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Alex Jones admits he's only joking & should not be taken seriously
April 18, 2017 at 4:02 am
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Alex Jones is in the middle of a divorce and therefore custody battle for the kids. His wife, Kelly Jones, says the Alex Jones is "not a stable person" but Jones' lawyers will spend the next two weeks trying to convince a jury that his radio show is a particularly realistic public performance in front of reporters in an Austin courtroom.
Already in Jones' pretrial hearing, his lawyer argued that judging Jones based on his InfoWars persona "would be like judging Jack Nicholson in a custody dispute based on his performance as the Joker in 'Batman.'"
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RE: Alex Jones admits he's only joking & should not be taken seriously
April 18, 2017 at 4:09 am
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It wouldn't surprise me, the way he acts is legitimately scary to watch for me. But it doesn't matter either way. If it's not an act, he's batshit crazy. If it is, he's a sleazy asshole.
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RE: Alex Jones admits he's only joking & should not be taken seriously
April 18, 2017 at 6:41 am
(April 18, 2017 at 4:09 am)Longhorn Wrote: It wouldn't surprise me, the way he acts is legitimately scary to watch for me. But it doesn't matter either way. If it's not an act, he's batshit crazy. If it is, he's a sleazy asshole.
Lose or lose.
He can't win.
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RE: Alex Jones admits he's only joking & should not be taken seriously
April 18, 2017 at 7:02 am
The problem is that he is hawking all kinds of conspiracy merchandise for profit. Hard to wiggle yourself out of that one...
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RE: Alex Jones admits he's only joking & should not be taken seriously
April 18, 2017 at 8:37 am
Or it could just be that he's the second coming of Andy Kaufman.
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RE: Alex Jones admits he's only joking & should not be taken seriously
April 18, 2017 at 8:48 am
National divorce reform should be on the country's radar.
Granted, I'm a 'outside observer' to American heterosexuality's dirty underbelly, but it's abundantly clear the current system is fucked, and not in a good way.
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RE: Alex Jones admits he's only joking & should not be taken seriously
April 18, 2017 at 11:29 am
Honestly, it's surprising that it doesn't seem other people haven't grasped the full implications of his claim that all the shit he's been doing for the past nigh on a quarter of a century or so was just part of some character.
Sure, there's a distinct possibility that it's just a last-ditch effort to convince the judge to grant custody of his kids to someone who's unhinged enough to think that the President of the United States can control the motherfucking weather and the world is controlled by people who think they're talking to Clockwork Elves who want to give them eternal life once they kill everyone else.
But if he's telling the truth, then we have a man who has spent decades talking shit about the government, spouting off the craziest shit he can over Austin's airwaves. And why? Because there are people who actually believe him. It's reached the point where he's gone from just some guy driving around Austin bitching about the political systems to becoming one of today's most popular political pundits. And he does this because he knows there are people who seriously think FEMA is going to take over America any day now (it's so imminent it's been predicted since before I was born). And since he's so over-the-top, he apparently sees the radio Alex as a fictional character, AND he's disappeared so heavily into this role that nobody following him suspected a thing, it's safe to say he's the comedic genius of our time.
Seriously, someone get the Andy Kaufman awards on the line.
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RE: Alex Jones admits he's only joking & should not be taken seriously
April 18, 2017 at 11:31 am
Was he lying then or is he lying now? As with the WLB, does it matter?
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RE: Alex Jones admits he's only joking & should not be taken seriously
April 18, 2017 at 11:32 am
He'll survive this with ease. The same way Jon Stewart always said "I'm just a comedy show!" It's not like that kept anyone from treating him just like real news.
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RE: Alex Jones admits he's only joking & should not be taken seriously
April 18, 2017 at 12:19 pm
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(April 18, 2017 at 11:31 am)Minimalist Wrote: Was he lying then or is he lying now? As with the WLB, does it matter?
To be fair, at this point, as I mentioned, either is a distinct possibility. I'm just saying, if he was lying then, well, we haven't had a comedic genius like this since Sacha Baron-Cohen stopped doing his three big characters.
Personally, I'm filing this under "important, if true" for now.
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