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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAlex Jones Compares Himself To A Gorilla
Alex Jones, the architect behind the conspiracy theory outlet Infowars, defended actress Roseanne Barr from accusations of racism after she compared former Obama White House advisor Valarie Jarett to an ape by insisting that Barrs tweet was not racist because Jones himself says he looks like a gorilla.
Today on Infowars, Jones began the show by contributing to the right-wing media meltdown after ABC announced that it would cancel Barrs recently rebooted show in response to a tweet in which Barr said that Jarrett looked like the result of what would happen if muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby.
Jones brushed aside the centuries-old racism contained in Barrs comparison between a person of color and a primate, insisting that there was nothing racist about Barrs tweet. Jones alleged that because he believes he looks like a gorilla that the comparison was rendered meaningless.
If you compare some black lady to looking simian, well theres a reason because we are primates. Thats why there are so many comparisons to humans and monkeys and to apes, because some people look more like it than others, Jones said. There are some white people that look more like apes than other white people, there are some black people that look more ape-like than other black people. I look ape-like.
He added, With my shirt off, in my birthday suit, I look like a gorilla. I mean, I dont have to work out. Ive got a big chest, big arms, big legs, Im bow-legged, my feet are flat. My dad is somewhat simian-looking too. Its just the way it is, and Im proud of it.
Jones went on to call claims that Barrs tweet was racist absolutely just ridiculous.
I would say that I look more simian than most black people, but this mental illness of political correctness, to say that we dont all at one way or another look simian, is just a complete joke, Jones said.
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/alex-jones-defends-roseanne-barrs-racist-tweet-by-comparing-himself-to-a-gorilla/
Today on Infowars, Jones began the show by contributing to the right-wing media meltdown after ABC announced that it would cancel Barrs recently rebooted show in response to a tweet in which Barr said that Jarrett looked like the result of what would happen if muslim brotherhood & planet of the apes had a baby.
Jones brushed aside the centuries-old racism contained in Barrs comparison between a person of color and a primate, insisting that there was nothing racist about Barrs tweet. Jones alleged that because he believes he looks like a gorilla that the comparison was rendered meaningless.
If you compare some black lady to looking simian, well theres a reason because we are primates. Thats why there are so many comparisons to humans and monkeys and to apes, because some people look more like it than others, Jones said. There are some white people that look more like apes than other white people, there are some black people that look more ape-like than other black people. I look ape-like.
He added, With my shirt off, in my birthday suit, I look like a gorilla. I mean, I dont have to work out. Ive got a big chest, big arms, big legs, Im bow-legged, my feet are flat. My dad is somewhat simian-looking too. Its just the way it is, and Im proud of it.
Jones went on to call claims that Barrs tweet was racist absolutely just ridiculous.
I would say that I look more simian than most black people, but this mental illness of political correctness, to say that we dont all at one way or another look simian, is just a complete joke, Jones said.
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/alex-jones-defends-roseanne-barrs-racist-tweet-by-comparing-himself-to-a-gorilla/
Now *THIS* I know we were all thinking!
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Alex Jones Compares Himself To A Gorilla (Original Post)
Initech
May 2018
OP
Well, he is pretty ugly and apish looking IMO. All that ugliness he has inside ... n/t
RKP5637
May 2018
#1
Definitely agree!!! It's an insult to Gorillas. Jones, is an unidentified grotesque species. n/t
RKP5637
Jun 2018
#9
Watch some of his videos on RWW Blog - he definitely has some ape like tendencies!
Initech
May 2018
#3
More white privilege...being able to deny the centuries long insults of whites using an animal
Fred Sanders
May 2018
#7
RKP5637
(67,108 posts)1. Well, he is pretty ugly and apish looking IMO. All that ugliness he has inside ... n/t
Aristus
(66,329 posts)4. Gorillas are beautiful.
And intelligent. And peace-loving.
RKP5637
(67,108 posts)9. Definitely agree!!! It's an insult to Gorillas. Jones, is an unidentified grotesque species. n/t
Nonhlanhla
(2,074 posts)2. What an insult to gorillas. nt
Initech
(100,068 posts)3. Watch some of his videos on RWW Blog - he definitely has some ape like tendencies!
Nonhlanhla
(2,074 posts)5. Apes are smarter...
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)7. More white privilege...being able to deny the centuries long insults of whites using an animal
comparison....Jones is privilege, stupidity, hate, lies and self-delusion wrapped into one vile freedom of hate speech package.
He is not alone.
underpants
(182,797 posts)8. Running joke last weekend on a golf outing
Myself and 3 buddies I've basically known since little league football did our annual 3 day golf weekend. Two of the courses had tunnels underneath roads.
Almost every time there was a comment like:
Look out for Chinese troops in here
(After going through one) Hey! There's no Walmart at the end!
Where's the train with the shackles?!?
I had no idea they remembered all the Jade Helm 15 stuff.
Mc Mike
(9,114 posts)10. Far more swine like.
Something out of Brando's Isle of Doc Moreau.
ProfessorGAC
(65,013 posts)11. With The Brain Like A Spider Monkey
Gorilla sized body with a puny brain.