Foid paralysed by stage-diving, dad-bodded punk rocker. Possibly a train- I can't tell because punk chicks are all pretty rough looking

That Reddit thread linked in the article has this exchange.

Sucks when something like this happens. Saw a girl break her back crowd surfing years ago at Mayday Parade concert in Cincinnati. The band stopped playing long enough let medical personnel wheel her out to the ambulance then kept playing their set. Crowd surfing and stage diving are just a part of this scene, it's a blast but can obviously be risky as well. This is normal behavior at this kind of show, I've been to tons of them. Acting like John was stage diving just to be malicious or to be inconsiderate is wrong and making a really tragic situation worse. I've seen Trophy Eyes before and absolutely loved the energy. Hoping Bird recovers totally and the band can also emotionally recover from it.

I can't believe the people crucifying him on the internet, they obviously haven't been to a trophy eyes show. He's made it so clear at every gig how much he cares about the wellbeing of the people in the crowd, and will call out security if they're doing a shit job, and will go out of his way to help crowd surfers so they aren't dropped.

This is a freak accident that's absolutely horrific and I can't imagine the turmoil the band are feeling right now. I hope Bird recovers and feel so deeply for her.

But at a venue with a clear no-stage-diving policy...? That feels pretty negligent, especially because someone was catastrophically injured as a result of the band not following the rules of the venue.

Look, I totally get it, it was absolutely preventable but there's no point in dog piling on him, i'm sure he feels absolutely gutted and regrets it.

Nah there totally is, almost exactly a year ago someone commented on their instagram respectfully warning them about how important it is to be safe when you're moshing/stage diving and that you have to look out for your fans; the band responded to the comment with “Frick you”. They spit in the face of someone who was trying to warn them that something like this would happen, then it happened, they deserve no sympathy 🤷‍♂️

Which leads to a link to this tweet.

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