• Flying Squid
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      What could any part of Alex Jones possibly be worth? Even if you rendered him down, maybe a couple of bucks for the fat?

      • Match!!
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        Alex Jones is a professional grifter and he’d probably be able to take his audience with him. Just buy InfoWars whole and use it to spread facts and science instead

      • TheLowestStone
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        Tyler sold his soap to department stores at $20 a bar. Lord knows what they charged. It was beautiful. We were selling rich women their own fat asses back to them.

  • @[email protected]
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    wow that only took like 4 years to do.

    it’s going to be another 10 years before they see a dime though.

    oh the wheels of justice are moving. watch as they roll over the victims and blame the driver, father time.

    • @[email protected]
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      Fuck off.

      You have no idea what these families have been through to even make an attempt to decide whether they deserve it.

    • @[email protected]
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      it’s a shame that he spoiled a pretty good name. this is why i hoped ISIL would catch on instead of ISIS.

  • @[email protected]
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    Some jackass like Musk is gonna buy it at auction for the minimum they can get away with, and turn it into XInfoWars or something, and rehire Alex Jones because “truth is free” or some shit.

    There is 0 value in this as a media company, but it’s always been a conspiracy theorist grift. It being resold that’s really all it could be. Sadly, many in MAGA hats would love to keep the grift going.

    • Flying Squid
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      His sycophantic crypto bro asshole friends will try to bail him out. They’ve already been sending money his way.

    • @[email protected]OP
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      I think whoever buys infowars(dot)com should donate it to Dan and Jordan of the Knowledge Fight Podcast. That would be the perfect way to end things.

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          It would be a lot more work, but keeping the same design and covertly moving to factual content, and rewriting/debunking the existing garbage would be an interesting experiment.

          It might be useful to convert some of the conspiracy nuts that follow it already.

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            Adding URLs for context in a discussion is always good. The average reader is extremely lazy.

            Edit: the deleted reply said “I don’t care that you’re lazy.”

            So, username checks out, and way to prove that you’re definitely an effective communicator lmao.

          • @[email protected]
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            Sorry, I read it as they should be given the domain to do with as they please. I was suggesting what they should do with the domain.

        • modifier
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          The digital equivalent of sipping mead from the skulls of your vanquished foes.

      • @[email protected]
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        I think Dan and Jordan should get all the emails addresses from Infowars’ mailing list and send out stackies full of carefully laid out dissections of Alex Jones’s show. Might actually get through to a few people.

    • @[email protected]
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      Right wing grifters would. Insane alt right freaks have a positive association with the website. As long as the new owners don’t run their mouth about murdered children, they’ll be free to spread as much trash to the feeble minded as they please.

    • Admiral Patrick
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      I’m all but assuming the domain name will be pointing to a Russian IP address soon after it’s sold at auction.

      • NegativeNull
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        I mentioned it in another post, but I think TheOnion should buy the domain.

    • @[email protected]
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      I’d love to see George Soros pursue it and dedicate the site as a memorial to the Sandy Hook kids as well as show the dangers of extremism.

      • Admiral Patrick
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        Jones should get a court-ordered ankle bracelet, and every time someone loads that website, it sends out a shock. Each shock should act as a reminder to all the misery he’s inflicted on so many people.

    • @[email protected]
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      I Do! I’d spend hundreds for it.

      Could do all sorts of things with it!
      Accept donations for all the groups Inforwars insulted or hurt in any way.
      For yucks, put up a poll for how terrible a person Alex Jones is.
      Add a form for recommendations on other fun things to with the site.

    • Chainweasel
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      I’m sure that that’s plenty of physical equipment and maybe a few buildings owned by Infowars that someone will be interested in.

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      If I had fewer scruples, I could probably run a pretty good scam for a while.

      How much do you think it’ll be to buy an Infowar?

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    If Elon Musk was a good person, he would buy the site and turn it into a memorial page for the victims at Sandy Hook.

    But he is not a good person.

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    The actual auction site: https://360assetadvisors.com/events/fssmh/

    Looks like they’re only breaking it down into three parts: Infowars the media company, Infowars the supplement store, and a pile of domain names. Production equipment might get sold as part of a separate auction.

    I’m not loving the NDA though - open auctions should get more value.

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      That production equipment goes along with infowars the media company, I would assume. Unless it’s all, like, leased from someplace.

      Edit:

      INFOWARS (as a Package)
      • Production Rights & Materials
      • Domain Names
      • Social Media Accounts
      • Podcast Sites
      • Newsletter Subscribers
      • Production Equipment (Optional)**

      **Note that the option to bid on physical assets (i.e. production equipment) as part of this offering will only be as a bulk offering in combination with an Inforwars Intellectual Property bid. If the physical assets are not sold under this offering, they will be offered through a piecemeal auction currently scheduled for December 10.

      apparently the equipment does belong to infowars, it’s just the purchase at auction is only an optional part of the package. Otherwise, they’ll be sold off later.

      • @RamblingPanda
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        Oh god, this is the one I want to control. I’d send so much bullshit on a daily basis and ignore every unsubscribe mail unless they include a picture of themselves wearing a rainbow tutu and nothing else while peeing on a statue of Donald Trump.

    • @[email protected]
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      IIRC homes are protected in bankruptcy, because someone decided it would be unfair to inflict homelessness on someone for committing the crime of being broke (irony very intended).

  • Ghostalmedia
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    Now’s the time to get a good deal on boxes of herbal dick pills.

  • @[email protected]
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    So I am ignorant of how he couldn’t just envoke his first amendment rights on this case. I believe he is an asshole but I don’t understand how he can be sued for talking in America. Downvoted for asking a question? I thought I was on Reddit for a second.

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      The case was about the slander and libel, and inciting harassment. People were calling the families and telling them that were going to piss on their graves, dig up the bodies, etc. Alex Jones basically called the dad of one of the victims retarded on air.

      Alex Jones featured several guests who were involved in actively harassing the family, eg Wolfgang Howiztzer.

      Beyond that, he could have tried to use a first amendment defense, if he had complied with discovery. He lost the case on default, because he was withholding information and not complying with discovery. There were many, many issues where InfoWars representatives were not providing the information that they were legally required to provide. They were given many, many opportunities to correct this, and refused to do so.

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          I think the downvotes were assuming you “sealioning.” Alex Jones did a lot of bad faith yelling during the trial to try to falsely present it as a freedom of speech issue, so it does come across as you promoting his talking point. He really is an “info warrior” - his weapon is spewing so much shit that some of his talking points will stick.

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            No, I just believe in our rights. I can’t stand the dude and even said so in my first comment. I honestly have only heard a couple things the guys has said and that was more than enough. Thanks again for answering and explaining.

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      You’re protected from government persecution for the things you say by the first amendment. It doesn’t protect you from being sued for harassment or slander by other citizens.