Alex Jones agrees to liquidate his assets to pay Sandy Hook families, in move that would end his ownership of Infowars | CNN Business
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Right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones on Thursday moved to liquidate his personal assets, agreeing to demands from the families of Sandy Hook victims whom he owes more than $1.5 billion in damages over his lies about the 2012 school massacre.
  • the_crotch@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    Poor guy just wanted to spread vicious lies about people whose children were murdered. Who amongst us hasn’t done that?

    • foggy@lemmy.world
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      3 months ago

      I think Jones’s story is kinda sad, honestly.

      I think he’s a genuinely low IQ individual who is passionate about digging around where he shouldn’t dig, and trying to make sense of things. He flew too close to the sun by actually doing some decent investigative journalism and getting due praise when he was way younger and less of a deranged alcoholic. And that success got to his tiny brain, and then alcohol and drugs… And now he’s a deranged lunatic who… Basically wants to spread lies about people whose children were murdered. And he’s so lost in this “truth seeker” identity that has so clearly deteriorated to insanity, that he’s not only willing to, but he is ultimately going to die on this hill.

      Not saying he hasn’t earned that, but I guess I’m saying I’d still be interested to know the results of a lengthy psychiatric eval on him.

      • DandomRude@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        3 months ago

        I’m pretty sure he knew exactly what he was doing. He’s a unscrupulous grifter that was in it for the money from day one. Low IQ is no excuse for being a scumbag.

  • blindbunny@lemmy.mlEnglish
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    3 months ago

    People acting like this is some big victory. But he’s going to be on joe rogan next week.

      • gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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        3 months ago

        I met someone at a bar a while back and was hitting it off nicely… and then she was like “haha and there’s this podcast I’ve started listening to, it’s hilarious and funny and smart! You heard of Joe Rogan?” And the expression my face made completely autonomically killed the vibe right quick. I wasn’t really upset tbh lol.