News · moment 10 of 24
Machete Attack in Malibu: A Father Loses an Eye
from #267 - The D'Amelio Variant | The Tim Dillon Show · #267
5 min
News
Tim reports on a machete attack by two homeless people on a family in Malibu that resulted in the father losing an eye, cautiously trying to withhold judgment.
- Tim loves the alliteration of 'machete' and 'Malibu' despite not liking machete attacks.
- The incident: two homeless people attacked a family with a machete on a Malibu beach, leaving the father with a lost eye.
- Tim's immediate advice: if you're arguing with someone while with your family, walk away instead of continuing to push.
- He refuses to take a reactionary stance without understanding what happened, arguing California is complex and requires digging deep.
- Details emerge: the homeless people confronted the family saying they weren't allowed in the area, sparking the argument that led to the attack.
- The moral of the story, according to Tim: it's not about winning or being tough when your family is present—you need to get away.
- Claiming homeless people with machetes shouldn't live on beaches would make him a lunatic, because the question becomes: where would they go?
- Tim argues against the idea that homeless people shouldn't set up communities that become open-air fentanyl markets with occasional weapon violence.
- California's housing crisis stems from the state not building homes, with absurdly high cost-per-unit construction expenses.