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Long Island Bandana Bikers and the Language of State Violence
from #203 - Long Island Strong | The Tim Dillon Show · #203
4 min
Tim mocks Long Islanders in bandanas confronting protesters, cites his cop brother Larry as an example of tribal loyalty, and brings in a Chris Hedges-style argument that the state's only language is violence.
- White people wearing bandanas for COVID protection look like Hells Angels bikers heading up the street.
- Cops beat you with batons—if you don't want to get hit, don't go outside.
- Long Island residents justify police shootings by claiming if a cop has his gun in your face, you've done something wrong.
- Tim illustrates the logic: Larry the cop needs to beat handcuffed people because his wife made him redo the kitchen.
- Long Island people say 'Go west'—they support everything police do and wish the Blue Angels would bomb the protests.
- Many Americans would welcome government bombing of protests, watching it casually like Syrian bombings while eating breadsticks and drinking Coors.
- Peter Hedges argument: the language of the state is violence—that's all they speak, so they never use reason or rationality.}, {
- When a society teaches people only violence their entire lives, they respond with violence—not right, but understandable given the system.}, {
- Without leadership, demands, and reform from protesters, it's an unending journey into chaos that ultimately benefits Trump.
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