why that's in quotes in a second) who showed up with a stuffed shark in an attempt to mock Hamilton, a woman most would consider an exemplary role model for not just young girls, but all kids.

Yeah, not cool… and speaking of "not cool," it was probably getting a little toasty under the mask that that person wore (to the shock of absolutely no one).

That wasn't the only demonstrator who thought the best way to voice their disagreement with Hamilton's views was to mock her. 

"Civility, be damned!" is apparently the rallying cry of these lunatics.

"We’ve seen activists at almost every one of our story hours. Sometimes they’re noisy, sometimes they’re dressed in drag, but these were downright nasty," BRAVE Books CEO Trent Talbot said to The Washington Examiner "The activist who showed up dressed as a shark to target Bethany Hamilton is a terrible person. Once again, those who claim they are most tolerant turn out to be the most callous."

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These Particular Demonstrators Weren't Looking To Protest, They're Just Not Good People

Talbot is exactly right. This isn't about tolerance. It's not about women's sports. It's not even about protesting something they don't agree with.

Those who showed up to mock Hamilton, simply aren't good people.

They want to exercise this in public, but they're cowards who aren't comfortable dealing with the consequences of their actions. So, they hide behind the facade of protesting to support the rights of the "marginalized" and the "downtrodden," maaaaaaan.

While there are no doubt some, who believe they're doing the right thing, people like this who only showed up to mock Hamilton are just looking for an excuse to be nasty to people under the guise of being the "good guys."

Of course, no one falls for that. We all know they're monsters.

So that's why it's good to see that while people like this dropped by in an attempt to mock someone they disagree with and to ruin other people's good times it didn't work.

I sure see a lot of smiling faces in that photo.

It's fantastic that a few bad apples fell well short of their goal of ruining everyone's good time.

And nothing is going to eat away at them more than knowing that despite their best efforts to make everyone as miserable as they are, they failed.