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Defending Hot Dumb Actors From Being Forced to Have Opinions

from Civil War: The Original Heated Rivalry | The Tim Dillon Show #481 · #481

7 min

Tim delivers an extended defense of actors as people who exist to be hot or interesting and shouldn't be dragged into politics, contrasting them with politicians who should face scrutiny, and mocks fans demanding actors have opinions on Sudan or Iran.

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  • Strangers demand that hot actors have fully formed opinions on Sudan and Iran.
  • Actors are terrified to confirm their sexuality because fans can't accept straight men playing gay characters.
  • Tim describes hunting the dumbest people in society and forcing them to articulate political positions as barbaric and an online raid.
  • The hot guy who was waiting tables in LA three months ago has no business being dragged into the light.
  • These actors don't know what's going on—they're just trying to remember if red or green means go.
  • Hot actors are not here to be your hero or walk you through your meaningless existence; they're here to pretend to be someone else for half an hour.
  • Some of these actors are like in their late teens and getting bullied.
  • Tim will protest forcing our hottest, dumbest people to become something they're not—he'll get shot for it.
  • Knowing too much about actors diminishes the fantasy, but politicians should be fully transparent about everything.
  • We have real problems in society that deserve attention instead of this obsession with actors' personal lives.
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