Don Lemon's Bad Day, Looksmaxxing, and King Charles II
Robby Soave and Christian Britschgi discuss how Don Lemon deeply misunderstands the First Amendment and much more from this week's doomscrolling.
The episode opens with Christian Britschgi joking about hiding out in a church from Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), the government in general, and Don Lemon, before turning into a broader roast of Lemon's interpretation of the First Amendment.
Robby vents about flu vaccine pressure, New Year's gym chaos, and the strange ecosystem of muscle men and gym bros. Then he shares the latest chapter in his ongoing saga of getting his scooter stolen. The mood shifts to some good news as the crew notes that murder rates are way down, followed by a darkly funny debate over whether a firing squad is the ideal way to go.
From there, they dive into the unbelievable world of "looksmaxxing," since Nick Fuentes, Andrew Tate, and assorted internet characters converged in Miami this week. The show wraps up with a surprisingly sincere note on why King Charles II might actually be a great historical hang.
0:00—Christian is hiding in a church from ICE, the government, and Don Lemon?
4:40—Lemon doesn't understand the First Amendment.
15:30—Robby complains about the flu vaccine.
18:15—The New Year gym swarming
26:15—Muscle Man and the larger gym bro universe
35:34—Robby's scooter gets stolen…again.
41:19—Murder rates are way down.
52:11—Robby would choose the firing squad?
55:04—"Looksmaxxers" Nick Fuentes, Clavicular, and Andrew Tate come together in Miami.
1:00:48—No one cares about Greenland.
1:18:16—You'd want to hang out with King Charles II.
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A judge has declined the DOJ's charges against Don Lemon.
So once again; one rule for me and another for thee.
People who call themselves legal observers or journalists are just better than you citizen.
What I'm hearing is that somebody needs to find out what gym or country club or other social organization this judge belongs to and go get his opinion on the new mulching and wood chipping offerings from Husqvarna or Kubota.
Bonus points for live demonstrations.
Double bonus points if the specific journalists' last name ends in 'ez'.
The DoJ needs to do some judge shopping. And the parishioners of that church should file lawsuits against Lemon. Maybe they too can secure a $1.5 billion judgement against him.
Turning Lemon into an indigent ex con would be awesome. Maybe he can go to Maine where Sarc can bottom for him.
The "judge" in question is married to Ellison assistant. They are all in a club
You can’t hate these people enough.
Don Lemon is the old black Greta Thunberg - prove me wrong.
Thats unassailable for the life of me.
35:34—Robby's scooter gets stolen…again.
I was kind of hoping for some larger commentary around the reality of living in a big city and it's the price we pay for lower prices on our flat screen TVs but instead it was just "my scooter got stolen twice, bro" with an eventual swerve into "cities, amirite?". To be fair, Britches did add a "we should like, privatize the police so some of this crime can be solved and stuff".
You get used to it.
Maybe Robby should move out of Democratland, and go somewhere with populated by Americans instead.
It might also improve his writing.
Scooter are like fat chicks
They are fun to ride, and Robbie would know nothing about it
Perhaps Robby is more accustomed to being the scooter of late.
Robby must have read my comments in the "assisted suicide" article. His choice of execution would be "firing squad" because it's totally metal and shit.
The modern version isn't manly. They strap you to a chair so you can't move around.
I'm thinking we should just use a captive bolt pistol. Completely reusable.
Hmm, Starmer's Diego Garcia deal has apparently fallen apart as the idiot not only made an asinine agreement with Mauritius for no reason --- he failed to get us to accept an amendment to allow it.
He is the worst politician I have ever seen.
Leftists fail upwards. Starmer is an extreme, but increasingly common example of this. See also, Newsome, Harris, Walz, Swalwell, etc..