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At long last, InfoWars is ours

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Re: At long last, InfoWars is ours

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Post by rexpop »

arrowsmith wrote: post #219
troped2 wrote: post #98

Earlier quoted context omitted.

My favorite headlines: "Video: ‘Homophobic’ 6-Week-Old Baby Cries After Gay Dad Tells Him ‘There Is No Mama’" "UK Approves Bills To Remove Criminal Penalties For Women Who Commit Their Own Abortions" "Nigerian Photographed Killing Cat And Trying To Cook It In Front Of Children’s Playground In Italy"

I'm not sure what point you're making but there's nothing satirical about the second headline. The UK really did just legislate to decriminalise abortion up to the point of birth. I don't see how that's a laughing matter.

I agree! Not at all a laughing matter; rather, a critical landmark in the preservation of individual rights.

Re: At long last, InfoWars is ours

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Post by datsci_est_2015 »

underlipton wrote: post #243
djmips wrote: post #86

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I would describe it as absurdism.

The two aren't mutually exclusive. Neutral third party Gemini T. Google, what say you? Tim and Eric's Title Explained By calling the show "Awesome" and "Great" before the viewer has even seen it, Tim and Eric lean into a persona of unearned confidence. Neat. For contrast, this is what I'd call absurdism without being smug: https://www.reddit.com/media?url=https%3A%2F%2Fi.redd.it%2Fs...

“Tinkle Outside the Binkle” is exactly something Tim would say.

Re: At long last, InfoWars is ours

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Post by defrost »

DoctorOetker wrote: post #245
kuerbel wrote: post #224

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That is simply not true. https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2026/03/27/misleading-hea...

TLDR: not legalised in the wider sense that any doctors or institutions involved with the abortion can perform the abortion until arbitrary late, but DOES remove liability from the pregnant women. So in case her abortion is aided or abetted those people are still criminally liable, but if she does it on her own somehow, then it is in fact legalised by the recent change. So, it depends on the situation, and if the mot…

> So in case her abortion is aided or abetted those people are still criminally liable, but if she does it on her own somehow, then it is in fact legalised by the recent change. So, it depends on the situation, and if the mother is the sole actor or not.

Wheter acting solo or with aid of others, the mother is no longer liable for criminal charges. Full Stop.

See, much better articles that address the actual ammended bill and passing into law rather than focussing on the confusion spread by various media sources.

eg: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/17/law-pardon-wom...

This is a change that would have impacted a total of 20 woman in the entire 100 years of the 19th Century and almost the same number of woman from the last two decades.

Re: At long last, InfoWars is ours

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Post by cosmicgadget »

jimt1234 wrote: post #44
jmward01 wrote: post #6

So they are now setting the content on infowars.com? Honestly, I can't tell since everything on that site looks so fake it isn't believable. The onion transition may be hard to detect.

I visited with my family in rural Missouri recently. Alex Jones and InfoWars is gospel to them. I was amazed at how many times cited him as an authority on various topics. I thought they were joking, but apparently, Obama made a promise with his father before his passing that he would destroy the United States. Oh, and of course, Obama is Satan, and Trump was sent by God to protect us all. Of course.

How are they handling the breakup?

Re: At long last, InfoWars is ours

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Post by linkregister »

kypro wrote: post #262
watwut wrote: post #247

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If you actually cared one about about victims, you would not be putting on "it is just about fuzzy feelings" bullshit on. Also, this is the kind of case where USA allows Alex Jones kind of bad actors a lot more leeway then most of world countries.

> If you actually cared one about about victims, you would not be putting on "it is just about fuzzy feelings" bullshit on. Ad hominem. Personally I think Alex Jones deserves far worse than this judgement. > Also, this is the kind of case where USA allows Alex Jones kind of bad actors a lot more leeway then most of world countries. Not an argument. I'm from the UK, I understand other countries police feelings more ag…

The government did not fine Mr. Jones or Infowars. The plaintiffs recovered damages from the defendants for the tort of libel. The foundation of society is trust. If people abuse trust by committing fraud or by wrongfully harming a person's reputation, the impacted party needs compensation. The plaintiffs incurred expenses from moving, loss of employment, and emotional distress from receiving death threats. It is practical to expect the responsible party to compensate the harmed person. It is true that the government enforces civil law.

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Post by cosmicgadget »

booleandilemma wrote: post #267
kypro wrote: post #182

Please can someone correct my opinion on this because I'm sure I'm missing something. I find it crazy that in the US you can't take an opinion on something without risking being bankrupted because that thing you said is later proven untrue and that it hurt someone's feelings – feeling which in the US have a monetary value of billions apparently. I agree that the media should be evidence based and it's bad when the me…

I think with Alex Jones in particular it's that people knew he had money, and so they wanted a piece of it. If you're a nobody and you say false things no one cares really. Look at all the randos on X spouting nonsense without repercussions. It didn't help that these people in power don't like him. It's dangerous to say false things and have a lot of money. People in power will use it as an excuse to take your money…

Sorry, you're saying the parents of kids killed at Sandy Hook were just using Jones as a payday?

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Post by cosmicgadget »

kypro wrote: post #182

Please can someone correct my opinion on this because I'm sure I'm missing something. I find it crazy that in the US you can't take an opinion on something without risking being bankrupted because that thing you said is later proven untrue and that it hurt someone's feelings – feeling which in the US have a monetary value of billions apparently. I agree that the media should be evidence based and it's bad when the me…

> and that it hurt someone's feelings

This is the part where it becomes impossible to have an honest discussion.

Re: At long last, InfoWars is ours

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Post by cosmicgadget »

kube-system wrote: post #34
guywithahat wrote: post #25

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I wouldn't say he's more popular than ever, I think his peak popularity was during his youtube time. What is true is he was replaced by people who are decisively worse. I'm not sure Alex was really that bad, he was a performative comedian who complained about big government projects. There are a lot of properly racist people who are finding large audiences on tiktok/instagram/X with young people and seem to be strict…

There are people who laugh at Alex, but his views are genuinely held.

They aren't. He so clearly chases controversy and clicks. He has no ideological consistency and it's been painfully obvious during his years of supporting Trump. To say nothing for the random hodgepodge of lore about aliens and demons.

Re: At long last, InfoWars is ours

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Post by cosmicgadget »

noelsusman wrote: post #185
balozi wrote: post #108

A half decent Board of Directors at The Onion mothership would have asked the question: Is this what we should be spending time and money on?

The Onion is owned by the billionaire founder of Twilio, there is no board of directors.

So you admit they don't have a half-decent board of directors!

Couldn't resist.

Re: At long last, InfoWars is ours

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Post by cosmicgadget »

jazz9k wrote: post #138

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I'll just go in order... This is because of a bankruptcy not social condemnation of dumb conspiracy theories. Bluesky doesn't compare to InfoWars, it is a peer of Twitter, Facebook, and the like. Jones was not targeted, he was sued by numerous people he did harm to. They won in multiple venues with multiple juries.

I'm going to skip that last one.

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