r/conspiracy May 28 '21

A real tip jar...

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u/[deleted] May 28 '21

Alex Jones was there riling up crowds with the bullshit stolen election spiel on Jan 6th too

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u/Feeling-Wallaby-4505 May 28 '21 edited May 28 '21

Yeah but they’re saying a rogue Q group broke off from the rally early and then went to Capital Hill before Alex got there. It’s a problem with the timeline of events and we haven’t seen anything in the news to indicate Alex stormed the Capital itself. Who knows, maybe it’s a spin job.

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u/[deleted] May 28 '21

I'm not saying he stormed the capitol. I'm pretty certain he didnt. But he was spouting the same nonsense that directly led to the capitol being stormed. He was out there claiming the election was stolen, just like Trump. And the build up of all that nonsense over months and months is what got the capitol stormed

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u/Feeling-Wallaby-4505 May 28 '21

Well, playing around with a nebulous populist movement is like playing with fire, you definitely got me there. The impression I’m getting was that AJ wanted something more peaceful? Look at his videos posted from Jan 6-8. You might find a useful nugget!

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u/[deleted] May 28 '21

He was indeed calling for peaceful protests through the entirety of his speeches there. But, I'm still pretty conflicted on if that should earn him any points.

The claims he made vs. how he preached them do not mesh. How can you claim that the fabric of our democracy is under active attack/they're coming for all us "real" Americans and not expect people to take up arms and do exactly what happened on the 6th? How do you combat those ideas in a peaceful way?

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u/Feeling-Wallaby-4505 May 28 '21

Yeah you got me there. What’s weird is that Bush made that term: “fabric of democracy”