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Nobody Feels Unsafe, SWATting Paranoia, and Skipping Dallas Pride

from Episode 152 - Feral · #152

3 min

Tim argues crime is at historic lows despite manufactured online fear, jokes about being SWATted and broadcasting from an undisclosed location like Alex Jones, then segues into skipping Dallas Pride and observing straight guys capitalizing on West Hollywood's Pride Parade.

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  • Crime rates have dropped to their lowest point ever, but YouTube videos and social media make people feel unsafe.
  • Someone tweeted at him threatening to SWAT him, which he treats as absurd paranoia.
  • He never lives at a disclosed address because if someone SWATs him, it'll be whoever he's living with that gets the guns pointed at them.
  • Tim broadcasts from undisclosed locations like Alex Jones and doesn't know where he is.
  • He didn't go to Dallas Pride because the environment seemed fueled by drugs and alcohol.
  • Driving through West Hollywood Pride, he noticed mostly straight dudes there trying to capitalize on it.
  • He questions whether modern Pride requires performative displays or if someone can just be gay privately in their room.
  • The people at Pride parades aren't even actually gay—they're straight people going to a parade.
  • Tig Notaro goes to hostile places like Birmingham, Alabama and wins people over with comedy instead of lecturing them.
  • The entertainment industry ignores comedians like Tig who actually change minds and prefers performers dancing around in West Hollywood.
  • More straight men show up at those performances than anyone impressed by the same act in New York or LA.
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