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> Anyone of average intelligence who spends 30-60 seconds listening to Alex Jones will quickly realize that Jones suffers from some kind of mental illness or pe
by mcphage 8y ago
> Anyone of average intelligence who spends 30-60 seconds listening to Alex Jones will quickly realize that Jones suffers from some kind of mental illness or personality disorder, and that there is nothing of interest or value to learn from his rants.
If that were the case, he wouldn't have the popularity that he has, he would be just another rando ranting on a street corner. But that's not the case—the fact is, there are many people who spend time listening to him, who think that there is something of value to learn from his rants. So just shining a light on him isn't sufficient.
Sometimes, when you have an injury, you can just ignore it and let your body heal itself. And sometimes, when you have an injury, you need to be more proactive about recovery.
- rbanffy 8y agoAbout half the population has a below-average IQ. If we use it as a proxy for "intelligence", that leaves Jones with roughly a 100 million potential adult listeners, only in the US. That's enough to make him wildly popular.
- resters 8y agoOK then consider it with 1 standard deviation of average. That was the intended meaning. The big hump of the normal distribution.
- rbanffy 8y agoAs Richard Feynman would say, there's plenty room at the bottom.
- mcphage 8y agoI have absolutely no data to back this up, but I'd be surprised if Alex Jones's listeners are especially unintelligent to a statistically significant degree.
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- resters 8y agoSimply censoring the content isn't healing anything, it's akin to putting masking tape over the injury to hide what is going on. Note: I think it is dangerous to use nazi-style analogies for content we do not agree with. Calling it an infection, infestation, etc., does not help with the rational process of discussing the issue of content which some people find objectionable, it merely politicizes it and dehumanizes those who like the content.
- Barrin92 8y ago>Simply censoring the content isn't healing anything Yes, it does. it destroys his platform and importantly limits his ability to monetize what he's doing, which is probably a large reason for the continued existence of the whole endeavour, to begin with. Censorship is a very effective tool to stop people like Jones from doing what they're doing. The point isn't to heal anyone, it's to contain it.
- mcphage 8y ago> it merely politicizes it and dehumanizes those who like the content There's some pretty dehumanizing content out there, Alex Jones included.