Following his trial for defamation of the families of the children and school staff killed in the Sandy Hook massacre, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is using Valve Corp.ās Steam, the worldās largest digital distribution platform for PC games, to sell an Infowars-themed video game. Jones claims to have earned hundreds of thousands in revenue from the video game, yet he has refused to pay the Sandy Hook families. Alex Jones: NWO Wars also mirrors and cartoonishly repackages the conspiracy theoristās regularly violent, hateful rhetoric despite the platformās policies against hate speech.
While I donāt find it particularly endearing that you are trying to dunk on a guy that is admittedly not engaged in the topic, Iāll bite
Personally, I think we should move the conversation there since posting here feels like youāre trying to get more eyeballs on this stuff. I find this stuff dangerous, and itās usually best discussed in a more focused group.
I donāt recall calling the episode tangentially relevant. It contains the best evidence Iāve heard for Pizzagate.
Iāll be honest, I have no idea what that last sentence (āAlthoughā¦ā) is supposed to mean. These things wonāt die easily because there is nothing that will ever stop people like Alex Jones screaming that Democrats drink baby blood. People believe him, and are loud about it. The fact that an idea shows no signs of dying out is not going to get me to believe it. (Iām a Taurus, after all.)
Bad argument? At least engage with it. You ask me to look to Epsteinās Virginia Giuffre. Who as you know, was a victim who came forward. This is the kind of evidence Iām asking for.
Please, and I mean it, please I want to see it, show me any pundit that ābunksā pizzagate talking-points that also said anything about Epstein before Giuffreās public assertions.
There are no victims in pizzagate. What are you doing bringing Epstein into this? He was brought down by victims coming forward. The lack of evidence is no reason to point fingers.
Oh lordy. Was I dismissive of things that sent 4chan and reddit into a frenzy? Iām sorry. That must sting a bit. That is your best evidence so far.
Weāre both just stating our opinions here. But I thought the pushback was perfectly inline. How else do you reach the kind of people who believe things based whatever they hear from pundits claiming to have secret knowledge?
Thatās very vague and spooky. Does it have a meaning?
Wow. Bold of you to bring up another known pedophile. His downfall was the FBI seeing suspicious cash withdrawls. So who was that money going to? Thatās right, a verified victim of molestation by Denny Hastert. You known, one of the (sorry to call them) characters Iād like to see in this pizzagate accusation. You only get to call Hastert a pedophile because a victim came forward.
And qanon stoking fires is another conspiracy point I will simply not engage with. Qanon is too unfounded for me.
I live in America. That investigation went as far as it could before violating the rights of a private business owner. Your parry here truly shows how dangerous this is.
Iām sorry. I was being metaphorical here. When I said āout in the dangerous part of the worldā, I was speaking for the POV of the fictional infowarrior. By the dangerous part of the world, I simply meant reality. Where people do not engage with these fear-mongers who actually proclaim that Democrats drink the blood of babies. Reality is where these baseless ideas and beliefs make one feel isolated. This is last I will engage here as I feel Iām being quoted out of context.
I have no idea what this is supposed to mean. It sounds like you are bragging about making peoples lives miserable based on nothing.
Iām indifferent. Not trying to grab eyeballs, just trying to find different angles on the topic. Anyone who claims it was debunked is interesting because they may have more knowledge than I (i.e. you and you podcasts). Post a thread and Iāll follow.
We are discussing 8 year old emails and Instagram posts. Not planning an insurrection.
The link I clicked quickly through was making fun of some Alex Jones contributors ordering pizza.
Agreed. My point was that continued claims of debunking donāt reduce interest in the subject.
Only as a middle aged woman. Kids in the Instagram photos would now barely be over 10. You canāt use their silence as evidence.
Iām showing that sex trafficked people donāt often come forward. In Epsteinās case it took 20+ years.
Sorry. Not a claim or a point Iām defending.
We have photos of some from Instagram.
No, the. Best evidence is the steemit summary above. That made a LOT of people suspicious.
The conspiracy crowd were not the target audience. You certainly donāt go through Colbert. It was pure Streisand effect.
It was my attempt at explaining the massive national media campaign supporting a pizza shop owner against apparently ridiculous allegations. Protesting too much.
Because he was republican and mentioned in friendly terms by Podesta. Iām dismissing the āright wingā tag that gets attached to pizzagate. Often via Qanon.
I think that is fair. Qanon came later. It should be separate but people often confuse the two.
No. There was no investigation (sorry, no supporting evidence). āPrivate business ownerā has nothing to do with suggestive Instagram posts involving children.
Ah. So you arenāt saying this couldnāt happen. Just that youād ignore anyone who pointed out if it was happening.
Why introduce "drink the blood of babies. "? Irrelevant hyperbole adds nothing.
Sorry, not my goal. Just trying to make reading easier. Misquoting is pointless here.
Iāve had no interaction with either.
You mentioned persecution and they have both been on the receiving end. However, if they had been investigated by law enforcement, or publicly addressed their accusations then there would be no persecution (or at least much less).
I assume you are in the debunked camp. Can I ask what makes you so sure there was nothing suspicious happening?
You said youād listen to the podcast. Iām going to hold you to it. Itās a comedy show. And pizzagate is ridiculous. But you offered to argue their points. ātheyāre mean to my friendsā isnāt going to cut it.
The best evidence for your claim is that link? Please read the FIRST paragraph and letās discuss the reading level of The Emperorās New Clothes.
Iāve read it pretty deeply now. You better start connecting some dots. There is too much secret sourcing.
Iām not even sure what āclaims of debunkingā you even mean. What even are the claims of pizzagate? That the emails are boring, but if you squint, you can pretend itās a conspiracy. Itās the least interesting thing Iāve heard. Whatās to engage with? There are no bodies. No victims. The crimes alleged must have victims. What court is going to convict anybody on these charges with no victims? Have the jury squint at instagram pics? Please give your argument some grounding.
I am not afraid of a lack of victims. The existence of victims would blow this wide open.
Please tell me of a historical case (aka in reality) where a pedo ring was busted with no known victims.
Depends which particular claim you are talking about.
Hillary locking up kids in a basement ā¦ ridiculous. This strawman was invented to be debunked.
A pizza restaurant owner with an unhealthy interest in kids ā¦ not ridiculous.
It means the claimer is 100% sure that a particular theory is false.
Flat Earth - debunked
Political figures discuss illegal topics over email using codewords - could be true
Pizza owner distributes CP from his restaurant website.
The Podestas talk in code over email.
Instagram was used to joke about child abuse.
You are 100% sure there are no victims?
Child services have interviewed the guardianās of the girl taped to a table?
It is impossible that these people were discussing abusing kids?
To debunk a theory, that is what is needed.
OK, this is never claimed. Investigations by law enforcement to find the required level of evidence to present to a court were never conducted. Why not?
Any where images are traded. Victims are unknown but unfortunately exist.
They interviewed a child that was taped to a table, huh?
You have made NO claims whatsoever. You asked what I thought. I said it was nothing. All youāve said is everything that I say is wrong. I have no idea what you think pizzagate is.
So now that you FINALLY made a claim. Letās talk about the girl taped to a table. Does this girl have a name? A picture. Please post the instagram of this poor child taped to a table. I bet the picture will send chills though all the spines of those that see it. POST THE PICTURE! Or I will. You certainly have provided me evidence of a child taped to a table. Can do you have a picture where she isnāt smiling?
Was she interviewed by the FBI? Is that your big, scary evidence? The thing that should open my eyes. Please provide evidence of this child that was taped to table. Thatās a pretty BIG claim. Do you have a picture? I mean, I have one that you showed me. It had a warning above it how disturbing the picture is. Would you post so everyone can see how scary it is?
All youāve said about pizzagate, is that I donāt know what pizzagate is. Is it that a child was taped to a table?
No. Not that Iām aware of. Do you have more information?
Are you certain it is nothing or is it probably nothing. If the former then I would like to know why.
Yes. The question of interest is, do child services know her name?
Itās in the steemit summary linked above.
So itās not abuse if they enjoy it? Heard of normalisation?
I donāt think Iāve said anything of the sort. You seem quite knowledgeable. However, if you are certain it has been debunked then you must be an expert.
Since knock_knock is too demure to show graphic content here, I will share the photo. These are the words above the photo in the document
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THIS is the āmost widely referencedā picture of all the pizzagate allegations. THIS is why itās like pulling teeth to get a pizzagater to make ONE real claim. The emperor has no clothes. They are so proud of a mountain of nothing.
There is no one who is credibility alleged to have explicit material of this child. It is at this point where I am expected to appear to ask for this material. This could be a crime. Be careful. Look how fast this reply was locked-and-loaded.
If you think that question is void now due to that retort, you are mistaken. Anyone reading along can see the photo now. You really should have tried to get ahead of that. I bet no one was picturing masking tape with the picture you created in words.
I have showed the only evidence provided that this child exists. Are there alleged to be other materials of this child that are objectionable? Is this a victim?
āYou canāt use their silence as evidence.ā What? They sound exactly like nonexistent victims. There must be a difference between real victims and nonexistent victims. Silence is clearly not a good measurement. Are there any other methods to look for them?
I know this isnāt a claim. Itās a point worth discussing. There are people in our society whose job is gain the trust of people by showing integrity. They are called journalists. A journalist knows that if a reader catches the whiff of dishonesty, they lose that reader permanently.
So a journalist with a long, track-able career is who is best equipped to make such sensitive accusations. This is usually how rings would get busted. So who is putting their career on the line for this? Is Mike Cernovich the point-person on these matters? These accusations are dangerous. Your dismal of that is sickening, but Iāll come back to that later.
This is the worst framing of epistemology Iāve seen. You are quite literally turning every argument in a āconfidence gameā. Surely you see that the world canāt function like that.
But I will give you this, you finally connected the dots in a way that I see how pizzagate is real.
Weāve had too many exchanges before I finally can see what pizzagate actually is.
Pizzagate: The believe that real world damage can be caused simply by never admitting any harmless explanations regardless of plausibility.
The fucked up thing here, is that with this formulation, Pizzagate is true.
1.) The only thing that little girlās guardians did was upload a photo of the aftermath of childās play.
2.) Now, 4chan enters the scene. 4chan and reddit simply make up ANYTHING they want to accuse these people of. Consequence free. There is no journalist in the loop. There are no stakes. You get federal authorities to harass strangers. And you are proud of it.
3.) THEN this visit is now āevidenceā. You keep pointing to police action, like itās suspicious, but 4chan did that shit. I donāt know who you are fooling, but it isnāt me.
These three dots are what you connected. You have convinced me itās real. Itās scary. Itās sick that people would do this.
You can claim itās about protecting kids, but there have been no rescues or even calls for help.
Hereās from Wikipedia
Welch was there to liberate victims. Who did he avenge? Who is lucky that Welch was there to listen to the cries of help that 4chan told him exist?
Three bullets are what Iām calling dangerous, sicko. You know what is happening. You know the bullets were real.
You seem very proud that the feds were sent to investigate this. That seems to be a claim of victory. Itās disturbing. There was no foundation. You just hate these people. Itās unpleasant to say the least. Youāre proud you can imagine such horrible things happening. You donāt even need proof. And you just want the world to hate these people like you do, and based on as flimsy shit as you accept as proof.
Iām done here. Pizzagate sucks. You can come bother me at /c/knowledgefight.
I gave you 3 claims, and you picked your own 4th.
Ah, now I see why you were so weirdly desperate for me to post that particular photo. You had a narrative needing to be fulfilled. Sorry to disappoint.
Yes, and they havenāt been acted upon either.
Potentially, yes. How are you imagining this kid ācoming forwardā to the authorities?
Yep. By photos posted online by their abusers. By having child services interview their guardians.
And should have been handled by the police. They werenāt.
No-one claimed this either. Debunkers love to invent strawmen to attack.
Your favourite picture is far from the only suspicious Instagram post/comment
Literally their job. And they point is they werenāt doing it.
You are the one defending the guy with a āmembers onlyā file share on his website who makes child abuse jokes on Instagram.
This applies equally to debunkers who think āno basementā is proof that pizzagate is false.
Iām not convinced any part of pizzagate is real, but you (and other debunkers) are convinced it is 100% fake. Thatās what is interesting.
Pizzagate debunkers are just as fervently irrational as the unquestioning gun toting believers.
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Would you like me to read one of those 3 claims?
So letās see weāre YOU are finding this instagram stuff. Hmmā¦
Ok, we know where your BEST evidence is. Letās figure out this instagram claim.
Here are the times YOU brought up Instagram:
You talk a lot about instagram for someone who finds the FIRST instagram picture from your GOLDEN source embarrassing. Here, Iāll add context. Iāll expand the crop. And let see what this fear-mongering document saysā¦
Itās the āmost widely referenced oneā. YOU are the one pointing to internet āfrenziesā as evidence. An internet frenzy was whipped up about this ONE picture in particular. There are no other pictures related to this child. YOU are claiming the other photos are connected.
Adding more context makes the evidence look WORSE.
Also notice that the simple explanation isnāt good enough: āplease let me know if there are moreā. They want another explanation because then āsee, theyāre changing their storyā. For some reason they want the reader to be suspicious of only ONE explanation. Reality works in a strange way for people who think like this.
Then every pizzagater ever says, āthatās why you picked THAT photo. Of course the one my opponent chooses one that makes me look silly. They wonāt show you the other stuff I sent them. Please read the first paragraph at least, where it says if you donāt see EVERYTHING, youāll be too ignorant to know the truth.ā
They are always saying ālook at everything. but donāt look at anything.ā
The only claim I made is that I have seen no proof of illegal activity. There are plenty of times in my life where I have seen proof of illegal activity. Itās a pretty common thing to see on the news. I donāt see why I should worry about people who have weird tastes in art. I see a lot of mixing pizza, weird art, and sex in that doc, but not kids. Iām worried about one who see that photo as normalization of child abuse. (Here is where that claim of āIām not claiming THAT photo is what iām talking about. donāt you see how vague iām being. look at everythingā This is 30-Rockās āHomonym Gameā https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZLkcFns8Ks )
Seeing a girl smiling with masking tape on her arms does NOT look like normalization [i use US spelling]
You are either being very disingenuous here, or you find that image stirring. I do not want to accuse you of anything, but the reason I want a journalist in the loop is because every pizzagater with any sizable voice is WITHOUT FAIL either (a) trying to convince people (including themselves) that SA material of minors is more common than it is or (b) very homophobic.
The document you provided is teeming with homophobia.
I am implementing a new rule. I will not engage with pizzagate arguments with people unless they pledge: āThere is a gay person in my life that I love, and they live a meaningful, fulfilling life.ā Thatās probably not hard. Honestly, I donāt care if you know them personally.
If you canāt do that, Iād rather deal with a more serious mind virus.