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dajoki

(10,678 posts)
Tue Jul 24, 2018, 10:22 AM Jul 2018

Alex Jones Threatens to Shoot 'Pedophile' Robert Mueller

Alex Jones Threatens to Shoot 'Pedophile' Robert Mueller, Accuses Zuckerberg of Facebook 'Shadow Ban'
By Benjamin Fearnow On 7/24/18 at 3:38 AM
https://www.newsweek.com/alex-jones-threatens-shoot-pedophile-robert-mueller-accuses-zuckerberg-1038500

infowars conspiracy theorist Alex Jones ramped up threats against special counsel Robert Mueller on Monday, calling him a "monster" and described shooting the former FBI Director.

Jones' nearly 3-hour July 23 InfoWars broadcast ranged from rants about Hollywood pedophilia to social media "shadow bans" to outlandish allegations Mueller was personally involved in a child sex ring composed of left-leaning political figures.

The InfoWars host went on to illustrate a "real world" threat against the former Marine Corps officer and Vietnam War veteran currently in charge of the Russian interference investigation of the 2016 presidential election.


Jones took on a particularly insidious tone during his Monday show, accusing Mueller of violent child sex acts before dramatizing a hypothetical "wild west" shootout with Mueller, a Republican appointed by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to lead the Russia investigation in May 2017.

While playing spaghetti western music riffing off The Good, the Bad and the Ugly theme song, Jones detailed how the only thing about Mueller that scares him is Jones "not manning up."

"I'm constantly in fear that I'm not being a real man, and I'm not doing what it takes, and I'm not telling the truth. And so, call it whatever you want, I look at that guy, and he's a sack of crap," Jones said.

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oasis

(49,382 posts)
8. Murder/assassination is condoned by a guy who knows that many
Tue Jul 24, 2018, 10:48 AM
Jul 2018

whackos who listen to him will gladly fulfill his wishes.

Arkansas Granny

(31,516 posts)
9. How is it that people can publicly make accusations and threats like this without any repercussions?
Tue Jul 24, 2018, 10:55 AM
Jul 2018

I understand the free speech aspect, but slandering someone and making threats of bodily harm should be an FCC violation at the very least.

pnwest

(3,266 posts)
10. What is it with these people and
Tue Jul 24, 2018, 10:56 AM
Jul 2018

accusing everyone of being a pedophile child sex-trafficker?! What the actual fuck?

Initech

(100,068 posts)
13. I don't know but they have turned that into a weapon.
Tue Jul 24, 2018, 10:59 AM
Jul 2018

Look at what they did to James Gunn - they are fucking obsessed with pedophiles. And that isn't healthy.

Whiskeytide

(4,461 posts)
14. And you'll never hear a public response ...
Tue Jul 24, 2018, 11:33 AM
Jul 2018

... from a pro like Meuller. Can you imagine if a progressive radio host said this about a special counsel investigating a dem prez?

Gothmog

(145,184 posts)
15. Juanita Jean-Just a Personal Heads Up
Tue Jul 24, 2018, 08:15 PM
Jul 2018

This makes me smile http://juanitajean.com/just-a-personal-heads-up/

Some of you guys expressed interest in attending the Alex Jones hearing in Austin. Mr. Jones is contending that he has a First Amendment right to put people’s lives in danger.

Little Bubba put out the following press release:

I am writing with a news tip on an event you may be interested in covering. I am the attorney for a group of Sandy Hook parents who have sued Austin resident Alex Jones and his company InfoWars for defamation in Travis County, Texas. On August 1st, the court will hold its first hearing in the case.

The lawsuit alleges that Mr. Jones repeatedly claimed the Sandy Hook shooting was fake and that the parents were actors. The case has just begun, and Mr. Jones has filed a motion to dismiss the lawsuit, citing his First Amendment rights. In the hearing, the judge will hear arguments on whether the case should proceed.

On the following day, August 2nd, the court will hold a hearing on a similar motion to dismiss filed by Mr. Jones in another defamation lawsuit brought my law firm, in which an innocent young man in Massachusetts was falsely identified by InfoWars as the gunman who killed 17 people at Parkland High School in Florida.

The hearings will be held at the Travis County Courthouse, 1000 Guadalupe Street, Austin, Texas 78701. The specific courtroom will be shown on the information screens in the lobby shortly before the hearing. The hearing is open to public, but be aware that video recording requires prior notice to the court.

August 1st, 2:00 pm
Leonard Pozner and Veronique De La Rosa v. Alex Jones
Cause No. D-1-GN-18-001842

August 2nd, 2:00 pm
Marcel Fontaine v. Alex Jones
Cause No. D-1-GN-18-00160

Celerity

(43,349 posts)
16. Facebook says Alex Jones's Mueller threats don't violate its rules
Tue Jul 24, 2018, 08:22 PM
Jul 2018
http://thehill.com/policy/technology/398647-alex-jones-threatens-mueller-on-facebook-livestream-company-says-it-doesnt

Facebook on Tuesday said that Infowars founder Alex Jones's monologue threatening special counsel Robert Mueller is not a violation of its platform rules.

In his rant, Jones accuses Mueller of covering up sex crimes, challenges the special counsel to an imaginary gunfight and pantomimes shooting the former FBI director.

He challenges Mueller to "make the move first, and then it's going to happen" before pretending to shoot the special counsel.

In the monologue, Jones accused Mueller of molesting children but later walked that back and said Mueller just "controls" the rape of children and did not participate in it.

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