The Alex Jones Trial Is As Messy As You’d Expect

[ozimoron]

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones warned right-wing podcast host Steve Bannon that "Obama and his people" could stage a terrorist attack before the midterm elections.

 

https://www.rawstory.com/steve-bannon-alex-jones-obama/

[heybruce]

2 hours ago, ozimoron said:

Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones warned right-wing podcast host Steve Bannon that "Obama and his people" could stage a terrorist attack before the midterm elections.

 

https://www.rawstory.com/steve-bannon-alex-jones-obama/

An example of the kind of outrageous lie that Jones can perpetuate, millions of idiots will find credible, and the legal system can do nothing about.

[Scott]

Marjorie Taylor Greene says it's unfair to ruin Alex Jones for defaming Sandy Hook parents, claims Infowars is right 'most of the time'

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene defended Alex Jones after he was ordered to pay $45 million to the parents of children killed in the Sandy Hook mass shooting he defamed.

 

Greene made the remarks in an interview with fellow Donald Trump ally and promoter of far-right disinformation Mike Lindell on the fringes of the CPAC conference over the weekend.

 

Greene cast the families suing him as seeking to "ruin" him, and argued that Infowars should not be judged solely on its claim — which Jones retracted at the trial — that the Sandy Hook massacre was a hoax.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/marjorie-taylor-greene-says-unfair-141204941.html

 

[Mac Mickmanus]

3 hours ago, heybruce said:

An example of the kind of outrageous lie that Jones can perpetuate, millions of idiots will find credible, and the legal system can do nothing about.

How can a prediction about what could happen in the future be a "lie" ?

[Credo]

28 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

How can a prediction about what could happen in the future be a "lie" ?

What prediction about the future?  His lies include saying that 9/11 was an inside job, that Sandy Hook was fake,  the government has weather weapons, chemicals in the water are turning frogs gay, Robert Mueller is a demon and a pedophile, and Hillary Clinton is running a child sex ring out of a pizza parlor.  None of these are future events but they are all lies.  

 

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/09/14/alex-jones-5-most-disturbing-ridiculous-conspiracy-theories.html

[Mac Mickmanus]

6 minutes ago, Credo said:

What prediction about the future? 

In the post that I replied to . 

If you follow the discussion, we were talking about a specific prediction about a future event 

 

 

"Conspiracy theorist Alex Jones warned right-wing podcast host Steve Bannon that "Obama and his people" could stage a terrorist attack before the midterm elections."

[heybruce]

4 hours ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

How can a prediction about what could happen in the future be a "lie" ?

The Alex Jones prediction:

 

"I'm worried that the Biden controllers, the third administration of Obama -- I'm worried that Obama and his people may provocateur some type of big terror attack. They might launch a cyber attack and blame it on the Russians. They might start a major war."

 

Absurd beyond belief.  However if a prediction can't be a lie, then I can predict that Alex Jones, Donald Trump and Marjorie Taylor Green will turn out to be the real children eating space alien lizard people.  That can't be a lie, can it?

[heybruce]

4 hours ago, Scott said:

Marjorie Taylor Greene says it's unfair to ruin Alex Jones for defaming Sandy Hook parents, claims Infowars is right 'most of the time'

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene defended Alex Jones after he was ordered to pay $45 million to the parents of children killed in the Sandy Hook mass shooting he defamed.

 

Greene made the remarks in an interview with fellow Donald Trump ally and promoter of far-right disinformation Mike Lindell on the fringes of the CPAC conference over the weekend.

 

Greene cast the families suing him as seeking to "ruin" him, and argued that Infowars should not be judged solely on its claim — which Jones retracted at the trial — that the Sandy Hook massacre was a hoax.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/marjorie-taylor-greene-says-unfair-141204941.html

 

Has Marjorie Taylor Greene ever publicly said anything that wasn't whack-a-doodle crazy?  For that matter, has Alex Jones?

[ozimoron]

6 hours ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

How can a prediction about what could happen in the future be a "lie" ?

I predict that a huge asteroid will hit the Earth tomorrow. Am I lying?

[Mac Mickmanus]

2 hours ago, ozimoron said:

I predict that a huge asteroid will hit the Earth tomorrow. Am I lying?

No you are not lying , you are making a prediction about the future

[Mac Mickmanus]

4 hours ago, heybruce said:

The Alex Jones prediction:

 

"I'm worried that the Biden controllers, the third administration of Obama -- I'm worried that Obama and his people may provocateur some type of big terror attack. They might launch a cyber attack and blame it on the Russians. They might start a major war."

 

Absurd beyond belief.  However if a prediction can't be a lie, then I can predict that Alex Jones, Donald Trump and Marjorie Taylor Green will turn out to be the real children eating space alien lizard people.  That can't be a lie, can it?

No its not a lie .

A prediction about the future isn't a lie .

I predict that Chomper will sign in and make a post about trolls and then state that he's leaving . 

   Would that be a lie ?

[ozimoron]

4 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

No its not a lie .

A prediction about the future isn't a lie .

I predict that Chomper will sign in and make a post about trolls and then state that he's leaving . 

   Would that be a lie ?

It really is a baseless accusation intended to smear Obama and "his people" whoever they may be. Not just Dems but independents who voted for him as well? It's nothing other than red meat for the base. After all, Jones needs the money now.

[Mac Mickmanus]

3 minutes ago, ozimoron said:

It really is a baseless accusation intended to smear Obama and "his people" whoever they may be. Not just Dems but independents who voted for him as well? It's nothing other than red meat for the base. After all, Jones needs the money now.

Yes, its entertainment , shock jocks are quite popular in the USA .

You shouldn't take him seriously as a news source , his job is to be extreme and outrageous 

[Bkk Brian]

5 hours ago, heybruce said:

Has Marjorie Taylor Greene ever publicly said anything that wasn't whack-a-doodle crazy?  For that matter, has Alex Jones?

What you didn't believe her when she said this?

 

"The 2018 California wildfires were ignited by a space laser controlled by a corporate cabal, including the Rothschild banking firm"

 

Her conspiracy theories and downright lies certainly do put her in your "whack-a-doodle crazy" category

[Slip]

5 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Yes, its entertainment , shock jocks are quite popular in the USA .

You shouldn't take him seriously as a news source , his job is to be extreme and outrageous 

Well, he got a bit too extreme and a bit too outrageous and damaged people with his lies.  Now the piper needs to be paid.  I don't have an ounce of sympathy for him.

[ozimoron]

5 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Yes, its entertainment , shock jocks are quite popular in the USA .

You shouldn't take him seriously as a news source , his job is to be extreme and outrageous 

That was the Carlson defense. Nobody should take him seriously. So, why would so many people here listen to him and support him? He's either a liar and should be history long ago or people love those lies. In any case, he caused death threats against the parents of the murdered children. Despicable scum who could slide under a snake's belly.

[heybruce]

23 minutes ago, Mac Mickmanus said:

Yes, its entertainment , shock jocks are quite popular in the USA .

You shouldn't take him seriously as a news source , his job is to be extreme and outrageous 

I think if he should change the name of his show from "Infowars" to "Alex screams BS", just to make his shock jock status clear.

[stevenl]

Bad news for Jones, looks like the judge knows he is playing games.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/20/us/politics/alex-jones-bankruptcy-judge.html

[Chomper Higgot]

On 8/9/2022 at 4:43 AM, Mac Mickmanus said:

How can a prediction about what could happen in the future be a "lie" ?

If made the ‘prediction’ without any factual basis then it was a lie.

[bendejo]

On 9/21/2022 at 9:56 AM, stevenl said:

Bad news for Jones, looks like the judge knows he is playing games.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/20/us/politics/alex-jones-bankruptcy-judge.html

He's been juggling numbers to such a degree I would not be surprised if when this is over he gets criminal fraud charges.