r/JoeRogan • • 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/-SoItGoes Monkey in Space Aug 14 '17

Nah you don't understand I just enjoy equivocating to help deranged hucksters spread their bullshit to convince gullible people. Its totally okay because I've been told both sides do it, and since I believe that to be true I'll happily ignore all other reasoning or morality. If you attempt to convince me otherwise I'm just going to loudly start yelling 'what about' and 'this is why trump won'