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The Official Alex Jones Thread!

Jones is trying to convince people that he is like Woodward and Bernstein.

https://www.snopes.com/ap/2018/07/23/infowars-host-alex-jones-moves-dismiss-sandy-hook-lawsuit/

“Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein relied on allegations from ‘Deep Throat’ to link the Nixon Administration to the Watergate break-in,” his lawyers wrote in filing for a dismissal. “Such journalism, questioning official narratives, would be chilled if reporters were subject to liability if they turned out to be wrong,”
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Well, Jones did pull evidence out of his ass as he didn't have a Deep Throat of his own to rely on. :)

The lawsuits seek monetary and punitive damages, attorney fees and other costs. They do not say exactly how much money the families are seeking
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Maybe the plaintiffs will end up owning Info Wars/Prison Planet?
 
There is no doubt that Jones support for Trump did cost him; lots of accusations that Jones has sold out to the establishment are out there.
I think, long term,Jones might have made a mistake;he has lost his ability to switch between left and right depending on which bunch of suckers are ripe for the plucking this week. The days of last decade when he had a sizable following on the radical left are gone forever.
 
https://money.cnn.com/2018/07/25/technology/alex-jones-infowars-youtube-strike/index.html

No more live streaming on Youtube for a while.

YouTube has deleted four videos posted by InfoWars founder Alex Jones, the controversial online personality famous for peddling conspiracy theories, and issued a "strike" against him.

The strike means Jones cannot livestream content for three months. Should he receive a second strike within that timeframe, YouTube will bar him from uploading new content for two weeks. YouTube deletes accounts after a third strike within that time period.
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dudalb said:
As much as I despise Jones, I am not sure this is a good idea;it will give Jones a chance to pose as a "matyr for free speech" and I don't want to give him that advantage.
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Perhaps.

On the other hand, its possible the only people who might actually consider him a 'martyr' are the people he's already suckered in, and his "martyrdom" won't result in any new supporters.
 
Even with martyr on his shoulders the chance of him dying of something like chocking on his girlfriend's cum, falling down a stair, or any of the normal life death that comes Alex Jone's way even though he made this fatal accident is automatically a government conspiracy?
 
The Qanon conspiracy theory (of which you have heard unless you have spent this week with in total isolation) has reached a new low for conspiracy theories:Even Alex Jones thinks it's crazy.
Or it could just be Alex does not like the competition.....
 
dudalb said:
As much as I despise Jones, I am not sure this is a good idea;it will give Jones a chance to pose as a "matyr for free speech" and I don't want to give him that advantage.
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It is not a 1A issue. A private company can decide who can participate. Just like Walmart can decide not to sell certain type firearms without being a Constitutional issue.

Now if the Feds stopped Jones from doing his thing. That would be a different matter.
 
dudalb said:
The Qanon conspiracy theory (of which you have heard unless you have spent this week with in total isolation) has reached a new low for conspiracy theories:Even Alex Jones thinks it's crazy.
Or it could just be Alex does not like the competition.....
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I'm not big on censorship...but...

This was not a some government sanctioned mandate. Youtube(Google),Apple, and the others are all private businesses, and just like this message board they have terms of service for their use which they can change at any time for any reason.

Youtube and Facebook have known how their content can influence its users longer than the public has known because (like the tobacco industry in the 1970's) they spent the money on research. It's just that thanks to Trump, and Tide-Pod eating, and web-searches of mass shooters these companies have grown a conscience (thanks to their legal department). They realize that at some point they can be held liable for content on their sites that gets someone killed.

Alex Jones is just the logical step in the evolution that began with May Brussel, and went to Art Bell, and so on. The difference is that Brussel and Bell were on the radio at midnight, Brussel was long before the internet, and Bell came of age at the same time as the web did. The difference is that Jones has/had a wider reach available 24/7 on the internet. His biggest crime is that he has no BS filter, and worse, he seems happy to embrace the ugliest theories only to drive ratings and ad revenue. Where Brussel was a crackpot, and Art Bell was a showman who had a BS detector (he'd shoot down 9/11 nutjobs), Jones doesn't believe the crap he slings(as per his lawyer), and doesn't care about the consequences.
 
Worm said:
Facebook, iTunes and Spotify drop InfoWars

Boo hoo.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-45083684
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Needs repeating. :thumbsup:

Apple, Facebook, YouTube remove Alex Jones content
Facebook has removed four pages for Infowars and its founder, right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones, citing violations of its hate speech and bullying policies.

The social-media giant said Monday it took down the Alex Jones Channel Page, the Alex Jones Page, the InfoWars Page and the Infowars Nightly News Page after some users complained about the content last week. Facebook had already banned Jones for 30 days because he had violated its community standards. Separately, YouTube said on Monday it had pulled Alex Jones' channel for repeatedly violating its policies....

Facebook isn't alone in pulling content from Jones and Infowars. Apple has also pulled several Infowars podcasts from iTunes, YouTube has followed suit with Infowars videos, while Spotify recently deleted of his shows from its service.
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Of course Jones is crying, 'it's a conspiracy'. Teehee.
 
Brainster said:
It's tempting to congratulate them, but the fact is that Jones should have been dropped years ago. It's not as if he used to be sensible and rational--Sandy Hook was over 5 years ago, and he was off the deep end well before that.
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I think this is a reflection of the changing times rather than anything else. Hate speech and false news is less tolerated now than it was a few years ago.
 
dudalb said:
A lot of the problem is that a number of bigoted groups have become "Respectable" in the eyes of many Conservative. Lie down with the dogs, expect to get fleas.
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Things are even worse than you think! The linked articles criticizing the SPLC were from the Atlantic and Politico. If they have become hotbeds of bigotry and white nationalism, who's left?

Or, you know, you could actually read the articles and find out what they say. Nah, easier just to type without actually having any thought behind it other than the usual smear.
 
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First they came for Alex Jones and Infowars, and I said nothing because I was too busy laughing.
 
Brainster said:
It's tempting to congratulate them, but the fact is that Jones should have been dropped years ago. It's not as if he used to be sensible and rational--Sandy Hook was over 5 years ago, and he was off the deep end well before that.
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I popped the Brandy,I have been saving since 2005 the first drink I have had in years.
 
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