I know you've all been missing him, but he needed a break to let all the spit leak out from all the tromboning of late.
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lol he's just crisis acting
Do we even know that there is an Alex Jones and he's not just a government psyop?
I'm just asking questions.
Funny enough, there is a "Bill Hicks' death was faked so he could come back as Alex Jones" conspiracy theory. Alex Jones denies it, but of course he would.
That's insulting as fuck to Bill Hicks.
Bill Hicks taking on a new identity where he makes his money from advertising. Could you imagine?
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I hope whoever gets the website keeps it exactly the same in looks and tone, and instead of contributing to misinformation actively correct misinformation online and post accurate stories. Keep the vibe and over-the-top voice tho.
Sell it to the Onion, or Cards Against Humanity
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The Onion should totally buy it.
As much as I love them, I'd love to see it keep the same tone to attract the crazy conspiracy-theorists, then poison their minds with factual information presented as if it was deep-state conspiracy revealing secret knowledge.
Oh that would be fun. Slowly shifting it from “elite globalists represented by the democrats are transing your kids and faking school shootings” to “elite billionaires represented by the republicans are poisoning your water and busting your union”
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Whoever ends up with the site should sell it to TheOnion
The guys at Knowledge Fight have talked about buying it. Your suggestion seems like something they might do.
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"We're going to auction off this poison, so then other people will own that poison. The new owner will be the type of person very motivated to spend a significant amount of money on poison."
I get that the money is needed for restitution, but some things just need to be encased in concrete and blasted into the earth's core. They need to go get Disney's IP lawyers so that they can keep the brand alive forever, only to never be used again by anyone.
I'm kinda tempted to buy something for the lulz. I used to like Jones a long time ago, and the proceeds will go towards Sandy Hook victims anyways.
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I have a terrible feeling, that Elon Musk will buy it, then hire Alex Jones as its host, with the condition it needs to be exclusive to Xitter.
Well then they would actually get all the money they were awarded.
Musk wasting money to support fellow inhumane people is a given, if what you said happens the only delta with normalcy is the victims of alt-right trash finally will get compensated
Musk has been known to overpay for failing platforms
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Why has this taken THIS LONG to get this far? Anybody else would have been rendered penniless within a year, tops.
Most people don't have multimillion dollars in assets with complex ownership schemes. But I also would challenge the assumption that it would ever go quickly. The legal system is very, very slow.
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I don't think that's necessarily true.
Even very simple bancruptcy proceedings for smaller family business type companies take years.
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Wonder how cheaply it'll all go for.
I wonder who is going to buy it
He's depending on his fans to buy it and keep it all going for him.
TFA:
He also has suggested that Infowars’ assets could be bought by his supporters, allowing him to continue hosting his show as an employee under the Infowars brand in their home city of Austin, Texas.
“It’s very cut and dry that the assets of Free Speech Systems, the website, the equipment, the shopping cart, all that, can be sold,” Jones said on a recent show. “And they know full well that there are a bunch of patriot buyers, and then the operation can ease on.”
Patriot buyers lol! AKA Super Dupers
I saw a billboard that read "I'm a former Trump voter and a patriot and I'm voting for Harris" and I realized that I now view the notion of someone being a patriot as them being less intelligent.
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They're honestly probably the only ones who would buy it. Without Jones' "celebrity" propping it up it's basically just a scam dick-pills company which are a dime a dozen. Who's going to invest in that?
I'd normally be interested in a job lot of discount media production gear from a fire sale, but I don't need to taint my home with the bad karma or stale grifter breath surely trapped in those particular microphones.
That was my exact thought. Discount sound production gear is my jam but damn, anything I created with it would be forever stained.
Not necessarily. Kinda like how blood money could sorta be emotionally redeemed if you just donated it all, the equipment could be redeemed if it was used to produce something useful and beneficial instead of manufacturing fear.
I will be the first to tell you that nothing I've ever put out could be considered useful or beneficial. Generally it's just vaguely funny but also kind of sad. At its best it's entertaining on the right combination of drugs.
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This is why critical thinking is so vital (and why conservatives do everything they can to prevent people from learning the skill)... You become such an easy mark for grifters and conmen.
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If the proceeds go to the sandy hook families, it would make sense to drive up the price as much as possible.
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I hope the domain gets sold to someone who puts up a site dedicated to ridiculing all the losers who have been there.
Personally, I think redirecting to Knowledge Fights' site would be a good move; though I mostly hope it doesn't wind up under ownership of some other grifter.
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Great episode of Knowledge Fight: incoming
Today it’s Wacky Wednesday in the Time Tunnel ♪(๑ᴖ◡ᴖ๑)♪
Alex Jones suffering arc is good for the soul. Take anything he has.
Hey look, consequences!
Still waiting for the orange one but I’m good with little victories.
Infowars is rebranding as Biddingwars
Finish him!
I would donate to kickstarter so the knowledge fight guys could buy it.
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