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Following his trial for defamation of the families of the children and school staff killed in the Sandy Hook massacre, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is using Valve Corp.’s Steam, the world’s largest digital distribution platform for PC games, to sell an Infowars-themed video game. Jones claims to have earned hundreds of thousands in revenue from the video game, yet he has refused to pay the Sandy Hook families. Alex Jones: NWO Wars also mirrors and cartoonishly repackages the conspiracy theorist’s regularly violent, hateful rhetoric despite the platform’s policies against hate speech.

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[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 14 points 10 months ago (1 children)

What a dirtbag. I just had to explain to someone younger what that "infowars" sticker on someone's car means.

The TL;DR version is: "avoid that person".

[–] evranch@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Despite my usual attitude towards free speech, I will put in the effort to peel an "Infowars" sticker off of a pole if it looks like easy prey.

Fuck Alex Jones and all the conspiracist bullshit he stands for

[–] CharlesDarwin@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

This was on a car; I won't mess with someone's car. But in any case, I don't think free speech applies to whipping up a mob to harass grieving parents. Some of these people had to move multiple times and the stochastic terrorism still went on. For over a decade. He's screaming fire in a crowded theater, or worse. He can f right off with that kind of "free speech".

Back in the 90s, I found Alex to be a rather humorous curiosity in the same realm as high weirdness in other areas like the Discordians or Church of the Subgenius only without the humor; these days I find him and his followers to be a threat to society. I think 9/11 and then, later, the likes of donnie really, really put him into a dark place. That, and the pursuit of filthy lucre.

[–] evranch@lemmy.ca 2 points 10 months ago

For sure, Jones' right to free speech should have been curtailed long ago.

I'm more referring to the sticker poster's speech. I won't deny people the right to promote their ideology, but when that ideology is having fallen for a con man then it's not legitimate in any way. Same goes for Scientology or other exploitative crap.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world -5 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Fuck Alex Jones

Agreed. After his Bohemian Grove success he was only in it for the money.

and all the conspiracist bullshit he stands for

Hang on. Are you saying the public should unquestionably believe everything the government and corporations tell us?

[–] evranch@lemmy.ca 3 points 10 months ago (1 children)

No, just that you should get your information from verifiable sources and not from people who profit from making up "truth".

There are plenty of real conspiracies out there and they're mostly boring - schemes to swindle the last dollars out of the public pocket.

You rarely hear about these from people who deal in "conspiracy theories" though.

[–] Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world 0 points 10 months ago

you should get your information from verifiable sources and not from people who profit from making up "truth".

Totally agree. This definition includes CEO, marketing departments, news outlets and politicians working for lobbyists and corporate sponsors.