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The DC Israeli Embassy Shooting

from CNN Interview, Ms. Rachel Propaganda, & The Uncancelables | The Tim Dillon Show #445 · #445

4 min

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Tim discusses the shooting deaths of a young couple working for the Israeli embassy outside a Jewish museum in DC, condemning people who celebrate or justify the killing of innocents and criticizing constant 'World War II' framing used to excuse violence.

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  • A young couple attending a humanitarian function in Washington DC was gunned down—a Jewish woman and Christian man, or two Jewish people, or some combination.
  • Tim identifies the real danger: not that stories disappear from the press, but that we can't analyze what they mean because they evaporate before we understand them.
  • A young couple worked for the Israeli embassy and were shot dead outside a Jewish museum in Washington DC.
  • Being a psycho on Twitter saying victims deserved to be killed or claiming it was an inside job doesn't help anybody—that's Tim's job, not yours.
  • Tim argues that celebrating the death of innocent people, even one or two, unravels civilization and undermines your own case.
  • When something horrible happens, your first goal isn't to contextualize it through history—it's to say this shouldn't happen.
  • Tim shuts down historical whataboutism by saying if someone starts comparing to World War II, just respond: 'That isn't what this is.'
  • We cannot celebrate or excuse the murder of people—it's completely messed up.
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