# 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:** 6
**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, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/101 "2018-08-07T18:48:08Z")
The reason Mr. Jones isn’t going to take this to court is that he knows that his spewings are most likely archived by those that rejected his hate speech. As long as he sticks to whining to his followers he can claim anything, and they will suck it right up. ---
**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 7, 2018, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/102 "2018-08-07T18:49:47Z")
> [@WillFarnaby](#): > > Hey facts are facts. There are some real nuts out there who get riled up by this political stuff. Best to lay low unless you have nothing to lose. People may disagree, but I for one will not limit my activities out of fear of nuts, especially in the Trump era. Am I supposed to never be seen with Mexicans because a bunch of dim witted morons think they are rapists or assume they are criminals? Am I supposed to pretend I am mathtarded because easily lead ignoramuses think cutting taxes raises tax revenue? And so on, and so on. I am not going to be intimidated by the ignorant just because I worked hard to educate myself. They are the ones with the problem, not me. ---
**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, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/103 "2018-08-07T18:50:39Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > It’s amazing the hate speech some will defend without having the guts to spew it themselves…in public, at least. I’d have to see or hear the hate speech before I defended it you idiot.i ---
**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, 6:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/104 "2018-08-07T18:55:52Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > 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? Well I’m not getting anywhere with the Ignorance Fighters. ---
**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, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/105 "2018-08-07T18:56:29Z")
I’m still trying to figure out how someone could claim to be an informed and educated right winger and still be ignorant about the Alex Jones controversy. You would have to live in a fucking cave to be that ignorant. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 6:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/106 "2018-08-07T18:57:04Z")
You want me to listen or watch his shows until I can find stuff I consider to be hate speech? No, thank you. If you want to argue he’s not spewing hate speech, feel free to listen or watch as much of his shit as you want. Don’t ask us to make your argument for you. ---
**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, 6:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/107 "2018-08-07T18:58:50Z")
> [@Try2B\_Comprehensive](#): > > People may disagree, but I for one will not limit my activities out of fear of nuts, especially in the Trump era. Am I supposed to never be seen with Mexicans because a bunch of dim witted morons think they are rapists or assume they are criminals? Am I supposed to pretend I am mathtarded because easily lead ignoramuses think cutting taxes raises tax revenue? > > And so on, and so on. I am not going to be intimidated by the ignorant just because I worked hard to educate myself. They are the ones with the problem, not me. Yes. Fearlessly you emote every political correct platitude possible. A true trailblazer. ---
**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, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/108 "2018-08-07T19:00:25Z")
> [@WillFarnaby](#): > > Well I’m not getting anywhere with the Ignorance Fighters. It’s too bad there is not something that can be read to determine why he was banned from Facebook and other sites. Perhaps some sort of release to the press, or something like that? Hell, I’m sure if you dig around you could find at least ONE story in the media that covers this. ---
**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, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/109 "2018-08-07T19:00:33Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > I’m still trying to figure out how someone could claim to be an informed and educated right winger and still be ignorant about the Alex Jones controversy. You would have to live in a fucking cave to be that ignorant. I am aware of some of his controversies. Not the hate speech. > [@Dewey\_Finn](#): > > You want me to listen or watch his shows until I can find stuff I consider to be hate speech? No, thank you. If you want to argue he’s not spewing hate speech, feel free to listen or watch as much of his shit as you want. Don’t ask us to make your argument for you. The claim has been made that he engaged in hate speech. I’m simply asking for the proof. ---
**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, 7:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/110 "2018-08-07T19:01:34Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > It’s too bad there is not something that can be read to determine why he was banned from Facebook and other sites. Perhaps some sort of release to the press, or something like that? Hell, I’m sure if you dig around you could find at least ONE story in the media that covers this. None that I’ve seen quote him on his hate speech kick. ---
**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, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/111 "2018-08-07T19:07:44Z")
What about this: [How Alex Jones attacks the LGBTQ community](https://www.mediamatters.org/research/2017/08/25/how-alex-jones-attacks-lgbtq-community/217772) ---
**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 7, 2018, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/112 "2018-08-07T19:08:03Z")
They removed the ones that were pure hate speech, but you are falling for their optics. You can read a summery here > **[Enforcing Our Community Standards | Meta](https://about.fb.com/news/2018/08/enforcing-our-community-standards/)** > > Earlier today, we removed four Pages belonging to Alex Jones for repeatedly posting content over the past several days that breaks those Community Standards. Part of the reason these were videos and not text was to avoid these bans, as their old method which use to use (((bad words))) to circumvent content filters was no longer effective. ---
**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, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/113 "2018-08-07T19:08:51Z")
I honestly thought this would be over a while ago. I figured someone would say “Jones said “I hate xxxx” and you’re a big dummy WillFarnaby.” That hasn’t happened. ---
**Author:** ![BeepKillBeep](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/9e8a1a/32.png) [@BeepKillBeep](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeepKillBeep)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/114 "2018-08-07T19:13:37Z")
> [@WillFarnaby](#): > > Are hate speech laws authoritarian? No. Not in any meaningful definition of the word, in any case. You would have to be very rigid in your thinking to think so. ---
**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 7, 2018, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/115 "2018-08-07T19:13:59Z")
> [@WillFarnaby](#): > > I honestly thought this would be over a while ago. I figured someone would say “Jones said “I hate xxxx” and you’re a big dummy WillFarnaby.” > > That hasn’t happened. No, you are just nieve enough to fall for their plan on optics. ---
**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, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/116 "2018-08-07T19:14:52Z")
> [@Slash1972](#): > > What about this: [How Alex Jones attacks the LGBTQ community](https://www.mediamatters.org/research/2017/08/25/how-alex-jones-attacks-lgbtq-community/217772) Ok thank you so much **Manson** , sincerely. I did not want to keep this up any longer. You are a true problem solver. I bet you are an excellent coworker. Have you seen anything on his alleged anti-Muslim hate? ---
**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, 7:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/117 "2018-08-07T19:17:14Z")
> [@rat\_avatar](#): > > No, you are just nieve enough to fall for their plan on optics. I’m confused, is this a cabal conspiracy? Are you the new Jones? ---
**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, 7:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/118 "2018-08-07T19:18:47Z")
> [@BeepKillBeep](#): > > No. Oh I disagree with that, I’m sure there are threads where you can fight your ignorance on that. ---
**Author:** ![Bryan\_Ekers](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bryan_ekers/32/183_2.png) [@Bryan\_Ekers](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bryan_Ekers)\ **Post date:** [August 7, 2018, 7:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/119 "2018-08-07T19:20:19Z")
I’m not sure if it matters if Jones has engaged in hate speech when he’s clearly deeply mired in dumb speech. ---
**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 7, 2018, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202/120 "2018-08-07T19:23:42Z")
> [@WillFarnaby](#): > > I honestly thought this would be over a while ago. I figured someone would say “Jones said “I hate xxxx” and you’re a big dummy WillFarnaby.” Well, this _is_ the Pit. If someone were of a mind to excoriate **TrollFarnaby** here, they would probably do it with much higher dudgeon than you piddly-ass lack of imagination can barely even half conjure. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202.md?page=5) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/alex-jones-gets-cyber-slapped/819202.md?page=7)