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It’s dawned on
some of us that Alex Jones is playing a role in his 24/7 conspiracy
work. For some people it’s always been obvious, but I can’t say
that for myself. I discovered one of his 9/11 documentaries around
2003. It was alarming. It was a time on the internet where major
long-standing notions and institutions were having their veil lifted,
or were at least being questioned.
I fell for it. It
was a compelling narrative. Hell, a hefty section of the population
fell for it. But, I fell off the wagon a year or two after
entertaining anything produced by Alex Jones when I found a blatant
shaping of narrative on his part in one of his inside job
“documentaries”. He had edited a news clip in a way that made
it say the total opposite of what was originally stated. The crucial
seconds that were left out would have weakend his case. “Perhaps he
overlooked it?” I considered. But, after having worked on a film
myself I learned that there’s NOTHING that is overlooked in the
final product of a film. Every edit is intentional.
So, I stopped
believing Jones well before he claimed that the mass shooting at the
Sandy Hook school was staged. The shooting was an incomprehensible
tragedy, and although it was disheartening that so many believed that
that shooting was staged by the government, yet their ignorance
wasn’t the most notable thing to me. It was merely a symptom of a
cultural doubt. It was tree that grew from sour soil.
That audacious
belief could exist only because the government (all governments,
probably) has behaved nefariously, atrociously, and has even acted
against its own people.
Even if only
subconsciously we’re aware that governments are capable of things
along those lines.
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