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He got off easy considering he was profiting by ruining these people's lives

vkou 4y ago
This is just the first of three trials, and he's already been found guilty in one of the other two (By failing to comply with discovery.)
Rackedup 4y ago
- belltaco 4y ago
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Hook_Elementary_School_shooting_conspiracy_theories#Harassment_by_conspiracy_theorists https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Hook_Elementary_School_s...
  - Pakdef 4y ago
    In that section of the Wikipedia article, his name is not mentioned once... what is your point?
    - belltaco 4y ago
      At a minimum, Infowars is mentioned in the last paragraph, which has this link as the source, in which Alex Jones is mentioned. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/27/us/politics/sandy-hook-hoaxer-arrest.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/27/us/politics/sandy-hook-ho...
- stjohnswarts 4y ago
  He added a lot of undue trauma and made them the target of his rabid followers and they were constantly (and still are) inundated with harassing calls/emails/etc up to and including regular death threats, and some of Jones' unstable cult are fully capable of being mentally ill enough to do that. What would it be like to constantly be looking over your shoulder for someone ready to blow your head off
  - Rackedup 4y ago
    > stjohnswarts - He added a lot of undue trauma and made them the target of his rabid followers and they were constantly (and still are) inundated with harassing calls/emails/etc up to and including regular death threats, and some of Jones' unstable cult are fully capable of being mentally ill enough to do that. What would it be like to constantly be looking over your shoulder for someone ready to blow your head off ah ok... so if I say something, and someone else does something because they think they should, I am responsible for it? (even if I never told anyone to do anything)... are those people being prosecuted too? or does he take all the blame? I probably should be 100 years in jail and pay 200 millions... who knows what people have done after what I said... The justice system is a bit strange, to say the least.
    - white_dragon88 4y ago
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    - Karupan 4y ago
      > ah ok... so if I say something, and someone else does something because they think they should, I am responsible for it If you deliberately keep spreading a lie to profit from it, you should be held responsible IMO.
      - Pakdef 4y ago
        > Karupan - If you deliberately keep spreading a lie to profit from it, you should be held responsible IMO. By that definition, this should apply to Santa Claus story tellers and the Church? Can I sue them for poisoning the life of my kids? They are teaching kids that lying is ok, after all.
        Karupan 4y ago
        I’m actually ok with that. All organised religions are motivated by power and money, so why not?

vkou 4y ago

This is just the first of three trials, and he's already been found guilty in one of the other two (By failing to comply with discovery.)

Rackedup 4y ago

belltaco 4y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Hook_Elementary_School_shooting_conspiracy_theories#Harassment_by_conspiracy_theorists https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Hook_Elementary_School_s...
- Pakdef 4y ago
  In that section of the Wikipedia article, his name is not mentioned once... what is your point?
  - belltaco 4y ago
    At a minimum, Infowars is mentioned in the last paragraph, which has this link as the source, in which Alex Jones is mentioned. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/27/us/politics/sandy-hook-hoaxer-arrest.html https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/27/us/politics/sandy-hook-ho...
stjohnswarts 4y ago
He added a lot of undue trauma and made them the target of his rabid followers and they were constantly (and still are) inundated with harassing calls/emails/etc up to and including regular death threats, and some of Jones' unstable cult are fully capable of being mentally ill enough to do that. What would it be like to constantly be looking over your shoulder for someone ready to blow your head off
- Rackedup 4y ago
  > stjohnswarts - He added a lot of undue trauma and made them the target of his rabid followers and they were constantly (and still are) inundated with harassing calls/emails/etc up to and including regular death threats, and some of Jones' unstable cult are fully capable of being mentally ill enough to do that. What would it be like to constantly be looking over your shoulder for someone ready to blow your head off ah ok... so if I say something, and someone else does something because they think they should, I am responsible for it? (even if I never told anyone to do anything)... are those people being prosecuted too? or does he take all the blame? I probably should be 100 years in jail and pay 200 millions... who knows what people have done after what I said... The justice system is a bit strange, to say the least.
  - white_dragon88 4y ago
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  - Karupan 4y ago
    > ah ok... so if I say something, and someone else does something because they think they should, I am responsible for it If you deliberately keep spreading a lie to profit from it, you should be held responsible IMO.
    - Pakdef 4y ago
      > Karupan - If you deliberately keep spreading a lie to profit from it, you should be held responsible IMO. By that definition, this should apply to Santa Claus story tellers and the Church? Can I sue them for poisoning the life of my kids? They are teaching kids that lying is ok, after all.
      - Karupan 4y ago
        I’m actually ok with that. All organised religions are motivated by power and money, so why not?