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The Atlantic's Trans Kid Cover Story Controversy
from #216 - A Good Deal | The Tim Dillon Show · #216
7 min
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Tim discusses an Atlantic magazine cover story about a trans child whose family didn't know they'd be featured, then riffs into a hypothetical about wanting his own hypothetical child to be a ruthless, non-binary financial criminal.
- The Atlantic ran a cover story on transgender kids featuring a child who didn't know they'd be on the cover.
- The magazine put the child on the cover with the headline 'Your Kid Is Trans' without the family's knowledge.
- Tim read the article about the debate around children who want to transition and explains his position on the subject.
- He won't engage in every cultural fight and cites Brett Weinstein and Heather Heying as examples of people who do.
- If he has a child, Tim says he'd encourage them to become a financial criminal in banking or private equity.
- He'd hope his child would be like the non-binary character on Billions—amoral and skilled at infiltrating institutions.
- Tim describes the ideal child he'd want to raise: obsessed, driven, and displaying tremendous skill at something.
- He wants a kid who would look at him with disgust and ask what his legacy is, making him crumble.
- Tim reflects on what kind of grandparents a hypothetical child would have, noting his mother is insane and his father has a putting green.
- He acknowledges his parents gave him no guidance, so any child of his would get none from that side either.
The AtlanticBobby FischerBrett WeinsteinHeather HeyingBillions