Following his trial for defamation of the families of the children and school staff killed in the Sandy Hook massacre, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is using Valve Corp.’s Steam, the world’s largest digital distribution platform for PC games, to sell an Infowars-themed video game. Jones claims to have earned hundreds of thousands in revenue from the video game, yet he has refused to pay the Sandy Hook families. Alex Jones: NWO Wars also mirrors and cartoonishly repackages the conspiracy theorist’s regularly violent, hateful rhetoric despite the platform’s policies against hate speech.

  • Knock_Knock_Lemmy_In@lemmy.world
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    8 months ago

    You asked if my favorite podcast had a pizzagate episode.

    Yes. Thanks for that. Sincerely.

    I don’t like talking about pizzagate because every claim is dumb.

    A lazy, blanket statement leading to this lengthy thread.

    The only thing interesting about pizzagate is how strongly people can hold on to beliefs with zero backing

    It’s also interesting how claims that it was debunked dissolve when examined.

    the fact there is no evidence backing it up

    I linked to some evidence. It’s hard to do so now that search engines have been scrubbed and voat has died.

    Why would anyone believe it?

    Because the claims are not impossible, or even unlikely.

    The more I say, the more you shift and want me to look elsewhere.

    At the beginning I gave you the NYT and a steemit link with additional evidence. Nothing has shifted.

    You link some homophobic shit. It’s clear to me that anyone who could read that doc and not be embarrassed that they are trying to spook you with that picture, is not worth engaging with.

    I didn’t write it. There are not a lot of other options that search engines index. Just view the pictures if the text offends you.

    Your lies are consequence free.

    All the linked evidence is factual. I’ve not drawn any conclusions. Not sure what I could have lied about.

    Is there anyone (journalist, pundit,…) with a reputation to protect that says anything about this?

    This was the closest

    Can you show where I had expressed any desire to debunk this?

    Whenever you state that every pizzagate claim is dumb.

    The only document you have has claims that no one can be serious about. I’m asking you to remove those.

    Ok. I’ll remove everything from that document except for this

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      Is there anyone (journalist, pundit,…) with a reputation to protect that says anything about this?

      This was the closest

      No one will touch this with a 10-foot pole. People that the pizzagaters victimized have been hurt, and some of the worst offenders of the conspiracy theory were arrested. No one will put a stake on this.

      All the people that used to talk about this have disappeared. There once was a rush when people were talking about that document. Adding new threads. Making connections. This was going to be it. But nothing came.

      I believe you may be chasing a high that was at its peak when it looked like pieces were coming together.

      Everything fizzled. Now you’re trying to get strangers worried about a list of files. It’s not the same.

      The emperor has no clothes here. No one else will put their reputation on the line.

      I’m sure you have people in your life that you get along fine with. This is, provide no one brings this up. That has to feel isolating. Most people have moved on.

      I was being honest. I’m not interested in pizzagate. But I have heard from so many people describing what it was like to have once believed it. And what it felt like when they were able to reconnect with people who pushed them away.

      Obviously, I don’t know you. You’re fine to tell me I’m way off base. We’re strangers here, but it’s just food for irl-thought.