A TikTok video showing an encounter about proper beach attire recently went viral, sparking heated debates and leading to one man’s dismissal from his job. Logan Dorn, a Colorado man who told strangers their bikinis were exposing children to pornography, refuses to apologize and says he’s standing on God’s truth. Critics say he was harassing people and should mind his own business.
TikTok Video Shows What Happened on the Public Beach
Last weekend, Logan Dorn approached a group of young women who were sunbathing at a reservoir in Fort Collins, Colorado. One, an 18-year-old named Mia, filmed the incident and posted it to social media. (Editor’s note: The TikTok video contains language some may find offensive.)
Dorn, who didn’t know the women, chastises them for their choice of swimsuits and tells them to cover up. “Take young eyes into consideration,” he tells them. “[Children] don’t need to see pornography right in front of them. You’re flaunting your stuff.”
Despite the women’s repeated requests for Dorn to leave them alone, he keeps lecturing them. He asks why they “dress that way”—in what’s essentially underwear. “You’re the only thing that sticks out,” he tells them, despite other sunbathers nearby in similar attire. When the women point out that some men are wearing skimpy bathing suits, Dorn replies, “That’s a lot different.”
Arguments About Freedom, Religion, Self-Worth
During the encounter, Dorn argues he has “free will” and “freedom of speech” in America. “If men of God don’t stand up,” he warns, “then our society’s gonna go down the drain because there’s no morality.” When one young woman tells Dorn he should pluck out his eye if it causes him to sin, he responds, “There’s gonna come a day when you’re gonna come face to face with God.”
One woman counters that she’s an atheist, but Dorn argues, “You can still put clothes on.” He says, “Your body will never ever satisfy.… There’s a longing in each of your hearts to actually be seen. The reason why you’re showing your body is because you’re like ‘am I pretty enough?’… Next time you come to a beach and there’s young eyes, take that into consideration.”
Eventually, a woman who’s with Dorn leads him away from the group. But she turns back to the bikini-clad sunbathers and delivers her own advice. Saying she’s “not judging” the women, she adds, “It does matter what you guys wear, not because of what he says but because you need to value yourself.”
Logan Dorn Posts TikTok Video Rebuttals but No Apology
In his own TikTok video, captioned “The truth will set you free,” Dorn shares “my side of the story.” He says members of his party that day included children as young as two. One family member wanted to relocate along the beach because some “college-aged women” were “showing too much.”
