Interview · moment 5 of 25
John Wayne Statues, Corporate Villains, and Deflategate vs. Astros Cheating
from Bill Burr | The Tim Dillon Show #321 · #321
4 min
Guest
Bill riffs on liberals attacking dead figures like John Wayne instead of living power, then they discuss corporations like Blackstone and pharma companies escaping blame, before diving into a long sports tangent comparing the Patriots' Deflategate scandal to the Astros' sign-stealing scandal.
- Tim criticizes media focus on minor celebrity incidents while ignoring corporate villains like Blackstone buying up housing stock and pharmaceutical companies selling synthetic opioids.
- Activists going after dead John Wayne instead of targeting living powerful people who actually control things.
- Older people's job is to pass down what they learned to younger people—what worked and what didn't.
- White people should listen to others' experiences rather than offering defensive counterarguments about historical context.
- Getting too invested in rooting for a side—like how Astros fans refuse to acknowledge their team fixed the World Series.
- Actor who's an Astros fan dismisses sign-stealing as something everybody does, which Tim disputes.
- Minor infractions like Deflategate get permanent outrage while major cheating like the Astros scandal gets swept under the rug.
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