# 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:** 5
**Author:** ![WillFarnaby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willfarnaby/32/514_2.png) [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/81 "2018-08-07T18:21:06Z")
Which posts? Knucklehead! ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 6:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/82 "2018-08-07T18:21:50Z")
> [@WillFarnaby](#): > > What links? If you are going to plead ignorance about the person you seek to defend, then maybe you should shut the fuck up about the subject, 'kay? ---
**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 7, 2018, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/83 "2018-08-07T18:23:57Z")
Now that we’ve established that **WillFarnaby** does indeed know that Alex Jones is a hatemonger, can we get back to how he can’t tell the difference between a corporate policy and a government-enforced law? It think that’s the more interesting bit of abject stupidity here. ---
**Author:** ![WillFarnaby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willfarnaby/32/514_2.png) [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/84 "2018-08-07T18:27:27Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > If you are going to plead ignorance about the person you seek to defend, then maybe you should shut the fuck up about the subject, 'kay? There has been one link that talked about the Mueller stuff. Overblown. There have been no links to supposed hate speech by Jones. There have been links to his band, the Onion, and CNBC who quoted the tech companies. There has been a link to gatewaypundit, which I assume makes the pro-Jones argument. There was a link to Facebook’s policy. Maybe I’m just missing the link to the hate stuff. Can you help? ---
**Author:** ![WillFarnaby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willfarnaby/32/514_2.png) [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/85 "2018-08-07T18:28:47Z")
> [@begbert2](#): > > Now that we’ve established that **WillFarnaby** does indeed know that Alex Jones is a hatemonger, can we get back to how he can’t tell the difference between a corporate policy and a government-enforced law? It think that’s the more interesting bit of abject stupidity here. I’ll take a single out of context sentence at this point. Cmon you got it, I need it. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/86 "2018-08-07T18:31:34Z")
> [@WillFarnaby](#): > > I’ll take a single out of context sentence at this point. Cmon you got it, I need it. Hate speech isn’t a game. ---
**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 7, 2018, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/87 "2018-08-07T18:34:06Z")
I think the final straw with Jones was that he actually dared to file lawsuits against the Sandy Hook parents who are suing him. Activists such as Sleeping Giants on Twitter have been working very hard recently to get advertisers to stop advertising not only on Infowars but also on such things as Bretibart. But Twitter hasn’t banned him, despite the initial claims. I saw today a right winger claiming that you can’t call Facebook a private company because they’re publicly traded. I guess that means they have to provide a platform to any whacko who demands it. MailChimp, which is a direct marketing platform, announced today that they were no longer going to provide support for Jones’s marketing. ---
**Author:** ![WillFarnaby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willfarnaby/32/514_2.png) [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/88 "2018-08-07T18:34:07Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Hate speech isn’t a game. I feel bad for you, bud. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/89 "2018-08-07T18:34:38Z")
> [@WillFarnaby](#): > > There has been one link that talked about the Mueller stuff. Overblown. There have been no links to supposed hate speech by Jones. There have been links to his band, the Onion, and CNBC who quoted the tech companies. There has been a link to gatewaypundit, which I assume makes the pro-Jones argument. There was a link to Facebook’s policy. Maybe I’m just missing the link to the hate stuff. Can you help? [Read this, then try to plead ignorance.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Jones) ---
**Author:** ![bobot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bobot/32/21622_2.png) [@bobot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bobot)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/90 "2018-08-07T18:34:56Z")
Maybe someone could look on You Tube for something… Aw hell, it looks like he’s gone off of there! Shucksies. ---
**Author:** ![WillFarnaby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willfarnaby/32/514_2.png) [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 6:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/91 "2018-08-07T18:35:32Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > I think the final straw with Jones was that he actually dared to file lawsuits against the Sandy Hook parents who are suing him. Activists such as Sleeping Giants on Twitter have been working very hard recently to get advertisers to stop advertising not only on Infowars but also on such things as Bretibart. > But Twitter hasn’t banned him, despite the initial claims. > I saw today a right winger claiming that you can’t call Facebook a private company because they’re publicly traded. I guess that means they have to provide a platform to any whacko who demands it. > MailChimp, which is a direct marketing platform, announced today that they were no longer going to provide support for Jones’s marketing. So it wasn’t hate speech. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/92 "2018-08-07T18:36:43Z")
Why is everybody so down on Hitler? All I know about him is that he is a painter-Why should painters be denied their free speech rights?? ---
**Author:** ![WillFarnaby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willfarnaby/32/514_2.png) [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 6:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/93 "2018-08-07T18:37:53Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > [Read this, then try to plead ignorance.](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alex_Jones) Post the hate speech quoted within. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 6:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/94 "2018-08-07T18:38:58Z")
> [@WillFarnaby](#): > > Post the hate speech quoted within. Done with this troll. ---
**Author:** ![WillFarnaby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willfarnaby/32/514_2.png) [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/95 "2018-08-07T18:40:32Z")
> [@bobot](#): > > Maybe someone could look on You Tube for something.. Aw hell, it looks like he’s gone off of there! Shucksies. No news outlets have covered his hate speech in the past? ---
**Author:** ![WillFarnaby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willfarnaby/32/514_2.png) [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/96 "2018-08-07T18:42:04Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Done with this troll. I made a simple request. The man has been out there for decades and you can’t return a single statement he has said that should be considered hate speech. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/97 "2018-08-07T18:42:16Z")
> [@WillFarnaby](#): > > I thought Alex Jones was the guy from the A Scanner Darkly film. How is his content related to hate speech? > [@WillFarnaby](#): > > Since many authoritarian governments have criminalized hate-speech, I feel it is probably in my best interest to understand what qualifies as hate speech to society. I thought I had a good grasp of what it was, but when gun-nut of Piers Morgan fame is accused of hate speech, I am not sure anymore. > [@WillFarnaby](#): > > Right, I’m mostly concerned about the claims of “hate speech”. Any proof? > [@WillFarnaby](#): > > I’m concerned with society labeling speech as hate speech. This could have negative implications considering many western authoritarian regimes have criminalized hate speech. > [@WillFarnaby](#): > > Do you support hate speech legislation? There are many who do. Not a good look for the long haul. > [@WillFarnaby](#): > > Are hate speech laws authoritarian? > [@WillFarnaby](#): > > They used the term “hate speech”. This term is politically loaded because many authoritarian governments have passed laws against hate speech. > > I simply asked for an example of what these companies consider hate speech. I have not received that example. > [@WillFarnaby](#): > > Maybe I’m just missing the link to the hate stuff. Can you help? > [@WillFarnaby](#): > > So it wasn’t hate speech. > [@WillFarnaby](#): > > Post the hate speech quoted within. Dude, what’s with you and the hate speech? ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/98 "2018-08-07T18:42:31Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > I think the final straw with Jones was that he actually dared to file lawsuits against the Sandy Hook parents who are suing him. Activists such as Sleeping Giants on Twitter have been working very hard recently to get advertisers to stop advertising not only on Infowars but also on such things as Bretibart. > But Twitter hasn’t banned him, despite the initial claims. > I saw today a right winger claiming that you can’t call Facebook a private company because they’re publicly traded. I guess that means they have to provide a platform to any whacko who demands it. > MailChimp, which is a direct marketing platform, announced today that they were no longer going to provide support for Jones’s marketing. It’s amazing the hate speech some will defend without having the guts to spew it themselves…in public, at least. ---
**Author:** ![WillFarnaby](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/willfarnaby/32/514_2.png) [@WillFarnaby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WillFarnaby)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 6:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/99 "2018-08-07T18:44:24Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > Dude, what’s with you and the hate speech? I am simply asking for an example of Alex Jones’ hate speech. If I asked for David Duke’s hate speech, I’d get in in a flash. ---
**Author:** ![Slash1972](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/slash1972/32/6461_2.png) [@Slash1972](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Slash1972)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/100 "2018-08-07T18:45:40Z")
> [@WillFarnaby](#): > > I am simply asking for an example of Alex Jones’ hate speech. If I asked for David Duke’s hate speech, I’d get in in a flash. Considering how it was Facebook who said that he had violated Facebook hate speech policies, perhaps you should ask Facebook which words of his violated that policy? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202.md?page=4) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202.md?page=6)