I haven’t seen a thread on Conservative media host Alex Jones here. I know this board is heavily right, so I was just wondering how many here support him.
Some background:
Alex Jones is host of the right wing talk show: InfoWars. He’s best know for spreading right wing conspiracy stories, selling supplements that make you redder, and denying the events of the Sandy Hooks school shooting that occurred in 2012. He’s currently on trial for that last one.
20 children and 6 adults died in the shooting at Sandy Hooks elementary in 2012. While a nation mourned, Jones used his platform to attack the grieving parents. He claimed the media coverage was liberal propaganda and a false flag operation. He called the parents whom recently lost their children ‘crisis actors’, and called the whole shooting a hoax. He incited his followers to harass the grieving parents. Many of the parents were harassed in public and over the phone and social media by followers of Jones. Jones was asked to stop several times, but didn’t want to give up his cash cow.
Recently, Jones lost his defamation cases, primarily by not showing up, firing his legal consul several times, and other delay tactics that ultimately forced the judge to rule against him. Apparently throwing tantrums and making a mockery out of our legal system isn’t the best way to make your case.
This week Jones has been in court with the purpose of determining how much he must pay for spreading his conspiracy theory. He has, however, continued his antics. He’s currently on his fourth lawyer for the case. Fourth for the damages case, he went through a lot more previously for the defamation case. He’s attempted to delay the trial several times through a litany of excuses. He ran a segment on his show calling the judge a ‘corrupt dwarf goblin’ and the Conservative implied she was guilty of child trafficking and pedophilia. He also called the father of one of the kids killed in the shooting autistic.
Perhaps most importantly, his lawyer sent the opposing consul the entire contents of Jones’ phone for the past two years. The lawyer for the plaintiff gave Jones’ lawyer the opportunity to rectify the situation, but Jones’ lawyer let the ten day rectification period lapse. The contents of the phone proved Jones had committed perjury several times during the case. It also allegedly has some spicy information regarding the January 6th planning, which the J6 committee has already subpoenaed.
Jones seems to be a scumbag that uses conspiracy theories, crappy supplements, and the pain of grieving parents to make a quick buck. He is however, a trump supporter and right wing media host. So what’s the consensus here?