rant · moment 14 of 16
You Don't Actually Want Freedom, You Want Guns
from Episode 152 - Feral · #152
7 min
Tim argues gun-rights absolutists don't care about mass surveillance, torture, drone strikes, or Chelsea Manning's imprisonment, and that their idea of freedom is limited to driving to Jack in the Box and owning an AK-47, contrasted with real civil liberties abuses nobody protests.
- Tim imagines parents raising a son as a cowboy, giving him a real horse and gun, leading to a school shooting scenario.
- Americans claim to want freedom but only care about keeping guns—they ignore government surveillance, torture, and wars abroad.
- Gun rights advocates love police and security despite cops shooting dogs, beating teenagers, and targeting Black people.
- Tim lists what people actually accept: mail surveillance, kill lists, drone strikes on Pakistani children—all to keep their personal arsenal.
- Edward Snowden and Chelsea Manning exposed government crimes, got destroyed for it, and nobody on the right cared about their freedom.
- Freedom in America means driving to Jack-in-the-Box and shooting squirrels in your backyard, not actual liberty.
- Tim made a joke on Martin's podcast saying real protest requires strapping bombs to toddlers, clarifying he's against violence but discussing reality.
- Millions of people will never protest in the streets because it's not happening if Game of Thrones has a finale—people are at home.
- At protests you see someone you hate from an open mic and don't want to be associated with them, so mass movements never come together.
- The only thing you can really do in this society to be honest is support Tim's career because it's the answer.
Chelsea ManningBarack ObamaEdward SnowdenNancy PelosiGame of Thrones