I have fairly little respect for the 'I do not listen to Jones, but...' types. If you've only heard snippets edited together by those who are threatened by him, you probably don't have very valuable input. I've listened to Jones off and on for a long time and the things he's been screaming from the rooftops about (police state, corporate world govt, etc) have proven remarkably on-target. Just having some of these things in my list of hypothesis under consideration have been very valuable to me over the years, and he commonly produces items which I would not have stumbled across on my own.
Beyond that, without almost any exception that I can think of Jones' messages about how the divide and conquer techniques involving race, sexual identity, etc, are a scam that we should not fall for are universally good messages to communicate.
I do have some concerns about some of Jones' staff from time to time. If there are establishment sponsored efforts to get a race war going (for instance), I think that Infowars would do well to catalog things in a less one-sided way sometimes. Yes, the mainstream media (who are perfectly happy to promote scam events to the max) need a counter-balance, but it is only doing their bidding to provide a lop-sided view from the other side.
I have fairly little respect for the 'I do not listen to Jones, but...' types.
Cool. I have very little respect for cynical conspiracy theorists banking on the fears of the gullible (as well as the people that follow them).
If you've only heard snippets edited together by those who are threatened by him, you probably don't have very valuable input.
On the contrary: it's good to hear input of people outside of your echo chamber (I wouldn't post in "Politics & Society" if I thought otherwise). Circle jerking doesn't usually breed good discussions or encourage the spread of different opinions. Also, I really doubt a small Youtuber who trolls both intelligent and foolish people alike for the lolz is really threatened by a guy who clearly has a financial interest in his theories being true.
I've listened to Jones off and on for a long time and the things he's been screaming from the rooftops about (police state, corporate world govt, etc) have proven remarkably on-target. Just having some of these things in my list of hypothesis under consideration have been very valuable to me over the years, and he commonly produces items which I would not have stumbled across on my own.
Beyond that, without almost any exception that I can think of Jones' messages about how the divide and conquer techniques involving race, sexual identity, etc, are a scam that we should not fall for are universally good messages to communicate.
Nobody's denying that a person can have both valid and ridiculous claims. However, I truly doubt he's the only one talking about such issues and in regards to the numerous political, economic and societal problems all around the world, I'd rather listen to someone who doesn't try to jam "The All-New Supercharged Brain Force PLUS™" down your throat with jaw dropping sensationalist statements like (
source):
Top scientists and researchers agree: we are being hit by toxic weapons in the food and water supply that are making us fat, sick, and stupid.
I do have some concerns about some of Jones' staff from time to time. If there are establishment sponsored efforts to get a race war going (for instance), I think that Infowars would do well to catalog things in a less one-sided way sometimes. Yes, the mainstream media (who are perfectly happy to promote scam events to the max) need a counter-balance, but it is only doing their bidding to provide a lop-sided view from the other side.
I...er...hmmm. With examples like these, it's really hard to take you seriously. I'll try though. First of all, just looking through a single page of his channel, you can clearly see that he's heavily biased for Trump (far right in general) and against Hillary (not sure about third party candidates though). Now, having biases is fine, however claiming that he's an objective news source is severely false IMO.
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