Timcast IRL · September 9, 2020 · 2h 0m
Timcast IRL #129 - Proud Boys Trend After Viral Video Claims They Attacked BLM, Robby Soave Guests
Episode Recap
Timcast IRL episode 129, recorded on September 9, 2020, featured Tim Pool discussing a viral incident where the media falsely claimed Proud Boys attacked Black Lives Matter activists at a Trump rally. Tim was joined by Robby Soave, senior editor at Reason Magazine, who had previously been one of the first journalists to debunk the Covington kids media hoax. The discussion examined how the media immediately blames the right whenever conflicts occur, contrasting months of leftist riots with one incident where Trump supporters were immediately labeled aggressors. They explored how college campus radicalism has moved into corporate environments and elite media, with a small but influential group of woke activists wielding disproportionate power. The conversation also touched on the defund the police movement and how cancel culture represents a form of authoritarian thought policing. Other topics included Disney's Mulan boycott due to Xinjiang concentration camp connections and schools calling police for wellness checks when students displayed toy guns on webcams.
TL;DR
- →Media falsely claimed Proud Boys attacked BLM activists at Trump rally despite evidence suggesting the men in the viral video were not actually Proud Boys
- →Robby Soave joined to discuss his experience debunking the Covington kids hoax and the pattern of media rushing to judgment against conservatives
- →Panel examined how campus radicalism has expanded into corporate and media environments, with woke activists wielding outsized influence despite being a minority
- →Discussion covered Joe Biden's criticism of Trump supporters in Portland despite a Trump supporter being killed by leftists during the same period
- →Guest explained how defund the police rhetoric has origins in college activism and represents a desire to become the new police of thought and speech
- →Other topics included Disney's Mulan boycott over Xinjiang, schools calling police for webcam toy gun sightings, and the Evergreen State College activism model
Key Moments
- 0:00Opening and Viral Video StoryTim opens by discussing the viral tweet claiming Proud Boys attacked BLM activists at a Trump rally, noting the men in the video were likely not actually Proud Boys but media ran with the story anyway
- 36:00Media Bias and Right-Wing CoverageTim explains how media immediately blames the right as aggressors, citing Joe Biden's criticism of Trump supporters in Portland despite leftist violence being more prevalent
- 120:00Guest Introduction and Covington DiscussionRobbie Soave introduced as Reason Magazine senior editor and author of Panic Attack, discussing his experience debunking the Covington kids media hoax
- 246:00Campus Radicalism to Real WorldDiscussion of how college activists have graduated and moved into companies and media, wielding disproportionate influence through cancel culture
- 300:00Thought Policing and Woke CultureGuest explains how defund the police originated from campus activism and how woke activists have become a form of authoritarian thought police
Notable Quotes
“The media is going to immediately claim the right of the bad guys. They're the aggressors.”
— Tim Pool · Opening statement on media bias against the right
“We saw it with Joe Biden. You get months and months of leftist riots and destruction, firebombs, Molotovs. And then you get one rally where Trump supporters drive through Portland. Not only that, but a Trump supporter actually gets killed by one of these leftists. And Joe Biden says, Trump's got to tell his militias to stay out of here.”
— Tim Pool · Comparing media coverage of left-wing vs right-wing violence
“I think the other interesting thing too is it's not young radicals in the age of Trump anymore. It's they've graduated. They're working at the companies. They've brought all of that stuff from colleges out into the real world and now they're wreaking havoc.”
— Robby Soave · Guest analysis on campus radicalism spreading
“Abolish the police is dishonest because they don't actually want to abolish the police. They want to become the police. They are the police, and their jurisdiction extends to what you think and what you say.”
— Tim Pool · Analysis of cancel culture and thought policing
“They're not even a majority of young people. It's a small number of people. They just wield a tremendous amount of power and influence despite only being a couple people because no one pushes back.”
— Robby Soave · Guest explaining woke activist influence despite small numbers