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David Hogg on attacks from the InfoWars crowd: "The power lies in these advertisers (Original Post)
pbmus
Mar 2018
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Tatiana
(14,167 posts)1. This young man is BRILLIANT.
And media-savvy. His teachers did a great job, as well as his parents!
Interviewer: "What was that like [being attacked by the InfoWars crowd]?"
Hogg: "It was wonderful. It was great..."
HipChick
(25,485 posts)2. He's amazing...
Initech
(99,915 posts)3. Except for one problem: Infowars has no advertisers.
They rely mostly on the shit that Alex Jones hawks through the Infowars Store. Now if there were a way to get the products sold pulled from that, then we might have something. Or also getting Alex kicked off iTunes and Youtube would be a start as well.
YessirAtsaFact
(2,064 posts)4. Free speech versus fear mongering propaganda
Hate radio has reached a level where its a lot like yelling Fire! In a crowded theater.
I think the FCC could rein this nonsense in if there was an administration in place that would support them.