Far-right podcaster and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones reportedly hosted a livestream on social media with "Assassinate Biden" in the title, causing the internet to erupt in calls for an investigation. Independent multimedia journalist David Leavitt flagged Jones' stream on X, which was formerly ...
  • aseriesoftubes@lemmy.world
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    6 months ago

    You make a good point, but I still think that this is more stochastic terrorism from the right. They’re putting the notion of assassinating the president out there into the weak minds of their listeners, who will take that information and do with it what they will. It’s so indirect that Jones and co have plausible deniability.

    Note how they don’t ask if the derp state will assassinate Trump, even though he’s supposed to be its enemy.

    • Passerby6497@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      6 months ago

      They’re putting the notion of assassinating the president out there into the weak minds of their listeners

      While I don’t think you’re wrong, AJ has been talking about the president being assassinated for more than a decade. He was sure Trump was going to be assassinated almost constantly during his administration (poisoned cokes and hamberders were popular options).

      People should stop giving that coked out drunkard any publicity, that’s literally all he wants. Well, that and to sell you all kinds of InfoWars Dr Jones Naturals supplements THAT ARE IN NO WAY ASSOCIATED WITH INFOWARS, even though his dad owns it and sells all the same products and his mom is talking to him about his dad retiring.

      • ZMonster@lemmy.world
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        6 months ago

        People should stop giving that coked out drunkard any publicity, that’s literally all he wants.

        Well, someone was apparently awake during wonk class. Spot on comrade.