News · moment 14 of 29
Smash and Grabs at Nordstrom, Louis Vuitton, and the Grove
from #279 - Flashmob Omicron Morning Star Bear | The Tim Dillon Show · #279
4 min
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He details specific smash-and-grab incidents in San Francisco, Walnut Creek, and Beverly Hills, then reads about a shopper named Guadalupe Rivas who defiantly continued her Black Friday shopping tradition at the Grove despite the robberies.
- Tim explains the Seth Rogen-type defense of smash-and-grabs: what's the problem with a little flash mob for fun?
- The pattern of behavior is becoming troubling because store workers are getting hurt, beaten up, and killed.
- Civilization doesn't work perfectly, so some people think we should abandon it entirely and allow theft and murder.
- Tim's core argument: you shouldn't kill an innocent person just to get a Gucci handbag.
- The logic that defending retail stores is corporate shilling—Seth Rogen hiding in menswear, refusing to care.
- Tim reads news reports of the Nordstrom raid in Walnut Creek where 80 people swarmed the store and assaulted employees.
- Louis Vuitton and Saks Fifth Avenue in Beverly Hills had their windows smashed with sledgehammers before police arrived.
- The absurdity of news coverage forcing a pro-shopping angle: Guadalupe Rivas won't let smash-and-grabs stop her 12-year tradition.
- Tim mocks the framing of one woman driving from Bakersfield to defiantly shop at the Grove as standing against anarchists.
Seth Rogensmash and grabsNordstromSaks Fifth AvenueLouis VuittonThe GroveUnion SquareBeverly HillsSan Francisco