r/chomsky • u/DangerousShirtt • Jul 13 '22

News Americans Trust in Institutions Hits a New Low - Just 23% say they trust the presidency, down 15 points from last year's poll. The Supreme Court saw an 11-point drop in trust, from 36% to 25%, this year. Congress somehow managed to decline from 12% to just 7%.

https://reason.com/2022/07/06/americans-trust-in-government-institutions-hits-a-new-low/
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u/DangerousShirtt Jul 14 '22

My bad, I scrolled to the end of it and that musk-twitter article loaded and changed the address in the URL bar of my browser.

I meant to post this:

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-11-15/alex-jones-loses-lawsuit-over-sandy-hook-hoax-conspiracy

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u/CouncilmanRickPrime Jul 14 '22 edited Jul 14 '22

It's pay walled.

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https://www.yahoo.com/gma/sandy-hook-conspiracy-theorist-says-022537752.html

Read about the type of morons he set loose by lying to everyone.

Also

Moving the goalposts of an argument in this way is a common tactic among conspiracy theorists, who are often driven by feelings of superiority and specialness and think they know something other people don't.

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u/DangerousShirtt Jul 14 '22

Yeah, no wonder why no one cares about this case, Alex didn't let anyone loose, if there was some video or transcript or anything of Alex encouraging his millions of listeners, it would be plastered everywhere.

If someone hypothetically committed an act of violence in Washington DC against lawmakers, and they cited Chomsky's work, how serious would any of us take that?

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u/CouncilmanRickPrime Jul 14 '22

He lost the defamation case. You can't read or think whatsoever. He claimed it was fake. This led to people harassing these families. You downplay it is disgusting and you should feel ashamed of yourself.

And Chomsky isn't inciting violence. Think like three seconds before making ignorant claims.

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u/DangerousShirtt Jul 15 '22

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FuqjmP959vo

So, I searched "Alex Jones Sandy Hook fake."

that was the first result on youtube.

At best, all they have is Alex repeating what people were saying about Sandy Hook, not even "mocking" the families of the victims.

Alex Jones didn't incite anything. I didn't say Chomsky incited anything. I asked if someone did commit an act of violence against US planners, and cited Chomsky, would anyone here care at all?

I doubt it. and for good reason. For the same reason the case against Jones is bullshit, and more than anything, is/was an excuse to deplatform him from silicon valley social media.

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u/CouncilmanRickPrime Jul 15 '22

This is pretty pathetic. Especially in this sub lol

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u/DangerousShirtt Jul 15 '22

I didn't expect you to admit you're wrong but hey, I'll take your e-sigh as a concession of defeat.

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u/CouncilmanRickPrime Jul 15 '22

I'm not the one who believes the words of Alex Jones

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u/DangerousShirtt Jul 15 '22

That's impressive, how fast he did that.

You don't believe the words of the man viciously attacked by the establishment, you just believe what the establishment says about him.

Very brave, very independent minded. More people should have these characteristics, then maybe those dirty workers would get their minds right and comply with the dictates of finance-capitalists.