One example that can be easily debunked is his Dan Brown like attraction to codes and symbols. The Owl for instance. Somehow he manages to link an owl to the ancient Moloch icon. When I saw the Jon Ronson version of the Bohemian Grove documentary here in the UK I went to my local library and couldn't find any references to owls and Moloch. Now, that's not to say that I exhaustively researched Moloch, I have a life, but in most of the books I looked at owls were not mentioned. This should be a red flag for most people because if he's stridently arguing that the Owl is Moloch he is probably wrong.
True, Moloch is associated with sacrifice, but it's equally possible that the 'Cremation of Care' is just a tacky opening to a frat-boy party. Burning your cares is hardly a complicated metaphor. The founders of Bohemian Grove were bohemian supposedly, but it is implausible that the founders of the Bohemian Grove wanted to be associated with human sacrifice. While Spiritualism was big in the US in the late Victorian times/early 20th Century, human sacrifice (in the biblical rather than sacrificial 'care' sense) was looked down upon as much then as now.
That seems pretty typical of Alex Jones. I don't think he's a shyster, he believes in what he's saying and is charismatic. In many ways this makes his impact on certain issues far, far worse because he's turning debate into conspiracy, religion, and hysteria. I'd very much recommend people compare the Jon Ronson Bohemian Grove documentary with Alex Jones'.
True, Moloch is associated with sacrifice, but it's equally possible that the 'Cremation of Care' is just a tacky opening to a frat-boy party. Burning your cares is hardly a complicated metaphor. The founders of Bohemian Grove were bohemian supposedly, but it is implausible that the founders of the Bohemian Grove wanted to be associated with human sacrifice. While Spiritualism was big in the US in the late Victorian times/early 20th Century, human sacrifice (in the biblical rather than sacrificial 'care' sense) was looked down upon as much then as now.
That seems pretty typical of Alex Jones. I don't think he's a shyster, he believes in what he's saying and is charismatic. In many ways this makes his impact on certain issues far, far worse because he's turning debate into conspiracy, religion, and hysteria. I'd very much recommend people compare the Jon Ronson Bohemian Grove documentary with Alex Jones'.
