Interview · moment 11 of 29
Barry Weiss, Bombed Schools, and Not Caring About Palestinian Children
from Ari Shaffir | The Tim Dillon Show #323 · #323
2 min
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Ari brings up Barry Weiss defending Israeli strikes on hospitals and schools as terrorist hideouts, and both admit there's no good way to say they simply don't care about children dying in the conflict.
- Tim on the endless cycle of images showing Palestinian children killed in airstrikes and how they don't help the optics of the Israeli position.
- Barry Weiss appeared on the show and when confronted about bombing schools, her defense was that hospitals and schools must also be bombed because terrorists hide there.
- Picking on weak targets who don't fight back is the easiest military choice.
- Tim clarifies the conflict isn't his fight and he doesn't want children dying, but admits he has no personal investment in the issue.
- Discussion of whether there's a way to express genuine disinterest in a tragedy without sounding callous—and concluding there probably isn't one.
- Tim acknowledges that saying he doesn't care about armless children sounds horrible but he has other things to deal with.