# Alex Jones gets cyber-slapped **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 7, 2018, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202 "2018-08-07T00:42:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 12
**Author:** ![E-DUB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/e-dub/32/403_2.png) [@E-DUB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/E-DUB)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 2:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/221 "2018-08-09T14:28:12Z")
Will Farnaby wrote: “Yes and proper libertarianism is anarchism.” I guess as long as you’re the one defining propriety. But seriously, clowns like this (I’m talking Jones now again have been around forever. I remember Joe Pyne back in the sixties and there was a slew of similar guys on the local and national scene. But it does seem to me that more folks are taking them seriously these days. ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 3:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/222 "2018-08-09T15:53:11Z")
If libeterianism and anarchism were the same thing, they wouldn’t have two different terms. Even the strongest libertarianism believes in the usefulness of a state, while anarchism thinks that we don’t even need that. Neither work out practically, as people will always find a way to having power over others. Maybe in a small community, you can enforce the ideals somewhat, but it fails as soon as there’s someone who wants to take advantage. Not that any of this has to do with Infowars or Alex Jones. He does not support either philosophy, or really anything coherent. He’s just pushing incompatible conspiracy theories. ---
**Author:** ![rat\_avatar](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rat_avatar/32/255_2.png) [@rat\_avatar](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rat_avatar)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 4:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/223 "2018-08-09T16:16:19Z")
Alex Jones claims to be, or has claimed to be a libeterian. Of course libertarians are just delusional about their supposed self sufficiency and want to have the benefits of society for free. ---
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/224 "2018-08-09T18:49:50Z")
> [@WillFarnaby](#): > > No. Most of our interactions in a society occur under anarchy. It would be very easy for someone to rob me. They usually don’t. There is quite a body of work and many objections can be raised. How about this. We dismantle the nation state bit by bit until I don’t care any more about what is left. Let’s get on the train, if we see a stop that looks appealing, we can get off there. No need to go all the way. For example, societies based on city-states through history have done some great things, no anarchy necessary. Don’t leave us hanging. Which ones are you talking about? Sparta, right? You saw The 300 and thought “This is Sparta!” ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 7:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/225 "2018-08-09T19:27:04Z")
Jones’s lawyer is trying to get the judge to release to the public the addresses and birthdates of the Sandy Hook victims’ parents. > **[Alex Jones’s lawyer seeks to make addresses of Sandy Hook parents public](https://thehill.com/homenews/media/400985-alex-jones-lawyer-seeks-to-make-addresses-of-sandy-hook-parents-public/)** > > A lawyer for Infowars founder Alex Jones is seeking to make public the home addresses of parents who lost their children in the 2012 mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newto… ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [August 9, 2018, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/226 "2018-08-09T21:53:47Z")
> [@WillFarnaby](#): > > You are still trying? Well, I’m not so much trying to edify _you_, on account of the fact that you’re dumber than a pat of low-salt butter. But I do consider it an interesting thought to ponder whether Alex Jones (not you) (presuming you’re not Alex Jones) would personally qualify as a terrorist, by the normal definition of the term. Is a person who deliberately incites terrorists to violence a terrorist? > [@WillFarnaby](#): > > I didn’t say bow down, but _I would give the same advice to people who are in my camp_. I stated this already. Let me make this easy for you. That alone refuted your nonsense. Not really, dipshit. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/227 "2018-08-10T01:27:40Z")
I wish you folks would learn to spell that word right. It starts with a “ **g** ” – an easy mistake, since those types tend to leave it off. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/228 "2018-08-10T03:13:39Z")
Gdipshit? Gterrorist? What gword are we gtalking about here, gexactly? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/229 "2018-08-10T03:27:56Z")
Gibertarian. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 3:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/230 "2018-08-10T03:31:28Z")
Gohhhhh, “gibertarion”; gright. G:D ---
**Author:** ![Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/try2b_comprehensive/32/65_2.png) [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Try2B_Comprehensive)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 3:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/231 "2018-08-10T03:34:54Z")
Geatalt. NOT jestalt. Morans. ---
**Author:** ![Guest-starring\_Id](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/guest-starring_id/32/21736_2.png) [@Guest-starring\_Id](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Guest-starring_Id)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 3:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/232 "2018-08-10T03:41:54Z")
Hey - beats that Elections thread with all that talk about Klugman. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 3:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/233 "2018-08-10T03:51:11Z")
I think WillF is just talking to himself. ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/234 "2018-08-10T03:57:46Z")
> [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](#): > > Geatalt. NOT jestalt. > > Morans. Hey, we were going through Kansas a number of years ago, at a time when the R candidate for US Senate was Jerry Moran. So, you see all these signs all over the place that say “Moran”, along with some smaller print that you would fail to notice/read. It was a bit unnerving. ---
**Author:** ![wintertime](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/c68b51/32.png) [@wintertime](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wintertime)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/235 "2018-08-10T15:28:29Z")
> [@WillFarnaby](#): > > > [@](#): > > > > Originally Posted by wintertime > > Let’s see if your idea has any merits. Since you talk about a return to a city-state of such a kind, you must have at least one historical example in mind. > > > > So, what city-state is it, and what period are you talking about? And could you also name the research that is the foundation of your assertion? > > I’m not going to get embroiled in this right now. I like to give everyone the benefit of the doubt, so how much time do you need to come up with the information? Since you were so confident in your assertion, I’d expected you to have it memorized. And I’d love to know that because I don’t know any historical example that fits your criteria. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2018, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/236 "2018-08-10T15:41:20Z")
> [@](#): > > Quoth **WillFarnaby** : > > How does what I describe exist in Somalia? Capitalism has barely extended into that region. Yes, because capitalism can’t exist in an anarchy. You’re the one who said you wanted anarchy, and that’s what Somalia is. The result of being pro-anarchy is that you’re opposed to capitalism (among many other things). ---
**Author:** ![eschereal](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eschereal/32/18939_2.png) [@eschereal](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/eschereal)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2018, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/237 "2018-08-11T01:48:51Z")
What is capitalism? ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2018, 2:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/238 "2018-08-11T14:42:54Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Are you _really_ that fucking stupid? Don’t even bother. ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2019, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/239 "2019-02-14T19:54:06Z")
I didn’t want to start a whole new thread for this, so I’m just going to drop these in here: From January: [Families of Sandy Hook victims score victory in lawsuit against Alex Jones, Infowars](https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/424980-families-of-sandy-hook-victims-score-victory-in-lawsuit-against-alex) > [@](#): > > The families of Sandy Hook victims suing Alex Jones scored a legal victory Friday when a judge granted their discovery requests, providing them with access to internal marketing and financial documents from his online radio site InfoWars. . . > > Jones is being sued for defamation by the plaintiffs over his statements questioning whether the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting was a hoax and whether the children were “crisis actors.” And yesterday: [Judge rules Sandy Hook families can depose Alex Jones in defamation case](https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/429945-judge-rules-sandy-hook-families-can-depose-alex-jones-in-defamation) > [@](#): > > A Connecticut judge ruled Wednesday that Infowars owner Alex Jones must sit for a deposition by attorneys for the parents of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims who are suing him for defamation. > > Connecticut Superior Court Judge Barbara Bellis ruled that Jones must sit for a five-hour deposition by attorneys for the families. Sweet! ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2019, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/240 "2019-02-14T20:03:50Z")
> [@romansperson](#): > > I didn’t want to start a whole new thread for this, so I’m just going to drop these in here: > > From January: [Families of Sandy Hook victims score victory in lawsuit against Alex Jones, Infowars](https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/424980-families-of-sandy-hook-victims-score-victory-in-lawsuit-against-alex) > > And yesterday: [Judge rules Sandy Hook families can depose Alex Jones in defamation case](https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/429945-judge-rules-sandy-hook-families-can-depose-alex-jones-in-defamation) > > Sweet! Is this where Jones tries out his defense of “I’m just an entertainer! You can’t believe my actual words! It was a joke! You people have no sense of humor!” [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202.md?page=11) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202.md?page=13)