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Conservatives Warn Alex Jones Show Trial Sets Precedent For Silencing Dissent Against Establishment
InfoWars ^ | Aug 4 | by Jamie White

Posted on 08/04/2022 10:53:11 AM PDT by RandFan

Conservatives and legal experts are warning that the ongoing show trial against Alex Jones is meant to set the precedent to shut down any opinions or commentary that counters establishment narratives.

Revolver News founder Darrin J. Beattie, constitutional lawyer Robert Barnes, lawyer Mike Cernovich, Human Events editor Jack Posobiec, and others all warned that the Texas defamation trial against Jones is the first legal salvo against free speech and dissenting views.

“Regime is thirsting for a precedent in Alex Jones case so no one can question official narratives on the internet again,” Beattie tweeted Wednesday.

“Alex Jones precedent means if you don’t accept the Vegas shooting explanation, then FBI agents can sue you because you’re calling them liars by implication,” Cernovich noted. “Conservative media doesn’t seem to care. They aren’t saying a word on the due process violations in Jones case.”

“The Alex Jones show trial is a preview of what the regime intends to do to anyone and everyone who doesn’t conform with The Narratives,” journalist Jordan Schachtel said.

“Alex Jones case is to use it as precedent to go after those who contest 2020 election & any other government disfavored ‘conspiracy minded’ folks, like everyone who challenged lockdowns, mandates, Covid origins, lies to get us into war,” Barnes pointed out after noting a juror asked the court if the lawsuit against Jones can “stop election deniers” in future cases.

In fact, the New York Times this week confirmed the alarming hypothesis, admitting that the establishment’s goal is to “send a signal to other conspiracy purveyors about the cost of online lies” using the legal system.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events; US: Texas
KEYWORDS: absurdaraticle; bidenvoters; bovinepoop; caseislegal; infonuts; infotards; infowars; jonesisapos
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To: RandFan

Since when has a civil lawsuit set a legal precedence as a matter of law?

Civil lawsuits don’t carry the burden of proof that a criminal trial does.


61 posted on 08/04/2022 12:31:04 PM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: dfwgator
"...for saying we are in a recession..."

We are in a recession.

Oh, and VSS, WADS and NDA.

62 posted on 08/04/2022 12:35:58 PM PDT by Fury
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To: AndyTheBear

Back in the days of maximum silliness about Sandy Hook Jones and Infowars were the primary source on FR for the conspiracy nonsense. He found an eager audience in that one and kept on hammering that nail. He became the poster boy for the whole thing. By no means the sole source, but certainly the one profiting the most.


63 posted on 08/04/2022 12:36:40 PM PDT by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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To: FroedrickVonFreepenstein; Roadrunner383

what a revoltin’ situation. Turns out Jones is a scoundrel. Perjury is perjury. He deserves his lumps.


64 posted on 08/04/2022 12:39:14 PM PDT by Little Ray (Civilization runs on a narrow margin. What sustains it is not magic, but hard work. )
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To: RandFan
ALEX JONES IS INFORMED THAT HIS OWN LAWYER ACCIDENTALLY SENT A DIGITAL COPY OF HIS ENTIRE PHONE.
Which created a possible perjury against Jones.
https://www.bitchute.com/video/DvtQSYwTE9tA/
65 posted on 08/04/2022 12:48:37 PM PDT by Steve Van Doorn (*in my best Eric Cartman voice* 'I love you, guys')
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To: CodeJockey

in times past it could have been worse. In the colonial times this would have almost certainly resulted in an “affair of honor with multiple potential parties demanding justice


66 posted on 08/04/2022 1:01:26 PM PDT by NYorkerInHouston
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To: Boogieman
If he told the truth, that he is simply being sued by the family members of dead kids that he lied about on the air for profit, he wouldn’t get much sympathy.

How about those who lied about Trump - Russia collusion and the GDP loss that caused with the stolen election and the socialists that profited?

67 posted on 08/04/2022 1:03:20 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: discostu

Well I can’t say I paid much attention to Jones or the conspiracy theory. I did not really notice it talked much about on FR. Or at the least I didn’t bother to take the story seriously. Alex Jones has always struck me as being a bit gullible about seeing conspiracies that aren’t there. Kind of reminded me of the History Chamnel’s space alien shows.


68 posted on 08/04/2022 1:03:44 PM PDT by AndyTheBear
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To: AndyTheBear
Alex Jones has always struck me as being a bit gullible about seeing conspiracies that aren’t there.

The gullible ones are the ones who believe him. And Jones, well at least until now, was rich off of them.

69 posted on 08/04/2022 1:04:57 PM PDT by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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To: AndyTheBear

Well the question becomes does he believe it, or just sell it. Kind of like the History Channel alien shows. That’s really where the found emails and texts come in, ones he said didn’t exist and didn’t happen. One little “sure it’s crap but do you see our click rate” changes the whole picture.


70 posted on 08/04/2022 1:11:00 PM PDT by discostu (like a dog being shown a card trick)
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To: RandFan

Absolute Bull shit AJ committed perjury on the stan d & got caugh!! He sent text messages to opposing counsel that he claimed did not exist hence the perjury accusations that the fool claimed that all the children killed at the Sandy hook atrocity were never their & were all “actors” did not help. He is getting the shitstorm he deserves!


71 posted on 08/04/2022 1:21:39 PM PDT by Nebr FAL owner (Treason is the reason for Democrat Sedition & Subversion)
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To: MtnClimber

Trump’s free to sue them too, but he will have a much harder time making a defamation case, since he is a public figure, so he would have to prove actual malice, while the families suing Jones are not public figures, so they don’t have that hurdle to pass.


72 posted on 08/04/2022 1:24:56 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Boogieman

How about parents suing the DOJ for labeling them as domestic terrorists for speaking out at school board meetings?


73 posted on 08/04/2022 1:39:26 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: MtnClimber

The DOJ has sovereign immunity, so that’s not likely to work.


74 posted on 08/04/2022 1:46:25 PM PDT by Boogieman
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To: Boogieman
The DOJ has sovereign immunity, so that’s not likely to work.

I know that. But when they don't follow the law when dealing with citizens then the (hundreds of millions) citizens are not obliged to follow the law when dealing with them. They have completely forgotten who pays them.

75 posted on 08/04/2022 1:53:20 PM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: Boogieman

You nailed it. Conservatives should not give this scoundrel cover.


76 posted on 08/04/2022 3:06:55 PM PDT by Chewbarkah
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To: Nifster

The plaintiffs brought no evidence of any damages. They weren’t even aware of anything Alex Jones said until someone who they “don’t remember” showed them a short video. They claim that somebody shot at their house but did not file a police report and neighbors couldn’t corroborate their story. Remember this was suppose to be a trial for damages, yet they presented only evidence on the merits, Jones wasn’t allowed to defend himself on the merits, and by the plaintiffs own definition of “altered video”, being any video that is edited, every single piece of evidence the plaintiffs showed was “altered”


77 posted on 08/04/2022 4:11:54 PM PDT by actone
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To: RandFan

Read later.


78 posted on 08/05/2022 10:34:49 PM PDT by NetAddicted (Just looking)
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