As Virginia gun rally approaches, Alex Jones and his Infowars outlet hype prospect of violence

[brooklynite]

Source: Media Matters for America

Far-right conspiracy theorist Alex Jones and his Infowars outlet have been hyping the prospect of violence in Virginia, particularly at an upcoming pro-gun rally, as the commonwealth considers passing stronger gun laws.

Jones and his associates are also preemptively claiming that any violence that does occur at the rally, planned for January 20 outside the Virginia Capitol, will be a “false flag,” a similar claim to what he’s said about violence that occurred at the deadly “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, in 2017.

Jones said that he and “dozens of our people” will be at the January 20 rally, and he has invited white nationalist Richard Spencer to join him. One of Jones’ other rally invitees, conspiracy theorist Matt Bracken, has made frequent appearances on Jones’ outlet Infowars to espouse violent rhetoric while discussing Virginia’s gun laws and has even showed people how to best equip their assault weapons for battle.

Virginia is poised to change its gun laws, and a large pro-gun contingent is expected to rally in Richmond on January 20
After gaining control of the Virginia legislature in the 2019 elections, Democratic lawmakers started their 2020 session by advancing several bills to strengthen Virginia’s gun laws, including requiring background checks on all gun sales and limiting handgun purchases to one per month. (Another bill that proposed to ban assault weapons was killed in committee on January 13.)

Read more: https://www.mediamatters.org/alex-jones/virginia-gun-rally-approaches-alex-jones-and-his-infowars-outlet-hype-prospect-violence

[packman]

1. ONLY 1 handgun purchases per month ----

[Newest Reality]

2. Jones...

He is another showman and reminds me very much of Trump. It is all about him, the image and the perception.

He portrays the information with an obviously biased slant and under an umbrella of conspiracy. That's not a big problem to me, it is that he has been going to great lengths to try to stay relevant and it is becoming more obvious that that is his primary motivation.

If there were any important, clandestine goings on, Jones would be a poor source of information unless you like being whipped up into a frenzy on whims for the sake of his income and egotism. His rages and rants are often on par with staged wrestling and probably draws a similar crowd.

There is a Truther Industrial Complex. Some of that stuff was fun and curious in the early days of the Internet, but now its a just a rather lucrative sideshow attraction for those who tend to simply believe things without investigation and in lieu of knowledge. It's all about clicks and revenue and I guess, when its your living, you have to work hard to float conspiracies and rattle the masses.

He does nothing that would help us, say, deal with the Koch effects or the MIC or in regards to the relevant issues and problems we collectively face. In a sense, he is a distraction and with a following like that gathered, that's really a scam.

[Maxheader]

3. a.j.... personification of the rightwingers..

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[George II]

4. Governor Northam has just issued a temporary ban on guns in the vicinity of the rally.

[LastLiberal in PalmSprings]

5. "Inciting violence" is a felony, I think.

Whereas not knowing when to keep your mouth shut is just stupidity. And while you can stop doing the former, you can't fix stupid.

[NCProgressive]

6. Alex Jones and the cabal

is afraid of being decimated and put in jail once Trump is gone. They want a last hurrah.