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> It feels personal at this point. It is openly and proudly personal. It is also political, also openly.
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> It feels personal at this point. It is openly and proudly personal. It is also political, also openly.
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I’d rather it be collective action that produces real change, but humor is cathartic so I’ll take it.
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#23A million dollars a year for... what? A gag that fans of infowars won't watch, and there aren't enough anti-fans to appreciate? It feels personal at this point.
Not to mention Alex Jones is still up and running elsewhere spreading his nonsense and hawking his merch. So it's a cute gag, I guess, and gets the Sandy Hook families some money, but doesn't really change the status quo.
This keeps it out of that ecosystem, which I think is a really good thing.
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#24A million dollars a year for... what? A gag that fans of infowars won't watch, and there aren't enough anti-fans to appreciate? It feels personal at this point.
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#26When this all started, the Onion released a priceless 'press statement': "Through it all, InfoWars has shown an unswerving commitment to manufacturing anger and radicalizing the most vulnerable members of society—values that resonate deeply with all of us at Global Tetrahedron. No price would be too high for such a cornucopia of malleable assets and minds. And yet, in a stroke of good fortune, a formidable special in…
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#27When this all started, the Onion released a priceless 'press statement': "Through it all, InfoWars has shown an unswerving commitment to manufacturing anger and radicalizing the most vulnerable members of society—values that resonate deeply with all of us at Global Tetrahedron. No price would be too high for such a cornucopia of malleable assets and minds. And yet, in a stroke of good fortune, a formidable special in…
https://babylonbee.com/news/alex-jones-worried-people-will-s...
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#28A million dollars a year for... what? A gag that fans of infowars won't watch, and there aren't enough anti-fans to appreciate? It feels personal at this point.
Of course it's personal. Alex Jones is an arsehole manufacturing outrage for profit. Being made fun of is the least of his problems
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> It feels personal at this point. It is openly and proudly personal. It is also political, also openly.
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And someone repurpose one of the instigator’s web sites as a humour outlet is the issue that leaves a bad taste in your mouth?