Tim had Andrew Wilson as the guest. No relation, as far as I am aware, to the previous guest, Kingsley Wilson, merely a funny little coincidence.
Hannah & Libby were the co-hosts.
*The panel talk about the pager bombing committed by Israel against targets in Lebanon. While Hannah remained silent for the most part, Andrew, Libby, & Tim went to great lengths to excuse the civilian casualties of the attack. The argument used is that war is, by nature, lacking rules which are artificially created & imposed by victors upon losers. Tim appends that the enemies of Israel would not operate under the rules of war, anyway: 41:36-52:09
*Here is the argument over the concept of rights Andrew & Tim had, mentioned by
@Prj4MW8iPT3vmFM2rzDc. Andrew initially argues against Tim's concept of rights being necessary to continued living (e.g. even in the wilderness, you can speak freely, forage, defend yourself, etc.) because there are examples he can cite which are outside of the normative conditions for humans (e.g. the blind & deaf are unable to exercise a right to speak), or that nothing prevents someone using force to violate said rights (e.g. in the wilderness, nothing prevents him from crafting a spear & stabbing someone, or the government transgressing unjustly against the rights of citizens). Andrew contends Tim's concept of rights boils down to applications of force, either to ensure you have rights or can be denied them. Libby chimes in to say that the United States has a belief system centered around natural rights being intrinsic. Andrew agrees that it is a belief, but "based on..." what. Another back-&-forth with Tim ensues, where Tim counters that Andrew is engaging in "post-modern argument", which Andrew rejects is his position. Andrew finally explains he means rights "come from God" which humans are commanded to do, & whereas Tim's concept of rights is "an entitlement absent duty". Tim concedes that rights stem from God, but argues from a secular point that the universal expectation for life is to be fruitful & multiply, which rights promote & protect. While I am annoyed to have gone through this to summarise, I am glad to see Tim get some of his own medicine when it comes to how he treats guests & co-hosts that disagree with him: 52:09-1:09:35
*Andrew & Tim talk about how Sheev Palpatine did nothing wrong in
repelling the Jedi that went to his office, attempting to force him to give up his executive powers, once the Clone Wars ended. I am just so surprised Tim defended
a member of a minority religion, whose faith supports tricking non-believers to benefit the in-group. Who covertly manipulates
the politics &
economy of a nation, to upend the established order to gain power over all the unsuspecting masses. I am totally surprised by this. Apropos of nothing, did you see how in an earlier segment, Tim praised Israel's ingenuity in remotely killing members of Hezbollah & how war crimes are not real, after all his prior opposition to drone strikes by the United States?: 1:42:56-1:46:54
Clip Collection:
-Tim opens the show, talking about his two favourite topics; himself & Israel. Though he does err in stating that Israel only killed & injured "thousands of Hezbollah fighters" "with a degree of military sophistication I did not expect". The injured parties varied
from members of Hezbollah to the Iranian ambassador & nearby non-combatants:
-Not only are their hectoring debate techniques similar, but Andrew & Tim share a love for pop culture. Tim highlights how the two had "a great conversation about how Palpatine did nothing wrong":
-Tim's complaint claims that the statements by the Harris campaign may have been the cause of "
some crazy guy" to show up at one of the Branch Timidian properties. Now, Tim discloses that this bloke "attacked" one of his employees & police were called to deal with it:
-Tim compares his situation with that of Jeremy Jahns being harassed "from the Left" over his video review of "Am I Racist?". & who could survive
the kinds of harassment Jeremy faced?:
-Andrew talks about how liberals comparing migrants throttling Canada geese in the park to "rednecks out in the country" hunting was disingenuous, as it does not happen "inside of towns, or inside of cities". Tim agrees with that being an absurd argument. This is despite Tim making a similar type of argument
a mere eight days before this episode:
-Tim says they have updated the thumbnail, in hopes of expanding their reach:
Here is the new format:
Versus the old:
