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Independence Day: Why was Russell Casse still a social pariah?

Posted on 2/7/15 at 5:44 pm
Posted by Scruffy
Kansas City
Member since Jul 2011
72061 posts
Posted on 2/7/15 at 5:44 pm
When the aliens arrived, you would think that they wouldn't still treat him as a social pariah for claiming that he was abducted by aliens.

They should've at least eased up on him.

Aliens arriving is kinda proof that at least the alien part was correct.
Posted by Supravol22
Member since Jan 2011
14411 posts
Posted on 2/7/15 at 5:49 pm to
Always wondered that myself
Posted by ScottFowler
NE Ohio
Member since Sep 2012
4137 posts
Posted on 2/7/15 at 5:55 pm to
"they" did ease up. The locals that made fun of his story before, went on tv retelling his story as if true after the arrival.
That didn't change the fact that he was still a drunk-comedy relief.
Posted by PsychTiger
Member since Jul 2004
98902 posts
Posted on 2/7/15 at 5:55 pm to
Because even when confronted with incontrovertible evidence to the contrary, people stubbornly persist in their previously established behavior patterns.
This post was edited on 2/7/15 at 6:17 pm
Posted by Scruffy
Kansas City
Member since Jul 2011
72061 posts
Posted on 2/7/15 at 5:56 pm to
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The locals that made fun of his story before, went on tv retelling his story as if true after the arrival.
They went on the news and made fun of the guy making claims that he was abused sexually.
Posted by saintsfan22
baton rouge
Member since May 2006
71578 posts
Posted on 2/7/15 at 6:00 pm to
100% percent agree. The fricking military guys are literally trying to find pilots to attack the alien spaceship yet they still roll their eyes when Case says he got abducted.
Posted by papasmurf1269
Hells Pass
Member since Apr 2005
20893 posts
Posted on 2/7/15 at 6:04 pm to
He was a sloppy drunk
Posted by sbr2
Member since Apr 2011
15013 posts
Posted on 2/7/15 at 7:12 pm to
This bothers me as well. You'd figure irrefutable evidence of alien activity would make him a source of information on an enemy which little is known about. Instead they mock him about an encounter with hostile aliens.
Posted by Scruffy
Kansas City
Member since Jul 2011
72061 posts
Posted on 2/7/15 at 7:14 pm to
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The fricking military guys are literally trying to find pilots to attack the alien spaceship yet they still roll their eyes when Case says he got abducted.
That always bothered me. They are being attacked by aliens. What other evidence do they want? A fricking video of him getting studied?
Posted by Dr RC
The Money Pit
Member since Aug 2011
58058 posts
Posted on 2/7/15 at 7:17 pm to
quote:

He was a sloppy drunk


This

Dude was drunk right up until he had to get into the jet.
Posted by Walking the Earth
Member since Feb 2013
17260 posts
Posted on 2/7/15 at 7:18 pm to
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100% percent agree. The fricking military guys are literally trying to find pilots to attack the alien spaceship yet they still roll their eyes when Case says he got abducted.



I think it was more the fact that he was drunk off his arse at the time.
Posted by Scruffy
Kansas City
Member since Jul 2011
72061 posts
Posted on 2/7/15 at 7:19 pm to
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I think it was more the fact that he was drunk off his arse at the time.
No way they knew that. They rolled their eyes at him after his comment about being abducted.
Posted by Walking the Earth
Member since Feb 2013
17260 posts
Posted on 2/7/15 at 7:21 pm to
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No way they knew that.


I think they were pretty aware he was drunk at the time. His kid was bringing him coffee and had to help him stand.
Posted by Dr RC
The Money Pit
Member since Aug 2011
58058 posts
Posted on 2/7/15 at 7:28 pm to
quote:

No way they knew that.





dude was the kind of drunk you can smell from 15 feet away.
Posted by PsychTiger
Member since Jul 2004
98902 posts
Posted on 2/7/15 at 7:30 pm to
The lesson we should take from this is that while all the real pilots got shot down the drunk guy saved the fricking planet. I say drink up.
Posted by Walking the Earth
Member since Feb 2013
17260 posts
Posted on 2/7/15 at 7:37 pm to
I can't find the briefing scene on Youtube where he talks about being abducted but here he is when he first volunteers.

Yeah, obviously drunk. He's even holding a beer.

LINK
Posted by prplhze2000
Parts Unknown
Member since Jan 2007
51379 posts
Posted on 2/7/15 at 9:30 pm to
Forget that. Always bothered me they sent pilots against the ships instead of missile or SAMs
Posted by randomways
North Carolina
Member since Aug 2013
12988 posts
Posted on 2/7/15 at 10:02 pm to
Hundreds, if not thousands, of people have claimed to have been abducted by aliens. The mere existence of aliens didn't prove that this particular person was abducted, any more than the mere existence of the CIA proves that a given paranoid schizophrenic is correct about them spying on him.

Russell was a drunk and drama queen. Had, say, a respected town doctor made the same claim, perhaps he would have been treated differently.
Posted by randomways
North Carolina
Member since Aug 2013
12988 posts
Posted on 2/7/15 at 10:04 pm to
quote:


Forget that. Always bothered me they sent pilots against the ships instead of missile or SAMs



Did they have any ground-based missile weapons at their disposal there?
Posted by Fusaichi Pegasus
Meh He Co
Member since Oct 2010
14565 posts
Posted on 2/7/15 at 10:06 pm to
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