DC: An American couple decided to bicycle around the world in an attempt to prove evil does not exist. They chose to bicycle through ISIS territory and ISIS killed them.
Jay Austin and Lauren Geoghegan left their D.C. government jobs nearly two years ago to embark on a worldwide bike tour. The wide-eyed, optimistic couple kept track of their trips on a website where they posted stunning photos of their travels and whimsical musings on evil, the media and the goodness of people.
In one post, Austin — who is a vegan — said he worked for the Department of Housing and Urban Development during Obama’s presidency explained how he and his girlfriend were planning to bike around the world with hopes to meet “generous” and approachable people.
He did acknowledge that biking makes one more “vulnerable.”
“Bikes are a clean and quiet and simple way to get around, and a cheap one, too. They may make you more vulnerable, sure, but also more approachable. Humans can be an astoundingly generous species, and whether out of amazement or pity or a mix of both, one is likely to be offered more smiles, more encouraging waves, more curious conversations and genuine offers of a bed or a place to camp when biking than by perhaps any other mode of transport.”
In another post, right before entering the ISIS hotbed recruiting grounds of Tajikistan, Austin waxed about how “evil” does not exist in the world.
“You watch the news and you read the papers, and you’re led to believe that the world is a big, scary place,” Austin said, “People, the narrative goes, are not to be trusted. People are bad. People are evil. People are axe murderers and monsters and worse.”
Austin continued, saying that “evil is a make-believe concept.” MORE
No doubt progressive liberals. Too bad.
Meh. Thin the herd.
Bye.
Bet a broken sprocket chain and the occasional flat tire were the worst things they anticipated could go wrong.
Isis responded to their postt that twitter decided to ban
چالش را پذیرفت Translation “Challenge Accepted”
These two were killed by idealism. An idealism that leads to a belief in leftism.
Either way, they are dead because of their refusal to accept reality.
They surrendered their lives for a make-believe concept. Bicycling through an ISIS infested shithole without a clue that they were likely to meet evil monsters who saw them as easy pickings was really a make-believe concept.
I would feel bad for them except for the fact these same idiots are the people that want to bring these 7th century maniacs into our country.
I plan to bike through Chicago’s urban areas during the next holiday weekend wearing my MAGA hat and shirt to prove that we CAN all get along. 🙂
I’d light a candle, nah just F’ing with ya,
I guess they were proven wrong. Maybe future Darwin Award winners ?
Reminds me of the end of the Sopranos.
“You watch the news and you read the papers, and you’re led to believe that the world is a big, scary place,” Austin said, “People, the narrative goes, are not to be trusted. People are bad. People are evil. People are axe mur-” *cut to black*
Their next of kin have a great lawsuit against every educator that failed to teach these dumdums any real History. They surely believed that all the world’s trouble was caused by white Christian males. Top Grade Stunad.
They also demonstrated what type of abject moron, 1.works for our government in DC, and 2.is willing to work for Obozo.
How does this sound?…
“You watch the news and you read the papers, and you’re led to believe that Christianity is a big, scary place,” Austin said, “Christians, the narrative goes, are not to be trusted. Christians are bad. Christians are evil. Christians are axe murderers and monsters and worse.”
Sounds like the news and papers to me.
Facepalm
They make me think of that “Grizzly” guy who was eventually eaten (along with his girlfriend) up in AK. It’s really tragic because just like the Grizzly man, it was 100% predictable.
It would be like tying pork chops around your ankles and taking a walk in the Madison valley in Yellowstone.
This is the result of an irresistible FARCE meeting an unmovable ideology. Maybe it was just their destiny to be a cautionary tale for the legions of idiots just like them.
memo: need to start a gofundme page for more libtard bicycle trips to troglodyte shitholes
btw, hell of a way to disprove that theory of yours, Austin old boy, that ‘evil does not exist in the world’
All I ever needed to know about Muslims I learned in college. And not in a classroom.
I attended George Washington Univ, a few blocks from the White House in 1978. During the Shah of iran’s Last visit, meeting Jimmy Carter.
Flatbed trucks full of wild eyed crazy Iranian muzzfucks we’re rolling around the streets on campus, staging mock hangings, firing squads, etc.
I was a dopey kid at the time, but it was obvious that those people were extremely dangerous and frightening.
Common sense was all that was required to understand.
The taking of our embassy in Tehran followed the next year. Since then there has been a mountain of evidence,most notably 9/11/2001. But much much more.
I’m sure these two dummies were surrounded by equally clueless imbeciles and were encouraged by myopic leftist parents cheering them on.
The world is better without them.
Hopefully they won’t continue to vote
@PHenry ~ I’m sure their ‘absentee’ ballots will be counted for years to come
In my opinion, here’s the problem with these losers. What if they didn’t kill them? What if they took them hostage. How many special forces guys are going to put their lives on the line getting these losers back? Thankfully they were killed.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
I’m sure they will be missed at next years “Naked Bike Ride” at PORTLANDIA!
Proof you can’t fix stupid.
Dianny nailed it – thin the herd.
Maybe we otta send a couple hundred Antifa type bicycle Nazis over there to counsel wayward ISIS troops.
He didn’t believe that evil existed, but now that he’s dead, he can’t change his mind. Snowflake and his girlfriend who were vegans, well, they die too. Stupid hurts.
2 less Democrat voters. WINNING! They got the Trump curse!
The parents and grandparents must proud
I cannot even fathom being this stupid. It’s a whole ‘nother level of idiocy. Liberalism truly is a mental disorder.
Black boxes from their bikes were recovered.
Biker 1: Hear that?
Biker 2: Yea, that’s a beautiful sound.
Biker 1: It’s the most beautiful sound on Earth.
Biker 2: Let’s get closer so we can hear better.
(ALLLUAAHH AKKBARR! lalalalala)
*crunch*whine*moan*
Just like Bugs Bunny, they should have turned left at Albuquerque.
Just like Grizzly Man, they thought they could coexist with wild animals.
I’ll bet they didn’t learn the existence of evil. As they were being stabbed they were probably wondering what they did to make their assailants hate them so much.
they prove evil and stupid exist.
Naive and dead, two words that go together like….. Naive and dead
Hey, hold my bong and watch this
I wonder when it sank in that they were wrong?
When vegan bike riders who work for the government use words like “narrative” and “journey”….you just know they scored high on the liberal idiot exam.
Along with riding bikes through ISIS controlled territory, they might as well have been eating pulled pork sandwiches while hoisting the US flag and wearing the Christian cross around their necks.
Darwin Awards for Best Performance by a Male and Female
Am I a bad person for saying I have no sympathy for the consequence of their decision?
In the afterlife, they will be issued their “Rode a bike through a war zone” signs and get told to stand next to the guy with the “Ran with scissors” sign
It proves that the hate for smug tree-hugging spandex-wearing bike-riding preachy liberals is universal.
Progressivism is truly a mental (and spiritual) disorder.
My first thought was they were terminally stupid, but after his admission they were more “vulnerable” on bikes, I have to ask “vulnerable to what?” If he truly thought there is no evil, what could possibly happen, even on bikes? No, they were terminally prideful. They thought their open-mindedness,, envirowackiness and veganism could convert hardened terrorists, and they could all just “get along.”
Good point. ^^
Unreal. No common sense. None!
Now that the story is out, the muslims will just say they were spies for the CIA, blah blah blah, and their reason for going there in the first place, which was dumb as hell, will be ignored. I feel bad for their parents and any siblings they may have had.
Knowing how backwards the muslims are over there, it could have caused the other people who live in that area to be killed, too, just out of some stupid conspiratorial accusations. Any other blood that was shed is on their own hands.
@Poor Lazlo – And, to the right of “Ran with scissors” guy, is “Hold my beer, watch this” guy.
@MJA – Enjoyed the rose color glasses in the headline!
Robert Fulton was warned that the people in the next village would surely kill him during this solo motorcycle trip around the world in 1932/33. None of them did, but it was a different time. You can read about his journey in One Man Caravan.
https://www.revzilla.com/common-tread/solo-around-the-world-in-1932-the-robert-edison-fulton-jr-story .
Rory Steward walked across Afghanistan in 2002, and lived to tell the tale, but just barely. He was a little more realistic about the people, and more knowledgeable of the culture and was better prepared to make better choices about reasonable risk and risk that would surely end his life.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rory_Stewart .