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.’s Steam, the world’s 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 theorist’s regularly violent, hateful rhetoric despite the platform’s policies against hate speech.

  • @[email protected]
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    411 months ago

    That’s how boycotts have always worked. Boycotts have only been successful when people already didn’t like the thing they were boycotting.

    • NoIWontPickaName
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      711 months ago

      I looovvveee tollhouse cookies, crunch bars, KitKats and stouffer’s French bread pizzas but I still don’t buy them, even though they are like the only people to make a wide range of frozen dinners, and I am not even a little bit salty about it, definitely, not at all…

      So yeah, some people do stick to their morals over creature comforts.

      Even when it really sucks.

      I did just remember Schwann’s is a thing though, so maybe nestle is good for something at least.

      • @[email protected]
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        511 months ago

        And you’re just one person. Clearly, your boycott is ineffective against Nestlé. Nestlé seems to be doing fine.

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      -111 months ago

      ROFL…. So boycotts are only for people who lack the balls to stand up against the things they like?