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This guy lied about mass shootings and encouraged the bullies to physically torment the parents of the victims. But sure, let's treat him as an equal. Twitter i

This guy lied about mass shootings and encouraged the bullies to physically torment the parents of the victims. But sure, let's treat him as an equal. Twitter is a cesspool.

sadris 8y ago
>encouraged the bullies to physically torment the parents of the victims Can you cite this? Never heard of that.
- juvinious 8y ago
  I hear/read this regurgitated in many comments about AJ as well as him calling for assassinating President Obama. Yet the evidence for this never materializes. This seems more like poisoning the well to avoid any discussion/argumentation.
- dredmorbius 8y ago
  https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/17/business/media/alex-jones-sandy-hook.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/17/business/media/alex-jones... https://www.snopes.com/news/2018/04/17/sandy-hook-parents-sue-conspiracy-troll-alex-jones/ https://www.snopes.com/news/2018/04/17/sandy-hook-parents-su... http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2016/sep/01/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-correct-austins-alex-jones-said-no/ http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2016/sep/01/hilla... https://newtownpostexaminer.com/2014/09/25/sandy-hook-hoaxers-misrepresent-fbi-crime-stats/ https://newtownpostexaminer.com/2014/09/25/sandy-hook-hoaxer... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Hook_Elementary_School_shooting_conspiracy_theories#Alex_Jones_claims https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Hook_Elementary_School...
  - sadris 8y ago
    None of these links has a quote from Alex Jones "encouraging physical harassment".
    - dang 8y ago
      You've been using HN to comment only on ideology and politics. That's not a legit use of this site, whose purpose is intellectual curiosity, not ideological battle. If you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and use the site as intended, we'd appreciate it. We eventually ban accounts that use HN primarily for political battle. It will take over the site if we let it, so we can't let it.
- jazzyjackson 8y ago
  Maybe what they're referring to is one step removed. InfoWars yammers on about crisis actors, insisting that the parents are government agents or some such (I can't make heads or tails of these conspiracies) and the listeners make their life hell. Here's an article about it, I'm surprised you haven't seen it if you've been following the sandy hook lawsuits. http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-sandy-hook-conspiracy-20170203-story.html http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-sandy-hook-conspiracy-20...
- russellbeattie 8y ago
  Nice job Sealioning. Now go away. https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Just_asking_questions https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Just_asking_questions

This guy lied about mass shootings and encouraged the bullies to physically torment the parents of the victims. But sure, let's treat him as an equal. Twitter is a cesspool.

sadris 8y ago

>encouraged the bullies to physically torment the parents of the victims Can you cite this? Never heard of that.

juvinious 8y ago
I hear/read this regurgitated in many comments about AJ as well as him calling for assassinating President Obama. Yet the evidence for this never materializes. This seems more like poisoning the well to avoid any discussion/argumentation.
dredmorbius 8y ago
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/17/business/media/alex-jones-sandy-hook.html https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/17/business/media/alex-jones... https://www.snopes.com/news/2018/04/17/sandy-hook-parents-sue-conspiracy-troll-alex-jones/ https://www.snopes.com/news/2018/04/17/sandy-hook-parents-su... http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2016/sep/01/hillary-clinton/hillary-clinton-correct-austins-alex-jones-said-no/ http://www.politifact.com/texas/statements/2016/sep/01/hilla... https://newtownpostexaminer.com/2014/09/25/sandy-hook-hoaxers-misrepresent-fbi-crime-stats/ https://newtownpostexaminer.com/2014/09/25/sandy-hook-hoaxer... https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Hook_Elementary_School_shooting_conspiracy_theories#Alex_Jones_claims https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Hook_Elementary_School...
- sadris 8y ago
  None of these links has a quote from Alex Jones "encouraging physical harassment".
  - dang 8y ago
    You've been using HN to comment only on ideology and politics. That's not a legit use of this site, whose purpose is intellectual curiosity, not ideological battle. If you'd please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and use the site as intended, we'd appreciate it. We eventually ban accounts that use HN primarily for political battle. It will take over the site if we let it, so we can't let it.
jazzyjackson 8y ago
Maybe what they're referring to is one step removed. InfoWars yammers on about crisis actors, insisting that the parents are government agents or some such (I can't make heads or tails of these conspiracies) and the listeners make their life hell. Here's an article about it, I'm surprised you haven't seen it if you've been following the sandy hook lawsuits. http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-sandy-hook-conspiracy-20170203-story.html http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-sandy-hook-conspiracy-20...
russellbeattie 8y ago
Nice job Sealioning. Now go away. https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Just_asking_questions https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Just_asking_questions