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.

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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    1 year ago

    People that the pizzagaters victimized have been hurt, and some of the worst offenders of the conspiracy theory were arrested.

    One crazy person has been jailed. No-one was hurt. All because the police failed to investigate.

    All the people that used to talk about this have disappeared.

    Because there is nothing new to talk about. Although if someone had done a thorough debunking then that would be new information of interest.

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

    This may be true for people searching the Internet and finding clues. Crowdsourced Sherlock Holmes. I only got interested when the crackdown happened, subreddits were closed and journalists silenced. Then claims of debunking popped up (usually without logical argument).

    Debunking is much more interesting, scientific and rigorous than the actual conspiracies. James Randi, moon landings, aliens, 9/11. You learn a lot from a good debunk (hence my interest in your favourite podcast)

    Now you’re trying to get strangers worried about a list of files.

    No, I’m trying to establish if it has been debunked. That there is no possibility of truth in the claims.

    If you said pizzagate was unlikely, dubious or unconfirmed then I would agree and we wouldn’t be having this exchange.

    The emperor has no clothes here.

    Neither do the debunkers following behind.