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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    310 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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      310 months ago

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

      • @Viking_Hippie
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        10 months ago

        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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          110 months ago

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

          • @Viking_Hippie
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            010 months ago

            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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              110 months ago

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

              • @Viking_Hippie
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                010 months ago

                How about harassment? Inciting violence? Reckless endangerment?

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