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gut
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Jan 9, 2013 6:54pm
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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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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gut
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Jan 9, 2013 6:54pm
Part II. Really comedic gold
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gut
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Jan 9, 2013 6:56pm
HitsRus
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Jan 9, 2013 8:07pm
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.Hmmm, I may not favor super strict gun controls but something makes me think this guy shouldn't have one.
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gut
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Jan 9, 2013 10:37pm
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.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.
believer
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Jan 9, 2013 10:58pm
I watched it and thought the same thing.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.
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.
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BoatShoes
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Jan 10, 2013 12:27am
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.
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stlouiedipalma
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Jan 10, 2013 1:15am
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.
believer
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Jan 10, 2013 5:24am
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?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.
LJ
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Jan 10, 2013 7:14am
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.
fish82
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Jan 10, 2013 8:15am
lulzBoatShoes;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.
ernest_t_bass
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Jan 10, 2013 8:19am
I was embarrassed after watching those clips. I agree with Alex Morgan, but he seemed like a complete ass.
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BoatShoes
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Jan 10, 2013 9:20am
On Gun RightsLJ;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.
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).
LJ
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Jan 10, 2013 9:30am
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.
Raw Dawgin' it
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Jan 10, 2013 9:54am
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.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.
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BoatShoes
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Jan 10, 2013 11:03am
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.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.
LJ
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Jan 10, 2013 11:06am
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
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gut
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Jan 10, 2013 11:11am
Kind of like Michael MooreBoatShoes;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.
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BoatShoes
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Jan 10, 2013 11:25am
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.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
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BoatShoes
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Jan 10, 2013 11:26am
I'm pretty convinced Michael Moore is a genuine hardcore lib and not actinggut;1362759 wrote:Kind of like Michael Moore
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gut
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Jan 10, 2013 11:35am
You may be right. But he's into some doozy conspiracies of his own (perhaps even some of the same ones as Alex Jones).BoatShoes;1362780 wrote:I'm pretty convinced Michael Moore is a genuine hardcore lib and not acting
They both are parting a lot of idiots from their money. Perhaps that's actually a good thing.
Heretic
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Jan 10, 2013 4:11pm
lol, isn't Alex Morgan the one hottie on the US Women's soccer team?ernest_t_bass;1362485 wrote:I was embarrassed after watching those clips. I agree with Alex Morgan, but he seemed like a complete ass.
Commander of Awesome
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Jan 10, 2013 4:58pm
Glad I wasn't the only one....Heretic;1363138 wrote:lol, isn't Alex Morgan the one hottie on the US Women's soccer team?
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queencitybuckeye
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Jan 11, 2013 6:25am
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.
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Manhattan Buckeye
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Jan 11, 2013 7:08am
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.BoatShoes;1362780 wrote:I'm pretty convinced Michael Moore is a genuine hardcore lib and not acting