Re: Today Infowars, Tomorrow Booktalk?
Posted: Fri May 10, 2019 8:43 am
KS wrote:The elites who own the world hate humanity and want to kill us off.
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KS wrote:The elites who own the world hate humanity and want to kill us off.
I agree in principle, Chris, but you're not going to see anything like "discussion" or "debate" here. Kindaskolarly has been drinking the Kool-Aid for far too long time. Just look at the sources of his information. We might as well "discuss" why the earth is round to a devoted "flat-earther." How do you respond to those who claim that vaccines cause autism, the moon landing was faked, and the 911 attacks, the Oklahoma bombing and various school shootings were false flag events? There's simply no possibility for a rational exchange of ideas. So the best we can do is ignore the nonsense that is posted her with some regularity. But some of it really is despicable. Alex Jones and his ilk represent the dark side of ignorance and paranoia and anti-rationalism that unfortunately are becoming all too pervasive in our society. We are a country that celebrates freedom of speech and freedom of expression, but how far does that go? I guess if we were to hijack this thread, that would be as good a subject as any to focus on amidst the insane babblings of this particular Infowars groupie.Chris OConnor wrote:I've seen a few complaints about this thread but unless I'm missing something this sort of discussion is healthy and good for BookTalk.org. I know things can get heated, especially when discussing someone as controversial as Alex Jones, but disagreement and debate are a good thing.
Okay, show me where, in my brief comment, I said that Jones should not be allowed to have his internet perch. You challenge that he never made the claim that Sandy Hook was a fake. If that's true, I admit to a small mistake while maintaining that Jones is far from exculpated. My sole point is that it's despicable to stir this particular conspiracist pot, which is what Jones indisputably did, and to support his crazy crusade, if indeed you do (but you choose not to commit). By the way, "crazy" isn't just a casual usage here. Jones said he must have suffered from "psychosis" when he kept alive for years a theory unbelievable on its face.KindaSkolarly wrote:And that's what makes you a fascist, Dwill--you want to dictate what others can say and believe. Your heroine also wanted to send people to "reprogramming" camps, but she called them "fun camps."