• PiraHxCx@lemmy.ml
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    9 days ago

    I was shocked when I discovered it was him in the car in Waking Life

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      9 days ago

      He was just a normal somewhat amusing crazy person before the right wing audience capture turned him into a monster. Waking Life was made at a very different time in Austin.

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        I would say it was more that Alex Jones helped further enmonsterify the right wing than it was they changed him.

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        I disagree. He’s been honing this for over 3 decades. He started talking shit in the 90s. Only his targets have changed somewhat, but his hatemongering remained the same (if somewhat invalidated now that his guy is in power).

        AFAIR his father is also of questionable convictions? the KnowledgeFight guys bring that up sometimes.

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          Completely agree, It was always a grift to him. Even if he said stuff that resonated with a leftist audience one time doesn’t actually mean it is the true him. The true him is whatever political drivel makes him the most money and that is always the right wing.