LMAO Pierce Morgan "vs" Alex Jones

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Jan 9, 2013 6:54 PM
Wow. This is how you paint conservatives with a broad brush when the liberal media brings only the nutjobs on.

If you didn't know better, you'd almost think Alex Jones was a paid actor to play the crazy. Hmmm, I may not favor super strict gun controls but something makes me think this guy shouldn't have one.

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Jan 9, 2013 6:54pm
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Jan 9, 2013 6:54 PM
Part II. Really comedic gold

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Jan 9, 2013 6:54pm
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Jan 9, 2013 6:56 PM
Jan 9, 2013 6:56pm
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Jan 9, 2013 8:07 PM
Hmmm, I may not favor super strict gun controls but something makes me think this guy shouldn't have one.
Nah, not necessarily...I smell a set up. You bring a passionate supporter who believes his righteous is cause under attack, and a professional lures him out and makes him lose his temper. When you lose your temper you look bad even if you win the debate.
Jan 9, 2013 8:07pm
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Jan 9, 2013 10:37 PM
HitsRus;1362158 wrote:Nah, not necessarily...I smell a set up. You bring a passionate supporter who believes his righteous is cause under attack, and a professional lures him out and makes him lose his temper. When you lose your temper you look bad even if you win the debate.
Perhaps they selectively edited it, but Piers says almost nothing while Alex Jones gets more and more worked up by what can really only be described as a monologue.
Jan 9, 2013 10:37pm
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Jan 9, 2013 10:58 PM
HitsRus;1362158 wrote:Nah, not necessarily...I smell a set up. You bring a passionate supporter who believes his righteous is cause under attack, and a professional lures him out and makes him lose his temper. When you lose your temper you look bad even if you win the debate.
I watched it and thought the same thing.

Frankly you can count on the leftist media and it's political agenda to go out of its way to find the fringe to exploit.

CNN is desperate to regain market share. Maybe this bullshit will help. I hope not.
Jan 9, 2013 10:58pm
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Jan 10, 2013 12:27 AM
Stop calling Alex Jones the "fringe". He is a little more ostentatious than some and kind of loses his temper in the clip but his beliefs and stated positions and justifications for them are mainstream in the Republican Party and the conservative movement.
Jan 10, 2013 12:27am
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Jan 10, 2013 1:15 AM
I thought Jones way over the top, but his rant spookily sounded like a lot of my friends who are against any kind of gun control. Can't talk sense to them and they believe every wild conspiracy theory that's out there.
Jan 10, 2013 1:15am
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Jan 10, 2013 5:24 AM
stlouiedipalma;1362432 wrote:I thought Jones way over the top, but his rant spookily sounded like a lot of my friends who are against any kind of gun control. Can't talk sense to them and they believe every wild conspiracy theory that's out there.
I have plenty of liberal friends who are equally passionate about their beliefs and unwilling to listen to reason and common-sense. Let's try not to pretend as if the left doesn't have their own conspiracy theorists shall we?
Jan 10, 2013 5:24am
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Jan 10, 2013 7:14 AM
BoatShoes;1362423 wrote:Stop calling Alex Jones the "fringe". He is a little more ostentatious than some and kind of loses his temper in the clip but his beliefs and stated positions and justifications for them are mainstream in the Republican Party and the conservative movement.

Yeah not at all. He is a hardcore truther, everything is a conspiracy, he's a racist.
He is most definitely a nutjob and NOT mainstream republican at all.
Jan 10, 2013 7:14am
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Jan 10, 2013 8:15 AM
BoatShoes;1362423 wrote:Stop calling Alex Jones the "fringe". He is a little more ostentatious than some and kind of loses his temper in the clip but his beliefs and stated positions and justifications for them are mainstream in the Republican Party and the conservative movement.
lulz
Jan 10, 2013 8:15am
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Jan 10, 2013 8:19 AM
I was embarrassed after watching those clips. I agree with Alex Morgan, but he seemed like a complete ass.
Jan 10, 2013 8:19am
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Jan 10, 2013 9:20 AM
LJ;1362458 wrote:Yeah not at all. He is a hardcore truther, everything is a conspiracy, he's a racist.
He is most definitely a nutjob and NOT mainstream republican at all.
On Gun Rights

I should've been more clear in my post but that is what I was alluding to when I said "stated positions and justifications for them."

Really he made similar arguments to one's you made about crime, etc. in the gun control threads (albeit in a more incoherent fashion).
Jan 10, 2013 9:20am
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Jan 10, 2013 9:30 AM
BoatShoes;1362544 wrote:On Gun Rights

I should've been more clear in my post but that is what I was alluding to when I said "stated positions and justifications for them."

Really he made similar arguments to one's you made about crime, etc. in the gun control threads (albeit in a more incoherent fashion).

He may know some of the facts, but he is a "anyone should be able to buy anything w no background check no matter what" kind of person. Essentially he wants someone with a felony diagnosed as crazy to be able to walk into a gun store and buy a belt fed machine gun. Not many hold that stance.
Jan 10, 2013 9:30am
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Jan 10, 2013 9:54 AM
BoatShoes;1362423 wrote:Stop calling Alex Jones the "fringe". He is a little more ostentatious than some and kind of loses his temper in the clip but his beliefs and stated positions and justifications for them are mainstream in the Republican Party and the conservative movement.
you're an idiot if you don't believe what he does is a bit/act. He thinks Bloomberg is the mafia and that a crack head was going to assassinate him.
Jan 10, 2013 9:54am
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Jan 10, 2013 11:03 AM
Raw Dawgin' it;1362598 wrote:you're an idiot if you don't believe what he does is a bit/act. He thinks Bloomberg is the mafia and that a crack head was going to assassinate him.
It very well could be an act but he's able to have an audience because there are plenty of loons who eat it up and genuinely believe what he says.
Jan 10, 2013 11:03am
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Jan 10, 2013 11:06 AM
BoatShoes;1362736 wrote:It very well could be an act but he's able to have an audience because there are plenty of loons who eat it up and genuinely believe what he says.

That's why the internet has in some ways become a boon on society. Nutjob blogs given credibility, people diagnosing themselves from webmd...etc etc etc
Jan 10, 2013 11:06am
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Jan 10, 2013 11:11 AM
BoatShoes;1362736 wrote:It very well could be an act but he's able to have an audience because there are plenty of loons who eat it up and genuinely believe what he says.
Kind of like Michael Moore
Jan 10, 2013 11:11am
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Jan 10, 2013 11:25 AM
LJ;1362745 wrote:That's why the internet has in some ways become a boon on society. Nutjob blogs given credibility, people diagnosing themselves from webmd...etc etc etc
I don't disagree. In the old days if you were a bit out there...you were kind of all by yourself in your apartment thinking weird things. These days...there's a forum with thousands of people just like you validating your beliefs.
Jan 10, 2013 11:25am
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Jan 10, 2013 11:26 AM
gut;1362759 wrote:Kind of like Michael Moore
I'm pretty convinced Michael Moore is a genuine hardcore lib and not acting :p
Jan 10, 2013 11:26am
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Jan 10, 2013 11:35 AM
BoatShoes;1362780 wrote:I'm pretty convinced Michael Moore is a genuine hardcore lib and not acting :p
You may be right. But he's into some doozy conspiracies of his own (perhaps even some of the same ones as Alex Jones).

They both are parting a lot of idiots from their money. Perhaps that's actually a good thing.
Jan 10, 2013 11:35am
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Jan 10, 2013 4:11 PM
ernest_t_bass;1362485 wrote:I was embarrassed after watching those clips. I agree with Alex Morgan, but he seemed like a complete ass.
lol, isn't Alex Morgan the one hottie on the US Women's soccer team?
Jan 10, 2013 4:11pm
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Jan 10, 2013 4:58 PM
Heretic;1363138 wrote:lol, isn't Alex Morgan the one hottie on the US Women's soccer team?
Glad I wasn't the only one....
Jan 10, 2013 4:58pm
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Jan 11, 2013 6:25 AM
Morgan shows why his guests from the other side of the argument are the fringe wackos. He had a guy on last night (Shapiro) who can logically debate, and old Piers got absolutely destroyed.
Jan 11, 2013 6:25am
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Jan 11, 2013 7:08 AM
BoatShoes;1362780 wrote:I'm pretty convinced Michael Moore is a genuine hardcore lib and not acting :p
For a hardcore lib he certainly doesn't mind accepting the money. The guy is a multi-millionaire, and I've seen where he lives (or did live at the time) on Manhattan's UWS, ridiculously wealthy location. My guess is that units start at US$5M in that building.
Jan 11, 2013 7:08am