rant · moment 19 of 21
America's Traditions: Protest vs. Quietly Shopping
from Stay At Home Summer & Being A Good Guest | The Tim Dillon Show #439 · #439
4 min
Tim argues protest isn't America's only tradition, and that quietly shopping and enjoying life are just as American, tying it back to why activists like Khalil should 'chill.'
- Nobody's a good guest anymore—guests need to act like guests, not tell their hosts how to live.
- If Tim visited a hotel and the director of business relations happened to be from Hamas, he'd just smoke with the guy and get his card.
- America is based on peaceful protest, but it's equally based on quietly shopping—that's the real tradition.
- When Tim thinks of America, he pictures a nice suburban mall where you get coffee and buy things, not people screaming in the streets.
- Free speech and protest are traditions, but so are going out to eat, having a cocktail, and buying things—there are other traditions besides yelling in the street.
- If Tim were in Dubai and someone told him buildings were built by slaves, he'd just ask them to let him enjoy the indoor ski slope for a minute.