Satire publication The Onion buys Alex Jones' Infowars at auction with Sandy Hook families' backing

Very nicely done.

Jones is an awful human being who plays on the stupid and the childish.

“This is a total attack on free speech, the deep state is completely out of control,” Jones told his listeners, referencing conspiracy theories. “This the tyranny of the New World Order, desperate to silence the American people."

Yawn.

Alex Jones should be ashamed of himself. What a scumbag!

I like Jones, but I will admit, this was not one of his best moments, he should never have done this stunt, but he will survive this and rebuild which he is doing already, so the future looks bright.

Awful hateful man who does not care about the hurt and pain caused to others.

bass4funkToday  07:40 am JST

I like Jones, but I will admit, this was not one of his best moments, he should never have done this stunt, but he will survive this and rebuild which he is doing already, so the future looks bright.

I think the punishment was insanely out of proportion to what he said. But this punishment is to send a message to others who challenge the establishment, not just to try and put Jones out of business. But I agree, he'll bounce back now that an ally of sorts is in power.

This headline looks like it comes from an Onion article.

Awful hateful man

I know sone say it’s hard to know where the grift starts and the genuine psychosis starts with Jones.

I wouldn’t say he’s a Tucker Carlson figure who just smacks you in the face with ‘I’m grifting morons and what are you going to do about it?’

Still, it’s a similar audience - not the best among us.

Can’t fix stupid.

I think the punishment was insanely out of proportion to what he said. 

I guess you are ok with someone publicly encouraging death threats to the families of the victims of the Sandy Hook shootings? It is bad, and defaming, enough to accuse the families of a hoax but to encourage the subsequent harassment of those families including death threats, you are ok with that? That should not be punished? Be very clear with your answer.

Can’t fix stupid.

It is not stupidity, it is malice. He knows exactly what he is doing and does so to make money at the expense of others.

That should not be punished? Be very clear with your answer.

Punished, yeah. But to this extent? No. this was to send a message to others by attempting to destroy him. And yet warmongers literally get away with murder.

I wonder what portion of his fanbase won't even notice the shift from ridiculous misinformation to outright satire.

Punished, yeah. But to this extent? No. 

After the hell he put those families through? All to make money off lies and the group terrorism of the Sandy Hook familes? The punishment fit. It has nothing to do with your diversion to warmongers. Nobody should be allowed to profit by telling lies and tormenting innocent families with those lies. It is an abomination.

You'd be better off directing your sanctimonious rage toward the actual killer

Not a good look, mate. Seriously not a good look.

He lied about children slaughtered and the grief of their parents. These people were then threatened by sick and unhinged crackpots.

What he did was filth. You should be able to say that without ‘what about?’ or deflection.

I think the punishment was insanely out of proportion to what he said. But this punishment is to send a message to others who challenge the establishment, not just to try and put Jones out of business. But I agree, he'll bounce back now that an ally of sorts is in power.

I agree and he already is. He made a mistake and definitely learned from this, we all make mistakes, the left wants conservatives to forget the vile things they say, but as typically hypocritical as they always are, you can't be forgiving when a conservative says something out of place, this is why no one takes them seriously.

After the hell he put those families through? All to make money off lies and the group terrorism of the Sandy Hook familes? The punishment fit. It has nothing to do with your diversion to warmongers.

Gee, now where have I heard this line before? "Making money off of lies"

Nobody should be allowed to profit by telling lies and tormenting innocent families with those lies. It is an abomination.

I agree and I will mark this statement down for the record so that liberals don't forget since they do have very short memories.

Interestingly this “sale at auction” has already been debunked.