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I'm not ex military but I find Alex Jones legitimately hilarious and I'm astonished people take him seriously. Before I left fb I had an ex-Marine old friend fr
by aswanson 8y ago
I'm not ex military but I find Alex Jones legitimately hilarious and I'm astonished people take him seriously. Before I left fb I had an ex-Marine old friend from elementary school on my list and he shared conspiracy memes relentlessly, very much mirroring the stuff Russia used in the 2016 election meddling. He actually believed it. I gave up trying to debunk it and played along.
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- ticmasta 8y agoCheck out Stephen Colbert's "Brain Fight with Tuck Buckford" - not sure who's more ridiculous him or Alex Jones. Stephen is funnier though...
- michaelchisari 8y agoI don't think mainstream comedy has really nailed the intensity and anger of the conspiracy theory alt-right. Their interpretation always has a certain snideness and lacks the sincerity of the real thing. A little known comedian named Connor O'Malley had a series of comedy sketches about a fake website called truthhunters.com that I think captures it dangerously well. https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=truth+hunters+connor+o%27malley https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=truth+hunters+c...
- blarg1 8y agoI use to love Stephen when be pretended to be a right winger. But doesn't seem able to do that anymore since Trump became president.