cajuncocoa
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I think some here are being purposely obtuse.
Political commentator Jack Hunter, FreedomWorks Director Austin Petersen attack Alex Jones
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Alex would have done better to not get so angry but I didn't hear him say anything that wasn't truthful. Jack Hunter's definition of "truth" is not the same as most people's definition of truth. In a revolution the Jack Hunter's of the world would be collaborating with the enemy while saying they are your friends.
And I think that some here are being purposely divisive.
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I agree that Alex made gun owners look crazy, but I don't care because the interview was awesome!
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If by divisive you mean staying true to the concepts of liberty while divorcing myself from those who wish to compromise it....OK, I'll wear that as a badge of honor.
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what was the interview about, now I'm curious what the guy's name is.
Not what I meant, but proclaim yourself "most pure and true" if you wish.
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I hope you changed your drawers by now. Sheesh.
Alex had Ron on because Ron gave Alex's show some credibility. Period.
It's too bad that you are so new in this movement that you had to hear about Ron from Alex, but some of us managed to hear about Ron many years before. And without Alex Jones. Imagine that.
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Yeah, defending Ron's son on Ron's own website. Yeah, I'm sure that really upset Ron.
Do you guys even read what you write?
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I don't have time to read the comments already posted but here's what happened on the show. Piers obviously knew what he was doing when he booked alex, that's why he prepared to seamlessly bring in "and who do you think was behind 9/11?", Piers completely had this planned and he accomplished his goal of making all 2nd amendment defenders look like conspiracy nuts. As for Alex, I've never been sure if this guy is a fraud completely or just someone who honestly believes in what he's doing but also wants to profit of it. Either way though, he made himself tons of money off this show, I can't remember a ron paul interview where ron makes sure to chime in "campaignforliberty.com", you get the idea. I'm really not trying to hate on Alex but what happened was precisely what Piers wanted to happen and I really don't want Alex Jones to be the speaker for me or libertarianism or the constitution.
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The middle sentence again:
You're now Miss Cleo? Have you gone your entire life making such assumptions? It couldn't be because Alex actually believes in what he says, unlike the hunter/benton BS brigade, right? Just what the "movement" needs right now, people like you to spread the wondrous joys of unity.
Given a choice between the kind of condescending, snide and empty self congratulation shown above, and Alex Jones sometimes ...uhhh... unconventional sincerity (that's right, sincerity, something these hunter/benton buffoons will never begin to understand) I'll take Alex Jones any flipping time thank you very much. I don't expect you to believe me, just watch what happens next election to the slick gladhanders.
Maybe some people are just jealous of Alex- after all, he is independently wealthy and is going to talk to a few million people today on a network that he founded and grew from tumbleweeds while others play forum sniper.
Alex just makes some people feel inadequate. Real leaders are like that, sometimes. Imagine that.
PS I haven't been able to figure out why your posts are so irritating so often, but I do give you credit for consistency.
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That's not what belian78 said, and you know it.
(But that's what you do, you belittle someone by implying they said something quite different from what they actually said).
belian78 didn't say HE heard about Ron from Alex; he said, Alex is "(t)he ONLY person to give Ron ANY chance to spread his message for YEARS"
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+rep
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For what it's worth, here's my 2 cents. In spring of 2007 I was easing myself into this movement. I had never heard of Ron Paul. Up until then, I was 50 years old and a raging liberal. Well known and active in my little community. It was my son and another young man @ work who "forced" me to look at Ron. Anyway, I was @ circuit city one day and mentioned Ron Paul to the young man assisting me. He lit up like a light bulb. We talked and then he asked me if I had heard of AJ. I hadn't. He wrote down Prison Planet and Inforwars.com. That was my introduction to AJ. My point being, AJ was getting Ron's name out back then. I don't think it matters when you first heard of Ron or what the source was. What matters is you did hear.
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The middle sentence again:
You're now Miss Cleo? Have you gone your entire life making such assumptions? It couldn't be because Alex actually believes in what he says, unlike the hunter/benton BS brigade, right? Just what the "movement" needs right now, people like you to spread the wondrous joys of unity.
Given a choice between the kind of condescending, snide and empty self congratulation shown above, and Alex Jones sometimes ...uhhh... unconventional sincerity (that's right, sincerity, something these hunter/benton buffoons will never begin to understand) I'll take Alex Jones any flipping time thank you very much. I don't expect you to believe me, just watch what happens next election to the slick gladhanders.
Maybe some people are just jealous of Alex- after all, he is independently wealthy and is going to talk to a few million people today on a network that he founded and grew from tumbleweeds while others play forum sniper.
Alex just makes some people feel inadequate. Real leaders are like that, sometimes. Imagine that.
PS I haven't been able to figure out why your posts are so irritating so often, but I do give you credit for consistency.
+rep! FWIW, I have known of Ron Paul since 1980, and I'm a Alex Jones supporter who acknowledges his role in giving Paul a big platform for years when no one (outside of Lew Rockwell) would. The two points are not in opposition. The Jones bashers just seem determined create this "Paul yes, Jones no" environment in post after post. There are at least several ways to skin a cat, or to properly promote the movement. Was Jefferson at the Boston Tea Party? NO. Was Paul Revere at the Constitutional Convention? NO. Etc., etc., the different players in this enterprise are each important, and so denigrating main players in the liberty movement is bothdisappointing and counter-productive.
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To be fair, there are just as many people on the other side of the equation that think if you aren't an AJ fan then you are a brainwashed sheep.
I'm of the opinion that we aren't a big enough group to exclude anybody based on who they like or don't like. As long as you are not proposing taking my money, my life or my freedoms then you are alright with me.
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You must be knew here :o
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Uhh... this is absolute nonsense.
Jesse was with Ron before he became popular back in 2007. Jack has been a Buchanan Republican forever, and I was once a member of the LP (for a very short time).
I don't think anyone is looking for "control" but there have to be leaders in any organization; it's just the way humans work.
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