Episode 46: The Trumpsurrection Knocks Bean Dad From The Headlines

Blocked and Reported

Katie Herzog and Jesse Singal

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4.6 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 January 2021

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

After discussing whether Blocked and Reported led directly to the siege on the Capitol, the hosts discuss that strange, terrifying event. They debate whether it can be safely examined in something of a vaccuum, or should be put in the broader context of what appears to be a rise in political violence in the U.S. They also discuss some of the most unhinged responses. Then they talk about Bean Dad. Remember Bean Dad? We yearn for a world in which Bean Dad is the day's most important story on Twitter.

Show notes/Links:

Arthur Chu is normal: https://twitter.com/jessesingal/status/1347381484584316929

Clymer backstory (refers to her as male because pre-transition): https://slatestarcodex.com/2014/06/14/living-by-the-sword/

Hawley book no more: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/07/books/simon-schuster-josh-hawley-b

BEAN DAD basic rundown: https://heavy.com/news/john-roderick-bean-dad/

Lit-uh-rull abuse: https://twitter.com/a_queer_ius/status/1345665171390394368

https://twitter.com/timaree_leigh/status/1345623027074142210

Bean Dad's problematic tweets:

https://twitter.com/Laura_Nowlin/status/1345831569806733314/photo/1

https://twitter.com/flore_rhea/status/1345846499121324032

https://twitter.com/CatKnitty/status/1345840464595800064

His apology: http://www.johnroderick.com/an-apology

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0:00.0	Hi everyone, this is Katie.
0:02.0	I just have a quick note before we start the show.
0:04.8	Some news broke after we recorded this episode, so often happens it's very rude.
0:09.2	In this case, the big news is that Donald Trump was permanently banned from Twitter and
0:13.1	there have been a lot of other developments in the social media sphere.
0:17.6	We are going to do a special episode about this.
0:19.9	It will be for patrons only and if you want to join us, you can do that at patreon.com
0:25.3	slash black and reported.
0:26.9	Thank you and enjoy the show.
0:31.0	Hey Jesse, were you in DC this week?
0:33.4	No, there was this big rally I wanted to go to but I had some other stuff going on.
0:36.4	I swear to God, I saw a video of you floating around online.
0:40.5	You were in a toga, naked from the waist up and your chest was painted red and you were
0:46.0	wearing a beer hat and swinging from a chandelier in the capital building.
0:50.2	I mean that sounds like something I was due but I was not there.
0:54.3	What do you think explains this?
0:55.4	I mean either you have a twin, maybe it was your brother or you're lying to me.
0:58.9	Those are the only options.
1:01.4	So this was a member of the that calm peaceful demonstration to try to keep Trump in office.
1:07.6	Look Jesse, this was just the voices of the unheard.
1:12.2	That's all it was, just the voices of the unheard.
1:15.5	Finally.
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