rant · moment 7 of 18
"The Next Step In Their Journey" — Self-Help Language for Desperate People
from K5 & Digidog | The Tim Dillon Show #362 · #362
3 min
He mocks Eric Adams' phrase about migrants taking "the next step in their journey," comparing it to how privileged parents talk to kids moving out, and contrasts it with migrants who have nothing and don't speak English.
- Mayor describes dumping migrants on the street as 'the next step in their journey.'
- Tim notes this is self-help book language used for coddled middle-class kids, not desperate people.
- This language belongs to privileged people being nudged out, not those at rock bottom with nothing.
- Tim's friend got kicked out by parents who called it exciting and encouraged him to embrace the journey.
- Newly arrived migrants don't speak English and face culture shock when arrested for behavior legal in their home countries.
- The absurdity of addressing traumatized asylum seekers like they're 23-year-old Oberlin graduates figuring out their life path.