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On a whim, I decided to peek at the InfoWars homepage. At this moment, I cannot determine which of the headlines are genuine InfoWars content and which are the
by sed_zeppelin 2y ago
On a whim, I decided to peek at the InfoWars homepage. At this moment, I cannot determine which of the headlines are genuine InfoWars content and which are the product of Onion writers. (I assume it's genuine due to the recency of the sale closing?)
- nixdev 2y ago[flagged]
- afavour 2y agowhoops, looks like you let the mask slip! I see you started this thread debating the merits of trust in the court system, I'm relieved we've finally got to the crux of it. You consume and identify with the kind of crank material Infowars publishes. Thank you for letting us know.
- deleted 2y ago[deleted]
- nixdev 2y ago[flagged]
- ziddoap 2y ago3 replies to a single comment, and you're doing this all over this thread. You're almost 10% of the comments here, and there's a lot of comments. Might be good to take a step back for a few minutes/hours.
- nixdev 2y ago[flagged]
- afavour 2y ago> Alex Jones was declared to be in default for failing to provide a document that never existed in the first place. You've said this numerous times. It isn't true. > In her ruling, Bellis criticized Jones’ attorney for providing only “sanitized, inaccurate” financial records and showed “callous disregard” for her repeated rulings to provide complete analytics data. She found Jones’ attorneys actions “were not just careful” but constituted “a pattern of obstructive conduct” requiring the most severe sanction of default, what she called a “last resort,” as reported by the Hartford Courant. https://firstamendmentwatch.org/judge-finds-alex-jones-liable-by-default-in-sandy-hook-elementary-defamation-suit/ https://firstamendmentwatch.org/judge-finds-alex-jones-liabl... It was for a pattern of behavior, not any single document. Speaking of patterns of behavior, you've now left three increasingly unhinged replies to my single comment. Whatever impression it is you're trying to create, I don't think it's working.
- nixdev 2y ago[flagged]
- gambiting 2y ago>>Lol... someone apparently accepted the mRNA injections. It just boggles my mind that one of the greatest medical achievements of this century(so far anyway) is being ridiculed on the internet. It's honestly the same as someone going in the comments section and saying that the earth is flat, after all just LOOK OUTSIDE SHEEPLE.
- nixdev 2y ago[flagged]
- gambiting 2y ago>>This "greatest medical achievement" was touted by the "mainstream" media as 100% safe and effective. It can still be the greatest medical achievement of our century and the media could have been lying about how safe it is. Penicillin was the greatest medical achievement of its time yet it isn't 100% safe to use. Nothing really is. What is stupid is people dismissing mRNA vaccines wholesale because they read how some articles written at the time of the pandemic weren't entirely true. >>this is why it is ridiculed, because it is and always was total bullshit. Just so we're clear, what do you mean as "total bullshit"? >>Why did they later tout it as 90% effective? Then 80% effective, then 70% effective, then 60% effective Who is "they"?
- nixdev 2y ago[flagged]
- gambiting 2y ago">>and that they had an intended purpose different than what CNN/MSNBS etc would say they were for So what were they for? Admittedly I don't know what CNN said as I'm not american. >>which you will find has been 100% admitted by the "legitimate" voices if you bother to look Again, no offence, but this just sounds like my mum saying "I know this one doctor who works out of this hut in the woods, he really knows the truth about everything, everyone is lying". Just smells wrong if you know what I mean. The fact that you keep putting "legitimate" in quotes suggests they are anything but. >>In case you missed it, the "authoritative" voices have admitted that the mRNA injections did not prevent infection and did not prevent spread. But you know what, I'll freely admit that I might have completely missed such an admission from a major authority - care to enlighten me please? Also, I want to add one more thing - specifically Covid vaccines are one thing, we can keep debating them, but you seemed to make fun out of all mRNA vaccines, which to me is the crazy part. mRNA as a technology absolutely works and again, is a miracle of science(or you know....just science).
- Hikikomori 2y agoHey we're only writing what our overlords (bill gates etc) tell us to write over the vaccine antenna we got inserted.
- nixdev 2y ago[flagged]
- Hikikomori 2y ago> They are vaccines. > Okay they aren't vaccines they are mRNA, but we changed the definition of vaccine. There's many different types of vaccines, you can invent new ones without changing the definition. > They prevent you from contracting and spreading the virus. > Okay they don't prevent you from contracting the virus but they prevent you from spreading. > Okay they don't prevent you from spreading but they reduce symptoms. They work on a specific strain of the virus, they're not effective against other strains. The whole point about quarantining, social distancing, masks, etc, is to lower the spread of a strain before it has a chance to mutate into a new one so a vaccine that targets it can be administrated to enough of the population so it can actually be effective in stopping its spread. Did you happen to have a brain worm by any chance?
- nixdev 2y ago[flagged]
- Dylan16807 2y agoIt's not gene therapy. Gene therapy changes DNA. The vaccine causes some proteins to be produced temporarily and then it goes away. And those proteins make the immune system react to build immunity to them. The second half of that sentence is the definition of a vaccine. What do you think a vaccine is? And nothing is ever literally 100% safe, but people exaggerate. It's ridiculous to reject something because it got exaggerated about at some point.
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- Macha 2y agoIt looks like it's down now?
- joezydeco 2y agoThis seems like an incredible opportunity to see if it's possible to reprogram InfoWars readers away from the hate and the conspiracy theories. It would be a massive undertaking but wouldn't it be funny if the savior of modern media turned out to be a student newspaper from Madison, Wisconsin?
- ceejayoz 2y ago> This seems like an incredible opportunity to see if it's possible to reprogram InfoWars readers away from the hate and the conspiracy theories. Not a chance; they just flee to other outlets. Even Fox News saw huge numbers of people jump to NewsMax and OANN and whatnot.
- joezydeco 2y agoThe trick is to do it without the readers noticing.
- cogman10 2y agoNot terribly hard as Info warriors aren't known for being detail oriented. Credulity is somewhat of a requirement to be sincere.
- alt187 2y ago> The trick is to lie to them to get them away from their hateful and conspiracy theories I can't articulate what you're admitting to exactly, but it's an interesting admission. On a more serious note, most of the readers of these kinds of outlets aren't stupid in this specific sense. They go looking for confirmation, rather than new information. This is why they're hard to untangle.
- pcf 2y ago> They go looking for confirmation, rather than new information. This is why they're hard to untangle. This applies to most readers of most things, not just fringe content on the Left or the Right. Most people are stuck in their confirmation biases, and few make an intellectual effort to look at topics from multiple angles and via multiple media outlets on various sides of the political spectrum.
- randomdata 2y agoAre you trying to tell us that Infowars wasn't already outsourcing its content creation to Onion writers before the sale? Big, if true.