rant · moment 5 of 27
Bribery, Beeswax, and Israel Comparison
from Taylor Swift’s Engagement & The Digital Prison | The Tim Dillon Show #459 · #459
4 min
He explains his stance that being paid enough money means he'll ignore atrocities, comparing his Saudi arrangement favorably to Israel not paying comedians anything, and tells a story about his friend's mother burying wine to avoid sharing it as a metaphor for looking away.
- Tim explains he's being paid $375,000 by Saudi Arabia to look the other way regarding human rights abuses.
- Looking the other way is a four-word sentence that people don't do anymore — if something bad happens to your left, look to your right.
- Tim describes a scenario where he'd witness violence at breakfast — beatings, hand-chopping, eyeless beggars — and simply shift his gaze rather than acknowledge it.
- Other commentators will fabricate progressive narratives about the Middle East; Tim claims to be the only honest person admitting he's paid to not care.
- The alternative to looking the other way would be trying to make every foreign country American, which has failed miserably every time.
- Tim will sleep soundly through screams because he believes in ignoring what's on the screen — cognitive dissonance is the answer.
- His best friend's mother, Eileen, used to say 'mind your own beeswax' — the actual solution to most problems.