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I have never listened to him. But I think the general public has been lied to so many times that they have come to believe that everything they are told by authority figures is a lie. And someone like him reinforces their belief.
It is like we can no longer have fun and humor in our lives, nor in our news sourcing.
I have never listened to him. But I think the general public has been lied to so many times that they have come to believe that everything they are told by authority figures is a lie. And someone like him reinforces their belief.
So basically they listen and believe what they want to hear (Comet Pedo Pizza, Newtown fakery, 9/11 conspiracy) and any "reputable" source counter to what they want to hear = fake news.
A sizable portion of Americans believe the government is evil. I no of no one naive enough to believe the government is extremely honest, but most rational people, be them liberal or conservative, tend to accept that reality that governments have to do some morally gray things. As German chancellor Bismarck described it, the 'sausage making of government;' you need to have a stomach for that sort of thing.
Rational people understand government isn't moral. Go ahead and give examples where government is moral.
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More over, conservatism in the US turned more anti-government over the years. Reagan in particular is responsible for spreading around the mostly dishonest idea that government is always inefficient.
It's not a lie. Government is inefficient and people knew that long before Reagan lied his way into office. Go ahead and give examples where government has spent the peoples money wisely. I'll be waiting.
btw - Reagan wasn't conservative once he got into office.
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As such, conservatism tends to be less in favor of government (in America). Add to that the general liberal bias in the media (I hold that people who think this are incredibly ****ing lazy; watch Fox or even better read the WSJ; both are conservative and just as valid as sources as CNN or the NYT respectively), many of the most hardline conservatives don't trust anything. And neither does Alex Jones. He appeals to their superstition. Yes, he's insane, but have you ever talked to his listeners?
His listeners aren't the insane ones here.
Jones is obnoxious but he isn't insane. He didn't back obama so he can't be to defective now can he.
If you had to choose, because your life depended on it, who would you pick?
Alex Jones
Chuck Schumer
Nancy Pelosi
Harry Reid
Maxine Waters
I would think, "I am going to die".
And you could add Ryan, Trump, McCain etc to the list.
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