Alex Jones: Bars/Restaurants Should Not Be Allowed to Sell Booze

[47of74]

Alex Jones is now saying “Restaurants Should Not Be Allowed to Sell Alcohol”

Alex Jones is calling on all restaurants and bars to shut down in wake of his alcohol-related arrest

"I'm not saying conspiracy here, not saying the police are at to get me at the local level," Jones said. "But, still, the level they had was below the law ... so there you go."

He continued: "The alcohol limit used to be three times of what it is now ... Here's the thing: Restaurants should not be allowed to sell alcohol if these laws continue. You shouldn't be able to serve somebody a beer if they drink that 16 ounce beer and walk out, they're gonna go to jail. So I call for all restaurants and bars to be shut down. Seriously. Because you can't go in one, have two beers, and then not go to jail. So hey, I'm ready for the mainstream attention."

Try accepting responsibility for your actions first Alex.

[dewsgirl]

1. What a loon!🙄

[TwilightZone]

2. "if they drink that 16 ounce beer and walk out, they're gonna go to jail"

Well, no, there usually has to be a vehicle involved for a DUI. There's that pesky D.

[blugbox]

30. I also like how moments later it's suddenly TWO beers...

So how many beers, exactly, DID you have before you "walked out and went to jail"??

[RockRaven]

3. It's not illegal to have a BAC of .08, it's illegal to DRIVE YOUR FUCKING CAR with a BAC of .08

You can drink your beer(s) and "walk out" and you are perfectly fine. Quit gas-lighting people about the circumstances of your arrest, you turd.

[marble falls]

4. "You can't handle your shit so I got to suffer. Don't drive buzzed, I sure don't."

[gordianot]

5. Well no one should sell Limbaugh cigars.

Maybe there should be laws for Conservative pundits.

[2naSalit]

6. Because he got a DUI!!!

[getagrip_already]

7. always the victim....

always someone else at fault....

Even at 0.08, one 16 oz beer is not going to put you over the limit. Even if it was a high gravity beer, and he had slight girl's build, he would only blow about .03-.04 at peak blood levels.

He is a lying liar's liar.

[Grokenstein]

8. The Party of Personal Responsibility, Yo.

PARTYYYYYYY!! (ralphs)

[magicarpet]

34. Idiot wants to punish the world,...

Because he is an irresponsible buffoon.

[barbtries]

9. call a cab, call an Uber, walk,

call a friend, sleep in your car until you're sober...so many ways to not drive impaired.

this is how my daughter died. hit and run by a well known local drunk who was called Rambo by her friends. alcohol has had devastating impacts on my family beyond her tragedy. i'm over it. bottom line is nobody has to drive impaired, ever.

[Initech]

10. No conspiracy here, he's just an abusive asshole.

Who got caught doing something no one should ever do.

[durablend]

11. LOCK HIM UP

[Lady Freedom Returns]

12. So no one's told him about taxis or ride share apps?

[Grokenstein]

40. Ride share apps are a socialist conspiracy!! /s

To take away our cars!!1!!! Especially if powered by gasoline!!!!7!

Link to tweet

[Doreen]

42. Oh come on!

Think about it. If he wants to MAGA then we need to go back to horse and buggy.

[dhill926]

13. and people actually listen to...

and believe this shit?

[Caliman73]

29. The people who listen to him probably agree with what he said.

His listeners are all about everyone else taking responsibility for their actions, but cry victim when the system that enforces personal responsibility is directed at them.

They are idiots just like their leader.

[Grokenstein]

41. They'll believe worse.

Link to tweet

[Javaman]

14. he's an alcoholic. read the NYT article "I worked for alex jones and regret it".

tells stories of jones basically being drunk or mildly buzzed all the time. which fuels his rage and stupid ass behavior. drove drunk, used fire arms drunk and menaced his employees.

his'a first level asshole.

[jmowreader]

15. I have seen pictures of Alex Jones

BAC is predicated on body weight, which means the bigger you are, the more alcohol it takes to get a particular reading.

Jones is a big man and it would take quite a bit to put him in DUI territory.

It’s not like the beer leapt off the counter into his hand anyway. He went out to intentionally get drunk, and then he drove a car.

For a member of the Party of Personal Responsibility, this is strange behavior.

[Caliman73]

33. For a member of the Party of Personal Responsibility, this is strange behavior. Not really though.

People like Jones and his followers think that personal responsibility applies to other people, not to them. You can hear it from them all the time. Whenever there is some kind of systemic injustice, they are all about what the the person did to get themselves illegally profiled or shot even though they complied with all commands and it was a case of mistaken identity. You can hear Jones and the callers blaming the actual victim.

However, when they themselves actually do something like harassing the victims of Sandy Hook, or driving drunk, then they are the victims of the press, the police, bars and restaurants, society, etc... because they can't just do something that is actually illegal and get away with it.

It isn't strange behavior at all. They don't believe in personal responsibility. They believe in privilege for White people.

[mitch96]

16. Ok with this logic

“Restaurants Should Not Be Allowed to Sell Alcohol” then
“Store Should Not Be Allowed to Sell Guns”
m

[Norbert]

17. Judging by his previous eratic behavior, he may have been a prick to the cop

That will get him to the hoosgow in a New York minute.

[gibraltar72]

18. I'm not as think as you drunk I am.

[smb]

19. I'm Surprised He Didn't Claim That Chemtrails Caused A False BAC Reading nt

[sinkingfeeling]

20. Typical RW: not my fault, I'm just a poor victim.

[Dem2theMax]

21. Just like drumpf.

It's always someone else's fault.

Personal responsibility? They've never heard of it.

[smirkymonkey]

22. It's funny how so many members of the party of "Personal Responsibility" never take personal

responsibility for anything. It's ALWAYS someone else's fault.

[TheFarseer]

23. You can drink a 16 oz beer and

be nowhere close to .08. You should be able to have 2 actually. Not advocating driving after 2 pints. Just saying you would be legal so I don’t believe for a second he only had one beer.

[Downtown Hound]

24. Jones: whines about freedom being taken away

Whenever even modest gun control measures are discussed.

Also Jones: If I have too much to drink and get a D.U.I., alcohol should be banned for everyone!

[Dem2]

25. Eh, I hate to say this

But there are places making drinks (like a zombie) that can put a diminutive person over the limit after just one drink. Some are so strong I shudder when I sip them - they taste like they're straight from the bottle.

[Caliman73]

35. Probably, but that is fairly rare.

I would imagine the opposite is true more often. You can sell more drinks by putting less of the expensive stuff (alcohol) in them and more filler

Also, Jones knows how much he drank. He is trying to blame the restaurant for behavior that he engaged in.

[Dem2]

39. Absolutely, he's making excuses for bad behavior

Even if you go to that Chinese restaurant and they serve you a 30% alcohol drink, it's still a person's responsibility to know what's happening to their body.

[Wounded Bear]

26. "It's not my fault...'

[lame54]

27. Everybody who drinks in a bar or restaurant WILL got to jail...

That's a lot of people Alex

[Faux pas]

28. Yeah sure ya betcha...

alex, they'll do that just for you!

[sdfernando]

31. Alex Jones:

Because I can't control my alcoholic drinking I need the "Nanny State" to step in and ban selling alcohol in restaurants and bars (side-note, what good is bar that doesn't serve liquor???). Everyone should suffer because I can't control myself.

[Chellee]

44. Free pretzels?

The best Shirley Temples in town?

[pwb]

32. He calls for all restaurants too?

Call this alex ?

[Coventina]

36. Beneath all the BS, there is something of a point to be made

about the standard for DUI and its enforcement.

If NO amount of alcohol is acceptable for driving (which, personally, is what I believe) we need to change messaging around drinking in public. No drinking without a driver or Uber/Lyft/Cab.

This idea of being able to drink up to a legal limit (which really doesn't exist as you can be charged with impairment at any level) is something that can lull people into thinking "a couple of beers" shouldn't get them into trouble.

Fuck Alex Jones, who is a loathsome creature who needs to be ignored, please don't say I'm defending him, I am not.

What I am saying is that social drinking in this country and the messaging around it is not helpful to safety or people's understanding of what is legally acceptable.

[Aristus]

37. Restaurants already do this, Alex.

"We reserve the right to refuse service to patrons who appear to be intoxicated or impaired."

Do you not know how to read?

[Rver]

38. whiner

[Ilsa]

43. Next month: Liquor stores shouldn't be allowed to sell booze!

Right after he's arrested for another DUI after getting stinking drunk at home and trying to drive over to his almost ex wife.

[flotsam]

45. One night in about 1984 I was working a shift as an EMT

We were dispatched to a motor vehicle accident. The involved Buick struck a utility pole on the passenger side so hard the driver side door was torn from the latching post and the car tore almost in half. When we arrived at the scene an individual was crawling on his knees in circles on the road....This was the driver. An examination found nothing wrong medically other than rule out ETOH (Alcohol Addiction). Patient stated he had lost his keys and was trying to locate them...Further questioning revealed he had consumed "two beers".

Any EMT or Cop will tell you that two is the EXACT number of beers every DUI had prior to the accident or police stop. Never one and never three.....It is like the Holy Hand Grenade of Antioch-because one won't be believed and three or more means, well, bad things. Two shall be your count and your counting admission shall be two!