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Parkland Kids as Cast Spokespeople and a Long Island School Shooting Fantasy

from 151 - Toddler Suicide Bomber · #151

5 min

Tim extends the 'billionaire casting' theory to the Parkland shooting survivors like David Hogg and Emma Gonzalez, then riffs on how a hypothetical Long Island school shooting survivor interview would go, mocking vapid Long Island teen culture.

In this bit7 moments
  • Tim explains the Milo Yiannopoulos comment about mentorship in the gay community and priest abuse was mischaracterized by the right.
  • Milo's controversial statement got dug up by Reagan Battalion and used to paint him as pro-pedophilia regardless of nuance.
  • After the backlash, Milo spent two years in obscurity with his book deal pulled and his platform removed from social media.
  • Milo told Jordan Peterson he's a once-in-a-generation star who will return as a Johnny Carson-type entertainer, abandoning politics.
  • Tim argues Milo was never genuinely political—he was a tech writer who rode controversy to fame and was facilitated by people behind him.
  • Figures like Milo, Candace Owens, and Charlie Kirk were cast into their roles by billionaire families like the Mercers, similar to how the Parkland kids were cast by left-wing interests.
  • Tim questions why only eight Parkland kids became famous when hundreds graduated from the school.
Mentioned here

Milo YiannopoulosCharlie KirkCandace OwensMercersJordan PetersonParkland school shootingthe Koch familyTurning Point USASimon & SchusterEmma Gonzalez

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