Wednesday, April 3, 2024

The TRUTH vs. ALEX JONES-Shameful Contemptible Self-Promoting Jones Held Accountable? Doubtful

I was living in NYC on a Friday in December in 2012, a day which lives on in agony and ignominy. The snow was falling on a serene, winter landscape in Central Park, blissfully unaware of the bloody mayhem that would end with the heinous murders of school children, educators; destroying innocent lives and those of their families, forever. The heinous mass murders at Sandy Hook Elementary erupted leaving many families bereft. Since that day over a decade ago, the anguish for families who lost their young children or family members has been continuously exacerbated by malicious lies manipulated into a grotesque conspiracy theory fueled by the self-serving sociopath, Alex Jones.  Jones claims Sandy Hook was a hoax, staged to take away gun rights as he had predicted. Within hours of the killings, Jones spewed his vile tropes saying, "there were no deaths:, "the parents were actors" and he has continued to repeat this lies for more than a decade garnering millions of Americans to buy into his theories and also his vitamin wares he hawked on his podcast. The Sandy Hook parents who suffered the inconsolable loss of their children were harangued and threatened by a public who believed Jones' torturous torments. A number of parents whose children were fatally shot were interviewed for this doc. They spoke of their grief and the disgrace bestowed on their children's deaths as flagrant lies were brandished and they became subjected to outlandish claims and demands. Some were taunted into exhuming their children's graves and threats against them were made.  One mother who lost her 6 year old son said, "There was never going to be anything that satisfied these people." This doc. follows the court proceedings of Jones' trials for his slander brought by parents of slain children. Watching this film is agonizing to hear from the grieving families. Their suffering is compounded by the mendacious rantings of a monster who profited off people's pain. This doc. is deeply disturbing hearing from the minions who buy into this barbed conspiracy realizing they comprise 25% of the American public.  It's clear Jones is the lynchpin of this lunacy. It's devastating knowing how pervasive it has become finding followers who align themselves with falsehoods, undeterred in their misguided notions that are beyond the realm of reason and cause ongoing pain and suffering. It's harrowing to consider how facts have become fallible and how ruthless and cruel people can treat others. 

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