OT: The Onion....

[HailStout]

I don’t really know what to say to that.

That is the appropriate response

 

[1msucub]

I genuinely can’t understand the level of blind allegiance that would make someone follow that type of lunacy.

 

[paindonthurt17]

No I don't think people who say those things should be sued into oblivion.
I directly answered your question.
So now please directly answer mine.

Do you think what Alex Jones was sued for and made a career off of is equal to just saying 9/11 was an inside job or the moon landing was faked?

What alex jones SAID is no different than people saying 9/11 was fake. A few words might be different but the gist is exactly the same. Do you know what gist means?

Alex jones didn't make a career off of Sandy Hook. He made a career off of conspiracy theories. Sandy Hook was part of that career but a very small part in the grand scheme of his 20 some odd years of doing his thing

 

[paindonthurt17]

You don’t have to like any of the cable news networks, but none of them are even on the same planet as this A hole

ETA: I just realized I referred to them as cable news networks.

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I don't like alex jones. But two things can be true at once.
1. He can be an insufferable douche bag and 2. also not deserve to lose $1.5 billion dollars.

1. Alex jones can be on a different planet and 2. CNN and MSNBC can be just as bad or worse considering they are mainstream and lie daily (i know they aren't the only ones)

 

[paindonthurt17]

The lawsuit was for defamation. He made direct comments about the families that caused harm and put them in danger. He also doubled down on it multiple times. You can’t just say lies about people that harm them and there not be consequences.

The people who claim 9/11 of the moon landing was fake are just idiots.

The news does it every day. They just get away with it b/c they say things like "allegedly".

 

[paindonthurt17]

You criticized me and said I am unsupportive of 1A because I think it was good that Alex Jones lost his court case and went bankrupt.
given that...
...do you think Alex Jones should have won his case against Sandy Hook families and continued on?

Answer that first. Again, in a discussion there is back and forth. I posted, you responded with criticism, I asked a question, and you have since I gored the question and asked multiple questions.

You rarely go back and forth. You rarely say anything definitive b/c you know you'll get trapped in it.

And yes I think alex jones should have won in the sense I don't think anything he did caused any collective group $1.5 billion in damages. Doens't mean i believe him or think he's not a douche.