Why do so many people trust Alex Jones?

[skepticratic]

Originally Posted by TamaraSavannah

Well, as that I don't watch TV, I didn't know.

I think it was about the time of the Customs and the toy guns, don't quite recall what was actually what in that, that I stopped listening to him.

Mind you, I hate Talk Radio anyhow and I only came across him in passing up and down the dial.

BUT.......it falls into the classic scenario, the nice voice bit. Ie, this......

Romana (I): But he had such an honest face.
The Doctor: Romana, you can't be a good crook with a dishonest face, can you?
(from Doctor Who, The Ribos Operation)

Well, in fairness, there are people who like the Alex Jones character. Crazy and upset describes a fair amount of people. I mean, there are a lot of people who believe crazy ****. If you already think the government is poisoning the air with chemtrails, a man ranting about child sex trafficking in a pizza shop or the frogs being made gay or whatever... Jones will make sense.

The problem I always have with conspiracy theories is their tendency to rapidly get out of hand. It's fun to toy with the idea of some of them. It starts out extremely abstract and just for fun, like the government hiding aliens, then it turns more sinister with 9/11 being an inside job, and before you know it, wifi causes cancer on purpose or soemthing to that effect.

Everyone that I know personally whom I've known for a while who likes the Alex Jones stuff starts out small. The funny conspiracies. Before long, they think Hershey's is trying to kill you. And people like Jones just make it worse by constantly pandering to that crowd.

[skepticratic]

Originally Posted by lifeexplorer

Thanks. You just proved my point.

No, I don't think I did. I honestly don't think you understand why I called that comment ridiculous.

[BentBow]

You only hate him, because he is effective.

The Dems need someone like Alex, promoting their hate and have 80 million unique viewers a week from all over the world.

[FirebirdCamaro1220]

Originally Posted by wanderlust76

Actually Democrats used to love Alex Jones he used to hate on Bush all of the time. That's how he got popular. No one heard of him before George Bush.

Now all of a sudden they try and claim he's the worst guy in the world.

I never liked him, I heard of him on the Young Turks years ago, and they pointed out what a loon he was then (I'm talking Obama's first term here, so the Cheeto wasn't even an issue yet)