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I am not a fan of Alex Jones but he is not an anti-semite. In fact I suspect you have it backward. Jones will be intimately aware of (some of) the far left and
by bachbach 8y ago
I am not a fan of Alex Jones but he is not an anti-semite.
In fact I suspect you have it backward. Jones will be intimately aware of (some of) the far left and (some of) far right anti-semite culture - it takes some character to see the big picture and in my personal exhaustive experience with that world most people exposed to those cultures would become anti-semites fast.
Jone's nemesis is altogether more abstract - he sees himself as crusader against a modern meme similar to communism or fascism.
- noobermin 8y agoI've seen clips of Alex Jones deriding Brian Stelter, zooming into his face, calling him a "devil" and a "demon" of all things. It was rather surreal. What could Alex Jones possibly getting at with that? I think it's possible many people don't have much experience with anti-semitism so it seems unrelated (as for me) but given Jones' track record and other clips I've seen of him, it's pretty clear he plays with anti-semitism.
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- bachbach 8y agoI have a lot of experience with anti-semitism - I've followed many extreme forums over the years and it's one of the most consistent patterns - even in oppositional ideologies. Alex Jones is influential enough that he could, to use the parlance 'name the jew' and most of his followers would follow along with it or he would get new ones. If you think that he would find himself marginalized you are absolutely wrong - that would only occur at one level of society and the polite part isn't close to being meaningful - there is a huge market for this. Throwing all people you find objectionable into one bucket is an error.