It’s never been about conviction or honest concern about “freedom” etc. It’s been a grift for a loooong time - the only difference is that the grifters are in the White House now.
I listen to a podcast that’s been dealing with Alex Jones and Infowars for a long time. Of course that isn’t as hot now as it was, say, 10 years ago, but they make it interesting. One of their recurring statements is that Jones used to cheer for values that his current hero - Mango Mussolini - is diametrically opposed to, which kinda proves that he never believed in any of that anyhow. He’s just a grifter.
And then they go back in history and find out that Jones himself was influenced by earlier radio grifters. Rightwing media outrage has a looong tradition in the USA, and it’s fair to say that it’s never been honest.
Believing anything that comes out of teir mouths is like believing that raspberry flavored chapstick represents actual raspberries and their flavor.
It’s never been about conviction or honest concern about “freedom” etc. It’s been a grift for a loooong time - the only difference is that the grifters are in the White House now.
I listen to a podcast that’s been dealing with Alex Jones and Infowars for a long time. Of course that isn’t as hot now as it was, say, 10 years ago, but they make it interesting. One of their recurring statements is that Jones used to cheer for values that his current hero - Mango Mussolini - is diametrically opposed to, which kinda proves that he never believed in any of that anyhow. He’s just a grifter.
And then they go back in history and find out that Jones himself was influenced by earlier radio grifters. Rightwing media outrage has a looong tradition in the USA, and it’s fair to say that it’s never been honest.
Believing anything that comes out of teir mouths is like believing that raspberry flavored chapstick represents actual raspberries and their flavor.