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.

  • @ynthrepic
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    11 months ago

    If you’re poor though they just put you in jail while they figure that stuff out. If they figure it out.

      • @ynthrepic
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        311 months ago

        That’s honestly just worse if true. How is this not criminal? He doesn’t go to jail unless the state is what he’s ripped off? You know, the one by the people for the people?

        • Melllvar
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          311 months ago

          The 1st Amendment presents a very high bar for criminal prosecution of speech.

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            A bar over which he took off into fucking orbit! It’s 100% because of rich, famous, right wing white guy privilege that he isn’t in prison right now.

            • Melllvar
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              111 months ago

              On the contrary, the more unpopular the speech, the higher the bar.

              • @Viking_Hippie
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                There’s unpopular and then there’s “no way someone without his immense privilege could ever get away with saying the exact same things without being tried in criminal court.”

                This is without a doubt the latter.

                • Melllvar
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                  111 months ago

                  There isn’t even a criminal law to charge them with.

                  • @Viking_Hippie
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                    011 months ago

                    How about harassment? Inciting violence? Reckless endangerment?

                    His disgusting crusade against the parents were undoubtedly all of those things and more.

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      They will not. This is a civil case its not like he owes the IRS. Man you said that so confidently and its got like 20 upvotes while being so clearly and easily serachable to be proved completely false. Lol this thread is full of morons

    • @davepleasebehave
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      these days, if you say you are English they will lock you up in jail.