Opinion Trying to understand Alex Jones' Thought Process

[wwkirk]

I'm not into Alex except for a single exception, his appearance in the animated existentialist film, Waking Life. I'm posting in response to the current matter of Alex Jones trying to stop the Onion from acquiring his site. Specifically, I want to know how did he let it get this far?

We are all aware of the axiom, "Never go full retard." Is that what Jones did? Why, as soon as the Sandy Hook lawsuits got going didn't he pivot like a jackrabbit and admit that a lot of what he does is tongue-in-check, apologize, and then walk away with his fortune intact? If he did that early enough, the lawsuits might have gotten dropped altogether.

Does anybody understand his thought process? I know a lot of anti-Alex remarks are likely to come forth, and possibly retardation IS the correct explanation. But is there someone at least a little sympathetic to what he was up to, who can explain how he permitted himself to be destroyed legally? I mean, if the dude had just zigged instead of zagged, he'd be fat and happy right now.

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Anybody willing to stand up and say even though Alex Jones did wrong, the judgment against him is excessive?

Spoiler: My take

The judgment seems excessive, but I since I think he's a buffoon without regard for the feelings of others, I can disregard said seeming.

 

[Whippy McGee]

Clearly what he did is an asshole move.

How much is he worth? Absolute highest estimates $270,000,000

How big is the judgement? $965,000,000

Yeah... seems excessive. I would have said $270M was the right number for him to consider how shitty he was and to get to start from zero and try again as a better human being.

 

[ColemanwastheGOAT]

I'm not into Alex except for a single exception, his appearance in the animated existentialist film, Waking Life. I'm posting in response to the current matter of Alex Jones trying to stop the Onion from acquiring his site. Specifically, I want to know how did he let it get this far?

We are all aware of the axiom, "Never go full retard." Is that what Jones did? Why, as soon as the Sandy Hook lawsuits got going didn't he pivot like a jackrabbit and admit that a lot of what he does is tongue-in-check, apologize, and then walk away with his fortune intact? If he did that early enough, the lawsuits might have gotten dropped altogether.

Does anybody understand his thought process? I know a lot of anti-Alex remarks are likely to come forth, and possibly retardation IS the correct explanation. But is there someone at least a little sympathetic to what he was up to, who can explain how he permitted himself to be destroyed legally? I mean, if the dude had just zigged instead of zagged, he'd be fat and happy right now.

Wait a sec. Let me put some POP into my post!
Anybody willing to stand up and say even though Alex Jones did wrong, the judgment against him is excessive?

Spoiler: My take

The judgment seems excessive, but I since I think he's a buffoon without regard for the feelings of others, I can disregard said seeming.

Because the lawsuit against him was insane and the amount of money the judge awarded the plaintiffs was unprecedented.

No one could have imagined it would go that way because there was no legal precedent for it and it was an absolute miscarriage of justice.

 

[Cajun]

I'm not into Alex except for a single exception, his appearance in the animated existentialist film, Waking Life. I'm posting in response to the current matter of Alex Jones trying to stop the Onion from acquiring his site. Specifically, I want to know how did he let it get this far?

We are all aware of the axiom, "Never go full retard." Is that what Jones did? Why, as soon as the Sandy Hook lawsuits got going didn't he pivot like a jackrabbit and admit that a lot of what he does is tongue-in-check, apologize, and then walk away with his fortune intact? If he did that early enough, the lawsuits might have gotten dropped altogether.

Does anybody understand his thought process? I know a lot of anti-Alex remarks are likely to come forth, and possibly retardation IS the correct explanation. But is there someone at least a little sympathetic to what he was up to, who can explain how he permitted himself to be destroyed legally? I mean, if the dude had just zigged instead of zagged, he'd be fat and happy right now.

Wait a sec. Let me put some POP into my post!
Anybody willing to stand up and say even though Alex Jones did wrong, the judgment against him is excessive?

Spoiler: My take

The judgment seems excessive, but I since I think he's a buffoon without regard for the feelings of others, I can disregard said seeming.

I think he does believe in the conspiracies he espouses for the most part. There are some that see everything as a conspiracy. I'm not saying that everything he has called one over the years is false but its the mentality when you start going down all these conspiracy rabbit holes.

 

[IndyCovaHart]

Misinformation is one thing but throwing salt on the wounds of victims merits making an example out of him.

 

[wwkirk]

I think he does believe in the conspiracies he espouses for the most part. There are some that see everything as a conspiracy. I'm not saying that everything he has called one over the years is false but its the mentality when you start going down all these conspiracy rabbit holes.

Yeah, I had a weird thought the last couple of days, unrelated to Alex Jones.
<In the present era, no belief or claim is too wacky, strange, goofy or perverse that no one will accept or at least entertain it.>
I'm not at all happy about this.

 

[Andy Capp]

Because the lawsuit against him was insane and the amount of money the judge awarded the plaintiffs was unprecedented.

No one could have imagined it would go that way because there was no legal precedent for it and it was an absolute miscarriage of justice.

He should be living in a van down by the river for the rest of his life with every excess penny he ever earns above what he needs to live going to the families.

 

[ColemanwastheGOAT]

Misinformation is one thing but throwing salt on the wounds of victims merits making an example out of him.

America either has freedom of speech or it doesn't

 

[Captain Tenneal]

Jones believes in his conspiracies, but he is a guy that throws a thousand spears, lands 4 or 5, and claims righteousness from there.

The reality is, a lot of what he has said in the past doesn’t hold up to scrutiny. In the case of sandy hook, he took one video of that father smiling before getting up to the mircrophone and crying and ran with it without understanding how people can act when they are in distress.

He deserved to be sued, but the punishment was a bit excessive.

 

[koquerelle]

admit that a lot of what he does is tongue-in-cheek

When he divorced, his wife said it was all an act. He created a character to get rich and it worked.

 

[Andy Capp]

Misinformation is one thing but throwing salt on the wounds of victims merits making an example out of him.

Not to mention that resulted in the families being victimised all over again by his followers.

 

[ColemanwastheGOAT]

He should be living in a van down by the river for the rest of his life with every excess penny he ever earns above what he needs to live going to the families.

Yeah but you think anyone with more money than you should be destroyed so your opinion is kind of irrelevant.

 

[Andy Capp]

Jones believes in his conspiracies, but he is a guy that throws a thousand spears, lands 4 or 5, and claims righteousness from there.

The reality is, a lot of what he has said in the past doesn’t hold up to scrutiny. In the case of sandy hook, he took one video of that father smiling before getting up to the mircrophone and crying and ran with it without understanding how people can act when they are in distress.

He deserved to be sued, but the punishment was a bit excessive.

I disagree. They should get everything he has.

 

[Cajun]

Yeah, I had a weird thought the last couple of days, unrelated to Alex Jones.
<In the present era, no belief or claim is too wacky, strange, goofy or perverse that no one will accept or at least entertain it.>
I'm not at all happy about this.

Agreed. The internet feeds into those that already have suspicious personalities. I mean... when the shape of the earth is even a conspiracy... anything is on the table..

 

[Andy Capp]

Yeah but you think anyone with more money than you should be destroyed so your opinion is kind of irrelevant.

 

[ColemanwastheGOAT]

Not to mention that resulted in the families being victimised all over again by his followers.

Those followers should have been charged with a crime if they committed one. Just because someone says something doesn't give them an excuse to go and commit a crime

 

[Andy Capp]

I think he does believe in the conspiracies he espouses for the most part. There are some that see everything as a conspiracy. I'm not saying that everything he has called one over the years is false but its the mentality when you start going down all these conspiracy rabbit holes.

I find that very hard to believe until evidence comes from somewhere that shows he's really very very stupid indeed. Ditto the my pillow guy.

 

[wwkirk]

I find that very hard to believe until evidence comes from somewhere that shows he's really very very stupid indeed. Ditto the my pillow guy.

Well, apropos of this thread, wasn't his legal defense sort of idiotic? I think you're implying that the Sandy Hook allegations were absurd and that he did not actually believe them. But then why did he not use any of several legal strategies that could have gotten him substantially off the hook?

 

[badascan]

The Sandy Hook events are disturbing and he looked into it...

 

[ColemanwastheGOAT]

Well, apropos of this thread, wasn't his legal defense sort of idiotic? I think you're implying that the Sandy Hook allegations were absurd and that he did not actually believe them. But then why did he not use any of several legal strategies that could have gotten him substantially off the hook?

From what I'm reading he 'refused to participate' in the court case so the judge basically just had a hissy fit because he wouldn't respect her authority.