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A man flying from Dallas to Chicago on Southwest Airlines was denied reboarding in St. Louis allegedly over vulgar language on his t-shirt. Daniel Podolsky was flying home after spending the week at Austins SXSW festival. He was dressed in a dark souvenir t-shirt with bold white lettering that he was given at the festival promoting the Comedy Central sketch-comedy show Broad City, the shirt read BROAD F****** CITY.

When Podolsky went to get back on the plane, the gate attendant allegedly stopped him over the language displayed on the t-shirt he was wearing. Podolsky cited his freedom of speech, but was told it would be against Southwest's rules by wearing an offensive shirt, so he couldn't get back on the aircraft. Podolsky refused to comply with the request to take it off or cover it up and was ultimately left stranded in St. Louis as the flight left for Chicago. He was later allowed to board a flight to New York, his ultimate destination, after changing his shirt.