Alex Jones targeted by the institutional left - ordered to pay Sandy Hook parents over $49 million
I think the left sent a message loud and clear to the alternative media. That message? Tread lightly and tow the line, or else.
The culture war is raging on as it has for years, now, and the institutional left's activist judge has struck a severe blow. This strike against Alex Jones should be taken as a sign in alternative media circles. This lawsuit against Jones sets a dangerous precedent that will cause alt-media to self-censor in order to try and avoid coming under the lens themselves.
Alex Jones' infractions, while protected under the 1st amendment despite conveniently spurious interpretations of the constitutional amendment that protects the very right to speak your mind, will cost him over $49 million in damages to the Sandy Hook families that claimed his words caused them harm, somehow. I've never been wounded by a word, personally, nor has anyone else, so I don't know how you determine that.
But hey, you can get a lot done with an activist judge to make sure Jones can't defend himself, not even being allowed to speak in court for the most part, and no amount of disclosure would've satisfied the demands made of the defendant. This was all planned out, and this won't be the last kangaroo court trial against someone who inconveniences the clown world narratives of the institutional left.
The unamerican outcome of Jones' trial came just before James Lindsay being permanently banned from Twitter, so thought crimes are being punished by the institutional left on a much more massive scale. The very idea of dissent is repugnant in a leftist totalitarian world.
Who's to say a lawsuit or two won't be filed against him because he said a word to them on the internet?
Victimhood is power in our backwards world.
The war against the freedom of speech and those who advocate for freedom it is getting more and more intense. A prime example of this is the FBI leak Project Veritas showed us, demonstrating how the FBI sees law-abiding American citizens who happen to own Gadsen flags as highly dangerous domestic terrorists. The term they’ve coined is “Militia Violent Extremism” or MVE for short. Defund the FBI and start again, they’re a political enforcement arm for the radical left, nothing more.
Hard enforcement is just the end result for those who simply have to be silenced. Softer enforcement via social stigma has been in practice for decades at this point, but it only recently reached a true fever pitch. It’s being used to make sure you don’t like the wrong things, or think the wrong things, or even think very much at all.
Here are some examples:
A student is suspended for a pro-trump shirt
HOA takes issue with a thin blue line flag flown by the father of a slain police officer
A myriad of mask nazi signs
The list goes on.
The best I have is to learn how to work within these imposed frameworks on your speech, utilize malicious compliance against the institutional left wherever possible, and don’t stop. The English language is, thankfully, quite robust and allows us to use many different words and phrases to express ourselves. Stick it to the authoritarians and don’t give an inch. The war is just beginning.
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