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Trans-for-Iran Protesters and the Anti-War Rally Freak Show
from Iran, Israel & The Cool Aunt | The Tim Dillon Show #389 · #389
4 min
Tim riffs on anti-war protesters showing up in dog collars and gas masks in solidarity with Iran, joking that these movements always attract the strangest possible people and that Iran will have to reckon with its bizarre allies.
- Anti-war protests in America attract the craziest people imaginable—dwarfs, mythical creatures, centaurs—making regular people reconsider whether war might be preferable.
- Columbia University students are camping out for Palestine, which is a natural reaction given Israel's aggressive prosecution of the war and the 40,000 deaths visible on TikTok.
- Tim supports Israel's right to exist but notes the country has suffered a tremendous loss of prestige in the world community over this conflict.
- Students arrested at Columbia set up tents to show solidarity with Palestine and push the university to divest from Israeli interests.
- Tim questions whether the Columbia students understand they're protesting at an institution largely owned and funded by Jewish donors and endowments.
- Shutting down the Golden Gate Bridge and other protests don't move the ruling class, who genuinely don't care if kids camp out in tents at Columbia.
- Tim transitions to asking for clarification about what's happening at Columbia University.