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Is Alex Jones "Crazy"?

Ia Alex Jones "Crazy" and do people take him seriously?


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It's magazine, not "clip" and what I learned from the Aurora shooting is that gun free zones are really whackjob's hunting grounds.

LMAO....a clip is a magazine. I was in the army in 1957/58 and in the TN national guards for six years after that. When I was discharged I was a tank commander on an M-48 medium Patton tank....company C, 5th Btn, 109th armored division. Check your IPOD and see if you can find that.

As far as that NRA rhetoric.....you sound like my guts growling.
 
Generosity can be seen as a disorder. Look at it this way, those who believe in social darwinism would say giving ANY of your assets away to outsiders diminishes your genetic lineage's chance of survival and maybe giving a rival some advantage down the road. No, the 'sane' man would hoard everything he can gather, fight hard to keep every thin dime and always respond with cut taxes, less government and stay off my lawn! ;)

Down here we have a saying for guys like Jones- 'bout ate up with the dumb ass... :peace
Uh, no. Suggest you read more Dawkins and some game theory. :)
 
I choose:

6. He's Not Crazy, but pretends to be so for personal gain (i.e. an audience) and I don't take him seriously

How right you are sir. He's a douche and he does what he does for money (ratings) . . . he and Pierce Morgan should form a club . . . they are the same guy looking for a different audience and all the money they can bank. Douchebaggery at it's finest.
 
I don't know anyone who can squeeze a trigger 100 times in less than a minute either......
??? You should check out some of the competition videos TD posts every once in awhile.
 
You are correct, sir! We currently use mags. But in the old days battle rifles were reloaded using stripper clips which allowed the user to push multiple rounds down into the rifle. So, I'll give a tip of the cap, a salute as well as a free pass to the former tank commander's use of the term 'clip.'

And, as for the Aurora theater being a gun free zone, you are correct again!

In fact, there's an astounding statistic that will force all the gun control fans to re-think their entire belief system.

Economist and author John R. Lott, Jr. Ph.D found in his research for the book “More Guns Less Crime,” that school shootings increased after the law went into affect. In the same study, Lott found mass shootings are more likely to occur in so-called gun-free zones. "With just one single exception, the attack on Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson in 2011, every public shooting since at least 1950 in the U.S. in which more than three people have been killed has taken place where citizens are not allowed to carry guns.”
 
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You are correct, sir! We currently use mags. But in the old days battle rifles were reloaded using stripper clips which allowed the user to push multiple rounds down into the rifle. So, I'll give a tip of the cap, a salute as well as a free pass to the former tank commander's use of the term 'clip.'

And, as for the Aurora theater being a gun free zone, you are correct again!

In fact, there's an astounding statistic that will force all the gun control fans to re-think their entire belief system.

Let's not let facts get in the way of the need for gun control.

The big question is, why is it that government wants a disarmed population?
 
The big question is, why is it that government wants a disarmed population?
Wrong question because it makes a couple of false assumptions. For one, that complete disarmament is the goal. I do not believe this is the case. Secondly, it assumes this is some government plot when the impetus comes from the people. So, the real, rational question is:

Why do a majority of the people want gun control?


The answer should be obvious to anyone who's willing to do a little thinking. Gun ownership is in the minority and gun violence has a deleterious affect on many people.


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I'm not saying I agree with gun control. In fact, I'm probably more open toward guns than many in the NRA, probably including you two. I'm just pointing out what we're up against and, quite frankly, exaggerating the issue and making false assumptions doesn't help rational discourse.
 
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Is Alex Jones "Crazy"?

Yes, he's bat**** crazy.
 
Is Alex Jones "crazy"? I just watched this interview Alex Jones vs Piers Morgan on CNN (FULL ORIGINAL) No Commercial - YouTube with him apparently just yelling at Piers Morgan and all he did was just yell and say "your not gonna get the guns!", "all your gonna do is your factoid questions!", "i already went over the questions", "your a hatchet man for the NWO!". Alex Jones just plays the victim card the whole time and wont even answer a question. Is Alex Jones crazy?!

Crazy like a fox maybe.

That NWO and '911 was an inside job' stuff is just his shtick on his conspiracy theory themed late-nite radio show.

I'm sure a lot of CNN viewers didn't know that though.

It's how he makes a living.
 
Wrong question because it makes a couple of false assumptions. For one, that complete disarmament is the goal. I do not believe this is the case. Secondly, it assumes this is some government plot when the impetus comes from the people. So, the real, rational question is:

Why do a majority of the people want gun control?


The answer should be obvious to anyone who's willing to do a little thinking. Gun ownership is in the minority and gun violence has a deleterious affect on many people.

I'm not saying I agree with gun control. In fact, I'm probably more open toward guns than many in the NRA, probably including you two. I'm just pointing out what we're up against and, quite frankly, exaggerating the issue and making false assumptions doesn't help rational discourse.

You know our assumption. What can you and the Obama administration do or say to allay our fears?

When the POSSIBILITY exists for the government to act to take away gun rights but also appear to be innocent
of wanting to do this vile thing, some of us need more assurance than you do that we should trust the Obama administration. An administration which hasn't shown itself to be above lying, skirting, ignoring and outright breaking the law, using the media as it's own propaganda arm and manipulating the American public to achieve it's goals.

So, until you or they are able to show why we should not be suspicious I'd say you will have your hands full trying to disabuse us of our belief in something we CAN trust.

Smith & Wesson.
 
He should be locked up in a mental institution.
 
You know our assumption. What can you and the Obama administration do or say to allay our fears?
Nothing at all. If you're gonna' be scared of your shadow you need help that's beyond political.

When the POSSIBILITY exists for the government to act to take away gun rights but also appear to be innocent
of wanting to do this vile thing, some of us need more assurance than you do that we should trust the Obama administration. An administration which hasn't shown itself to be above lying, skirting, ignoring and outright breaking the law, using the media as it's own propaganda arm and manipulating the American public to achieve it's goals.
The POSSIBILITY exists that aliens want to use us for food. Should we spend billions of dollars developing space weapons to thwart their evil plans?!?

I won't justify your other accusations with a response - it's just more conspiracy theory and lies from the fear-mongers.

So, until you or they are able to show why we should not be suspicious I'd say you will have your hands full trying to disabuse us of our belief in something we CAN trust.

Smith & Wesson.
Being suspicious and claiming outright that that's their intention are entirely different things. The former may be cautious thinking. The latter is conspiracy theory and fear mongering - at it's finest - that hinders rational discourse on the issue.

As for something you can trust, I have no problem with that. Buy all the guns you need to make you feel good, I could care less --- or didn't you read the last paragraph of my post. Chances are in my eyes, YOU'RE the one that wants gun control, not me.
 
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Alex Jones is one of three things:
A) A liar who lies intentionally
B) A moron
C) A person afflicted with a very serious mood disorder

He got into SSRIs, so maybe he's been diagnosed bipolar or something in that neighborhood. But he seems pretty relentless and consistent, so maybe his mouth is simply bigger than his brain.

What I don't understand about the Piers Morgan interview is why Alex Jones made no attempt to counter Piers' attempted argument. There are super deadly guns out there - some found at the sites of the latest installment of mass murders - that serve no purpose whatsoever. Jones desperately tried to keep the "debate" off track and was clearly interested in one thing, and one thing only. If you think it's the 2nd amendment, think again. This guy wants money and he wants attention (ok, that's 2 things), and he built an audience with fear and conspiracies and lies and it's misguided to assume that what he says is what he truly believes. Unless he is just a moron.
 
Crazy? No, I just think he lacks good critical thinking skills.

There are plenty of passionate but ignorant people out there. I wouldn't call them crazy. Stupid? Probably. Crazy? No.
 
I dont think Alex believes what he spews. He has just found his place in the wing nut blogosphere. Like Rush/Fox/Beck and others he just says what his followers want to hear.
 
Crazy like a fox maybe.

That NWO and '911 was an inside job' stuff is just his shtick on his conspiracy theory themed late-nite radio show.

I'm sure a lot of CNN viewers didn't know that though.

It's how he makes a living.

Just because bat**** insanity can be lucrative doesn't mean he isn't crazy.
 
I dont think Alex believes what he spews. He has just found his place in the wing nut blogosphere. Like Rush/Fox/Beck and others he just says what his followers want to hear.

When you have a population seemingly afflicted by 'misinformation' I feel he does believe in what he spouts. This misinformation can have a very damaging affect upon general discourse. Just look what 'misinformation has the power to achieve:

"The Harris Interactive Poll, taken July 5-11, shows that half of Americans (50 percent) believe that �Iraq had weapons of mass destruction when the U.S. invaded.� That represents a rise of 14 points from February 2005 when only 36 percent thought Iraq had WMD. "

Percentage of Americans Believing Iraq had WMD Rises - World Public Opinion

That was a 14% increase from 2005 to 2006. This, when much of the worlds pre-invasion skepticism was proved correct when no evidence materialized, that proved Saddam actually had 'any' weapons of mass destruction.

Paul
 
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I dont think Alex believes what he spews. He has just found his place in the wing nut blogosphere. Like Rush/Fox/Beck and others he just says what his followers want to hear.

I doubt that only because you can go to YouTube and see him 15 years ago preaching the same message, and most of what he said 15 years ago is a reality today... And in many ways worse than he predicted.
 
I doubt that only because you can go to YouTube and see him 15 years ago preaching the same message, and most of what he said 15 years ago is a reality today... And in many ways worse than he predicted.

Like what.
 
Do you really beleive Alex Jones is usually right?
I doubt that only because you can go to YouTube and see him 15 years ago preaching the same message, and most of what he said 15 years ago is a reality today... And in many ways worse than he predicted.
 
And I slop feed my bolt guns, no need to put any rounds in the mag. Can say I never needed a follow-up shot on live targets, and having a round under is using a crutch. ;)

Now I can't make the claim that I have always had first round hits on steel/paper targets. I use my 308 out to 1000 yards and in winds exceeding 35mph. Can be a tad challenging and humbling, but if you never miss then you are not learning anything new. A very wise idiot once said, a man can have 15 years 'experience' but if he is only using the first three years he isn't very curious. Here is to many more misses in your future, it means you are pushing your limits and learning, making those 'years of experience' mean something.

The crowd I run with doesn't have too many amateurs in it, and none use the term clip for a magazine, best of luck.

That makes sense. I really am not a gun freak and at best could be considered an amatuer. My shooting is pretty much limited to sighting my rifle in at 100 yards, (which usually takes less that 3 rounds because I haven't had to touch my scope in almost 10 years,) and shooting a whitetail at whatever range they come before me. I have never taken a shot at a deer over 200 yards as I have been fortunant enough to have them come in closer. I would be reluctant to fire at 300 yds but I know better marksmen do it all the time.

I did, however, shoot quite a bit of trap in my younger days. I always enjoyed that.

When you guys get to talking the technical details of weaponry and ammunition, it goes right over my head. But I read it just the same hoping I might learn something. I particularly like reading Turtledude. He's pretty gunsmart too.
 
Like what.

The increasing police state, push towards forced mass vaccinations, wars in the middle east (to the point of listing the countries to be invaded, in order), the lead up to gun confiscation, then an amalgamations of currencies and finally an amalgamation of governments.
 
Do you really beleive Alex Jones is usually right?

Overall, when I look at the source material, or look into topics he's brought up, more often then not he is accurate, of only on a general sense...

Some of his guests also have uncanny abilities to predict certain matter (oil prices / gold prices) to an order of around 80% accuracy.

BUT, if you get most of your information from MSM sources, well, most of it doesn't get covered. Example; in the op video, if you have the patience watch Morgan cringe each time the ssri drugs./ sons or drug companies.

The reality is that you are not supposed to know that those drugs have the side effect of both / either suicidal thoughts and actions and psychotic breaks.
 
The increasing police state, push towards forced mass vaccinations, wars in the middle east (to the point of listing the countries to be invaded, in order), the lead up to gun confiscation, then an amalgamations of currencies and finally an amalgamation of governments.

I don't think most of those things are happening, and those that are fall into two categories:

1. Good. Or subjective, but assuredly not evil.
2. Hardly salient predictions.

Moreover you ignore the insane reasons and context he gives for his predictions.
 
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