rant · moment 12 of 22
Covington Kids, Kyle Rittenhouse, and Political Violence in the Streets
from #277 - The New American Dream | The Tim Dillon Show · #277
4 min
Tim argues the Covington Catholic kid was unfairly targeted, calls Rittenhouse's mother a bad parent for dropping her armed teenage son at a riot, and makes the case against normalized street violence while begging Rittenhouse not to publicly side with him on Twitter.
- Journalist quit Insider over refusing to run a hit piece on Tim, claiming the outlet wanted to portray him as a reactionary right-wing lunatic.
- Covington Catholic kids faced media destruction for standing calmly while a man beat a drum in one teenager's face—a reaction Tim calls tame compared to how most people would have responded.
- Kyle Rittenhouse case was self-defense, but the 17-year-old should never have been patrolling streets with an AR-15, and his mother dropping him off at a riot with a gun is terrible parenting.
- Young people join gangs and militia groups because they want to feel important and serve a function, the same psychological drive that sent Rittenhouse into the streets.
- Tim's controversial opinion: we shouldn't have political violence and chaos in the streets with people killing each other, which he describes as basic civilization.
- Calling for civilization is now coded as a white supremacist dog whistle, according to the discourse around these incidents.
- Tim fears Rittenhouse will get acquitted and then tweet at him endorsing his take, which would damage Tim's credibility on the issue.
- Having any opinion that contradicts what people want you to believe results in anger and name-calling, regardless of the actual merits of the position.