Tennesseer
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Post by Tennesseer on Mar 30, 2019 10:26:09 GMT -5
How Alex Jones and Infowars Helped a Florida Man Stalk Sandy Hook FamiliesIn the world of conspiracy theorists, Alex Jones and Wolfgang Halbig fueled each other’s darkest tendencies. Soon after the Dec. 14, 2012, mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., Mr. Jones, the right-wing provocateur, began spreading outlandish theories that the killing of 20 first graders and six educators was staged by the government and victims’ families as part of an elaborate plot to confiscate Americans’ firearms. Many of the most noxious claims originated in the mind of Mr. Halbig, a retired Florida public school official who became fixated on what he called “this supposed tragedy” at Sandy Hook. Court records and a previously unreleased deposition given by Mr. Jones in one of a set of defamation lawsuits brought against him by the families of 10 Sandy Hook victims show how he and Mr. Halbig used each other to pursue their obsession and promote it across the internet. Over several years, Mr. Jones gave Mr. Halbig’s views an audience by inviting him to be a guest on Infowars, his radio and online show. Infowars gave Mr. Halbig a camera crew and a platform for fund-raising, even as Mr. Halbig repeatedly visited Newtown, demanding thousands of pages of public records, including photos of the murder scene, the children’s bodies and receipts for the cleanup of “bodily fluids, brain matter, skull fragments and around 45 to 60 gallons of blood.” Complete article here: How Alex Jones and Infowars Helped a Florida Man Stalk Sandy Hook Families
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Post by djAdvocate on Mar 30, 2019 10:42:47 GMT -5
Alex's obsession with Sandy Hook is as sick as "pizzagate".
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thyme4change
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Post by thyme4change on Mar 30, 2019 19:43:12 GMT -5
All that pain to innocent people, just so he can sell some low quality "supplements".
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weltschmerz
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Post by weltschmerz on Mar 31, 2019 16:07:02 GMT -5
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weltschmerz
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Post by weltschmerz on Mar 31, 2019 16:10:12 GMT -5
Does he own any guns? Are you comfortable with psychotic people, untethered from reality, having guns?
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