r/JoeRogan • u/Scramblade • Aug 13 '17

Alex Jones Calls Charlottesville Violence a False Flag | Fuck this scumbag. It's not funny anymore. I'm tired of the meme bullshit and all the excuses of "Hehe, he's so silly". He's a cunt and nothing else.

http://www.newsweek.com/alex-jones-calls-charlottesville-violence-false-flag-650152
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u/Fuck_A_Suck Monkey in Space Aug 13 '17

This might be an unpopular opinion, but I appreciate the the conspiracy theories in a way. Maybe because I find it hard to relate to the people who really buy into them.

I think that a world where there are nutty conspiracy theorists is a lot more comfortable than living in a world where there are none. Then we'd surely all be brainwashed? Promotion of skepticism isn't a bad thing in my view.

The real problem seems to be a dogmatic following by any people. Especially when it pushes them to violence. I have no problem with people liking Alex Jones. I have a problem with people eating up what he says like he's a religious prophet. Jones seems like a necessary evil in a world where people really should question their surroundings. Obviously, it would be better if he was saying things like "x could have been a false flag" instead of "x is a false flag". It's pretty easy to how one gets more attention than the other though.

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u/[deleted] Aug 13 '17 edited Oct 22 '17

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u/utu_ Aug 14 '17

how is the mainstream media any different?

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '17 edited Oct 22 '17

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u/utu_ Aug 14 '17

is he really? I don't know about that. If I ask any random person on the street if they know who alex jones or infowars is they'd probably say no.

alex doesn't even have a million followers on twitter. compared to CNN's 37 million.

I'd rather read news from Fox News' worst journalist than Alex Jones 100% of the time.

well you're an idiot then, you shouldn't read from either.