Posted on 04/15/2015 12:03:23 PM PDT by Citizen Zed
Just asking a question.
I never go to Infowars, I think Alex Jones is a nut. And I hate it when Drudge links to his site, and you never know you are redirected to Inforwars until it’s too late.
However, since I know that the staff over there seem to be Putin sympathizers, and have often praised and defended Putin, and Putin just lifted the ban on missiles to Iran, I figured I’d go have a look at what they had to say about it.
All they had was a repost of an article by The Telegraph, but the comments beneath the article were mostly insane, fringe, lunatic hatred of Jews.
And it struck me that no matter what any article may be talking about over there, there is always some element of Jew hatred; blaming the Jews for “occupying Israel,” and questioning the holocaust, and questioning the lineage of the type of Jew that lives in Israel, and claims that Jesus wasn’t a Jew, and trying to ascribe basically, all the world’s ills on the Jewish race.
Putting that all in context with the rise of antisemitism across the world, across Europe, across our own nation in college campuses, and the clear Obama administration antisemitism, I began to think about the grave danger those anonymous vipers commenting at the fringe lunatic site are to liberty.
Almost a decade ago, I found a pocket constitution at a rummage sale which must have been at some point distributed by Infowars and Alex Jones, because it had the website’s images and info at the front and back. This was before I had internet access and didn’t know who Alex Jones was. But I wanted the constitution, and it also had the Declaration of Independence as well, and I was happy to find it.
So I think about those people who are unknowing, like I was, who are really interested, as I am, in learning more and more about the founding of the country, and we have to navigate our way through and past these land mine crazies like those at Infowars.
The Neo-Nazi commenters over at Infowars expose Alex Jones for who he seeks as an audience. It is a little like the Steve Scalise scandal a few months back, when he was found to have gone to an event years ago, put on by a well-known former KKK member, who, in Scalise’s defense, mentioned that he and Scalise never talked about “the Jewish question.” There was no way Scalise didn’t know who he was talking to that day, when he was seeking support for removing preferential treatment for blacks in government housing, and using the money to finance a few world class athletic teams.
The same goes for Alex Jones. He knows his audience, and he knows how to throw out conspiracy theories and get pretty close to the truth on some things. But the people that flock to him have an axe to grind with the world, it is just like the left. Someone has always done something to screw them over, and it’s the Jews or the police, or the war on drugs, or something, someone else.
This line of thinking resides on the left. The right, republicanism, is self-governance.
When you realize that you can’t change history, and you can’t fix others, and you take care of yourself and your family, you are living in the mindset of America. There is no worse poison than the brain-scramble you encounter when people who claim to be constitutionalists are forever blaming someone else for their screwed up lives and bad attitudes.
And a lot of them visit Infowars regularly.
No, but NPR is.
Then whatever you do, don’t go look at David Icke’s site.
I've never heard of them - and based on your description, I'll probably avoid them like the plague.
I generally support anyone who throws a monkey wrench into the govt. gears.
The govt. should have to answer questions, and the wrench may slow them down some.
Anyone?
Yeah, I’ve noticed the same reading conspiracy forums. 9/11 truthers, Jew haters, etc.
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6 days ago - By Jen Kuznicki On April 14, 2015 · 0 Comments. Just asking a question. I never go to Infowars, I think Alex Jones is a nut. And I hate it when ...
This site may be hacked?
A friend is an Info Wars aficionado. She’s been able to prove a few things she found on that site, & we’ve been able to disabuse her of others. With Alex Jones you need to keep an open mind, but double and triple check. As for the folks that frequent the site? A lot of them are definitely nuts, & no doubt neo-nazis!
All sorts of loons land at infowarts.
I think he plays more to the “truther” Ron Paul crowd.
Jen is a longtime FReeper.
Yeah... I’m related to some... :)
Maybe Jones hacked the site?
No, they are not “neo-nazis” in the traditional sense of the word. They are quite commonly anti-semitic though, but of a different variety from the nazis. These are the types of people who try to hide their hatred by saying “I don’t hate Jews, I only hate zionists”, but then use “zionist” as if it were interchangeable with Jews. In that regard, they are no different than European leftists, or the more extreme leftists in the US.
Some come here also.
“She’s been able to prove a few things she found on that site, & we’ve been able to disabuse her of others. With Alex Jones you need to keep an open mind, but double and triple check.”
To me, that is worse than a completely unreliable source of information. The fact that he gets something right once in a while helps fool the rubes into believing that he is a reliable source, and then they swallow all his b.s. without question.
“I never go to Infowars, I think Alex Jones is a nut.”
Then how would this guy know if he doesn’t go there???
And no it isnt hotbed for NeoNazis seeing that one of his best reporters is a black male!
Can Alex be a little too intense at times? Sure. But I’d bet this guy cant say he is a liar.
Here’s my thought. Why are you pimping this BS teddy bear selling blog?
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