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Mahsa Amini and the Iran Hijab Protests
from Dahmer | The Tim Dillon Show #320 (ft. Yannis Pappas) · #320
3 min
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Discussion of the death of a woman in Iran after removing her hijab, with the producer awkwardly pulling up graphic images mid-podcast, comparing her to Iran's George Floyd and debating the "she fell" police explanation.
- Tim explains the hijab rule in Iran versus the West: taking it off is forbidden there, putting it on is celebrated here.
- Producer interrupts with a hospital photo of Mahsa Amini, killing the comedy vibe.
- Tim complains about the mood shift while trying to do a podcast and sell underwear for fat people.
- Clarifying Amini's death: she collapsed at a police station and fell into a coma, now she's become Iran's George Floyd.
- One side says she fell, the other side doesn't think so—Tim compares it to the debate around George Floyd's death.
- Eyewitnesses claim Amini was severely beaten by police, which Tim suspects is probably true, though he leaves room for the authorities' fall story.
- Tim concludes: Iran probably wasn't lenient with a woman removing her hijab, so he suspects she was beaten to death.
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