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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Fri Aug 18, 2017, 03:28 PM Aug 2017

WATCH: Seattle local dumps hot coffee on ranting Alex Jones

BOB BRIGHAM
18 AUG 2017 AT 14:48 ET



Prominent right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones had a cup of coffee dumped on him Friday while filming a rant on the streets of downtown Seattle.

While clamoring about “globalist economic warfare” a passerby gave Jones the middle finger and hilarity ensured when Jones chased the man across the street.

“You aren’t an intellectual, you’re a dumb*ass,” Jones shouted at the man.

“F*ck off,” the man told Jones. “No, you f*ck off,” Jones replied. “I am f*cking off, the man said with a grin as he walked away.




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http://www.rawstory.com/2017/08/watch-seattle-local-dumps-hot-coffee-on-ranting-alex-jones/
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WATCH: Seattle local dumps hot coffee on ranting Alex Jones (Original Post) DonViejo Aug 2017 OP
I laughed my ass off. rusty quoin Aug 2017 #1
It's staged. An Alex Jones False Flag. TheBlackAdder Aug 2017 #24
HAH!!! THANK YOU!!! Montauk6 Aug 2017 #32
It's not actually. He is a local in the music/performance scene though. nolabear Aug 2017 #33
I know but watching him run is hilarious. rusty quoin Aug 2017 #34
He looked like a tick. Judi Lynn Aug 2017 #41
ugh why was jones in seattle? samnsara Aug 2017 #2
To rant and badger and harass passersby. nt tblue37 Aug 2017 #4
Why was Jones in Seattle maxrandb Aug 2017 #5
NEW WORLD ORDER KWR65 Aug 2017 #6
Perhaps he's banned at Fire Island. TheBlackAdder Aug 2017 #28
Couldn't have been very hot. AJ didn't even flinch. nt tblue37 Aug 2017 #3
yes. not hot enough. pansypoo53219 Aug 2017 #37
I didn't see or read anything about doc03 Aug 2017 #7
THAT is Alex Jones?????? pangaia Aug 2017 #8
Watch John Oliver's video. Jones hypes a crisis and just happens to sell overpriced products to fix. TheBlackAdder Aug 2017 #23
Nope. No will do.. pangaia Aug 2017 #31
NO Me. Aug 2017 #9
Agreed superpatriotman Aug 2017 #11
Actually Don't Mind Them On Confederate Memorials Me. Aug 2017 #22
This dumb ass is a heart attack candidate. jalan48 Aug 2017 #10
That would be too quick and too merciful for him dalton99a Aug 2017 #13
Maybe he can slowly suffocate on his own hot air. jalan48 Aug 2017 #14
I am a Progressive Democrat who also happens to be a pacifist LovesPNW Aug 2017 #12
Why do you presume this is assault? apnu Aug 2017 #20
I don't need to know a thing about Alex Jones LovesPNW Aug 2017 #38
I wouldn't be surprised if some of that was staged True Dough Aug 2017 #15
Yep. I mean, who even recognizes Alex Jones? LisaM Aug 2017 #18
My first thought was Jones staged the event to promote his show and procon Aug 2017 #16
Jones has pulled plenty of stunts before, who's to say the coffee guy isn't a Jones plant? apnu Aug 2017 #17
Excellent point. nt DesertRat Aug 2017 #25
Thanks, but there's more apnu Aug 2017 #30
I kinda hope it was at McDonald's coffee temperature Hekate Aug 2017 #19
Quick, rush to InfoWars.com and buy my VisciousLeftist Coffee Poncho for only $49.99. TheBlackAdder Aug 2017 #21
Alex get it through your head Downtown Hound Aug 2017 #26
FALSE FLAG DEEP STATE CRISIS ACTORS!! Codeine Aug 2017 #27
LOL.... DK504 Aug 2017 #29
He's just trying to spread the truth about how those families of murdered 6 yr olds are CIA plants Warren DeMontague Aug 2017 #35
LOLOLOL Shittiest Fake Ever! Oneironaut Aug 2017 #36
I think I've found the guy. Locals who know him say it's not fake. nolabear Aug 2017 #39
I gotta get to work, where they have more coffee, LMFAO. sarcasmo Aug 2017 #40

TheBlackAdder

(28,183 posts)
23. Watch John Oliver's video. Jones hypes a crisis and just happens to sell overpriced products to fix.
Fri Aug 18, 2017, 04:04 PM
Aug 2017

Me.

(35,454 posts)
9. NO
Fri Aug 18, 2017, 03:41 PM
Aug 2017

WE don't want to give 45 ammo and, let's not behave the way the other side does, we're better than that.

 

LovesPNW

(65 posts)
12. I am a Progressive Democrat who also happens to be a pacifist
Fri Aug 18, 2017, 03:44 PM
Aug 2017

This is assault.

I'm going to stick with Ghandi and Martin Luther King Jr - Non-violence all the way.

If attacked, I will respond. If attack is imminent, I will respond. If not attacked? - I will not commit assault ...

Nor would I applaud it, but, that being said: it could not have happened to a more deserving person ...

apnu

(8,754 posts)
20. Why do you presume this is assault?
Fri Aug 18, 2017, 03:59 PM
Aug 2017

Alex Jones is known for lying and instigating. Why do you believe Alex Jones cries of victimization?

Its just as plausible that he staged this.

 

LovesPNW

(65 posts)
38. I don't need to know a thing about Alex Jones
Fri Aug 18, 2017, 08:33 PM
Aug 2017

The only information I need is: Was the person who tossed hot coffee onto another person being threatened and felt the only way to preserve their own safety was to attack them with a cup of hot coffee?

Or, did they just toss the hot coffee without any overt threat to their own safety?

If the former is true, then it's possibly justifiable self defense.

If the latter is true, then, clearly, unjustified.

I despise Alex Jones and his nonsense, but that doesn't mean we cast aside our own sense of justice and fairness. We don't lose our morals just because someone else doesn't have any.

Frankly, I want no part of any group who feels it's ok to throw hot boiling liquids on people they don't like.

If that's acceptable here, then count me out.



True Dough

(17,301 posts)
15. I wouldn't be surprised if some of that was staged
Fri Aug 18, 2017, 03:49 PM
Aug 2017

I realize there are people out there who loathe Alex Jones, but the guy pouring coffee on him will go viral. We don't know how hot that coffee was. I think that guy was a plant.

If Jones runs after a guy who gives him the finger, why would he just stand there and not react physically to another fellow who assaults him with "hot" coffee?

procon

(15,805 posts)
16. My first thought was Jones staged the event to promote his show and
Fri Aug 18, 2017, 03:49 PM
Aug 2017

boost his viewership ahead of the wave of far-right rallies slated for Seattle and other major cities across the country this weekend.

apnu

(8,754 posts)
17. Jones has pulled plenty of stunts before, who's to say the coffee guy isn't a Jones plant?
Fri Aug 18, 2017, 03:50 PM
Aug 2017

Jones is a known liar, having a plant to throw coffee on him isn't beyond this clown. Plus the coffee wasn't hot or scalding at all, look at his reaction, that liquid is lukewarm at best. He continues on with his tirade like nothing happened. I'm

apnu

(8,754 posts)
30. Thanks, but there's more
Fri Aug 18, 2017, 04:20 PM
Aug 2017

Watch the whole from 2:15 forward. Jones is wandering around the same corner ranting, but keeps looking up and away making eye contact with different people beyond the camera's view. He chases some guy across the street, maybe that's legit, maybe not. Much profanity is exchanged. Jones decries how horrible we all are for the profanity, then calls us all cocks, then the coffee guy calls out in the background and then things get really interesting.

Coffee guy starts to run off, Jones calls him back, and the guy obliges, runs up to Jones (not sure if he was trying to pantomime something or not) gets in Jones face, looks nervious as hell, has several laughter outbursts, exchanges words, then throws this coffee, which isn't even hot at all and Jones doesn't miss a beat. He keeps going on like nothing happened, like he expected it.

Tossing something in anybody's face gets a reaction unless you're expecting it.

TheBlackAdder

(28,183 posts)
21. Quick, rush to InfoWars.com and buy my VisciousLeftist Coffee Poncho for only $49.99.
Fri Aug 18, 2017, 04:02 PM
Aug 2017

.

Don't buy any other poncho for $7.99, because they will kill you. Only buy a true $49.00 InfoWars branded poncho.

.

Downtown Hound

(12,618 posts)
26. Alex get it through your head
Fri Aug 18, 2017, 04:09 PM
Aug 2017

We are not going to be tolerant towards you or those of your kind anymore. We've seen what happens when we are.

DK504

(3,847 posts)
29. LOL....
Fri Aug 18, 2017, 04:16 PM
Aug 2017

They hate the West so much" .... yeah Alex they hate the West so much they drink Starbucks everyday. That's a well know jihadi hot spot. What an ass.

I wish someone had stopped long enough so he could go off on one of his rants and pass out on the streets.

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
35. He's just trying to spread the truth about how those families of murdered 6 yr olds are CIA plants
Fri Aug 18, 2017, 06:05 PM
Aug 2017

LEAVE ALEX JONES ALONE!



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nolabear

(41,959 posts)
39. I think I've found the guy. Locals who know him say it's not fake.
Fri Aug 18, 2017, 08:44 PM
Aug 2017

I don't swear to anything these days but I believe it's him. Not set up but they're not surprised he'd get in Jones' face.

http://www.cityartsonline.com/issues/seattle/2012/01/ringmaster

On edit, more confirmation.

https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2017/08/18/watch-bloodhag-vocalist-throws-coffee-alex-jones-seattle/

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