Being a Non American, I have heard a lot about this recently. I know Alex Jones is paying billions of $$ to victims but what happened?
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Actual ELI5:
* Buncha kids get killed in a school shooting.
* Alex Jones claims it didn’t happen, because…politics. Says it was made up to take our guns and freedom away.
* Parents say “plz stop with this lying, we’re grieving”
* Alex responds by doxxing them and doubling down to get his extremist right-wingers riled up. The attention continues to make him millions.
* Parents sue, Alex treats it like a joke.
* Judge is like “dude, this in insane” and fines Alex billions, even though Alex claimed he had no money.
If that reads like bat-crazy insanity….that’s because it is. No sane person would look at all those dead kids and be like “nah, fakenews”. And to be honest, I don’t personally think Alex is that dumb/insane either…dude knew becoming a denier would rack him up millions in the contro alone. There’s even evidence suggesting he knew that.
* Sorry for being flippant about the kids lives, I’m trying to eli5. The whole thing, even the controversy, is very sad and messed up.
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