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Alex Jones and an independent media crisis
What his case means for the rest of us
*Trigger Warning* mentions of Sandy Hook, rape culture, abortion, war, racism, coups
I was going to write a bunch of stuff explaining what I think about this whole Alex Jones case but then I saw this video and it says a lot of what I’m thinking about this case.
The truth is that no matter what you think about Alex Jones and his vile slander of the parents of Sandy Hook (as well as plenty of other offensive things Alex Jones has said), it is a fact that the ability to disagree with the mainstream narrative is the whole point of freedom of speech. So if you think that disagreeing with the mainstream narrative is something that should be censored then you’re handing more power to the establishment. That means you’re disempowering people who are already marginalized by the mainstream narrative and who disagree with how the establishment treats them.
But Alex Jones isn’t a marginalized person, right? He’s a powerful rich white man who does…
