whether you liked him or hated him, Alex Jones of "info-wars", has had his day in court. But before getting into the landslide ruling that will follow; lets take a moment to acknowledge that the folks on the "right" were the ones who helped Jones get to the level of fame that he did. He is yet ANOTHER alternative facts portrayal format asshole, who thought freedom of speech was actually free, and without consequence. To that, I'll post a few links for you gents here to outline that:
"That the verdict took this long is one thing. That so many figures on the right cozied up to him in the meantime, despite widespread knowledge of these comments, is quite another. And better than most anything, it should serve as a moment of reckoning for the GOP as it increasingly embraces Jones-ian conspiracy theories — or just allows them to metastasize within its base."
https://www.washingtonpost.com/polit...ucker-carlson/
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https://www.npr.org/2022/08/06/11159...-american-life
"He was on trial to determine how much he should pay for defaming the parents of a first grader killed at Sandy Hook Elementary School in 2012, after years of falsely claiming that no children died and the families were "crisis actors" in a "giant hoax" designed to take away guns."
Well, it seems that this false conspiracy story will cost Alex and Free Speech systems almost 1 Billion dollars.
Sadly the people who are part of this will never see a dime, as I'm sure clown Jones will file bancruptcy- just as clown Trump has done in the past. The fact that liars get caught and give a lot of BS to make a point, but people pay the price in labor, or in the loss and continued torture of reliving a trajedy.
Alternative facts; Kelly Conway- Trump- Jones- and the GOP.
The team that brought you "fake everything" so they didn't become losers, is now being held accountable- well sort of. Even if it's only in namesake- because a carnival barker and his crew will never be held down or forced to pay-
Conspiracy theories from the right including all the false conclusions and narrative will keep them from justice; Don't forget- it was those people on the right who kept gaslighting the audience and keep shit like " they're coming for your guns" and the rest of the horseshit from info-wars and 4 chan going. One for money- one for messaging, and the result is people like Alex Jones.
justice delayed is justice denied.
And in the mean time - a billion dollar judgement from Alex Jones is worth about as much a roll of toilet paper.