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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAlex Jones Claims 'Psychosis' Made Him A Sandy Hook Truther
The Infowars host was being deposed for his Sandy Hook truther videos when he made the remark.By Andy Campbell
Infowars host Alex Jones, who has pushed a gamut of harmful conspiracy theories, is trying to deflect responsibility by blaming temporary bouts of psychosis.
Jones is being sued by a parent of a child killed in the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in Newtown, Connecticut. In a three-hour deposition this month with Mark Bankston, a lawyer representing Sandy Hook parents, Jones downplayed the harm caused by telling millions of people that the parents of dead children are lying, and he refused to apologize. Instead, he tried to blame psychosis brought on by the pressures of his job.
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Jones did not provide any proof that he has ever been diagnosed with psychosis, nor does it seem that he has made the claim before.
He told Bankston that he was done lying about Sandy Hook and claimed that he has stopped using bad sourcing to peddle conspiracy theories without confirming them. But only days after the deposition, he was back on the air attacking Sandy Hook parents. In a March 25 Infowars broadcast, he argued that a Sandy Hook father who was found dead of an apparent suicide was actually murdered in order to distract from special counsel Robert Muellers report on the Russia investigation.
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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/alex-jones-blames-conspiracies-on-his-psychosis_n_5c9e1981e4b0bc0daca7202b
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Fuck him. I hope those families take that despicable POS for every ill-gotten dime he has, and then some.
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Alex Jones Claims 'Psychosis' Made Him A Sandy Hook Truther (Original Post)
catbyte
Mar 2019
OP
His restaurant act seems to be conveniently timed to preceed his deposition.
TheBlackAdder
Mar 2019
#8
He carries a concealed firearm to defend against anyone who attacks him, whether real or imagined!
TheBlackAdder
Mar 2019
#6
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
(107,986 posts)1. Well then seek professional help Alex
treestar
(82,383 posts)2. What are the "pressures" of that job?
lunatica
(53,410 posts)3. He's fixing for some karmic adjustment.
Lets hope he gets it in equal measure to how he dished it out.
Miigwech
(3,741 posts)4. Oh, poor liar ... Deep State made him do it
JHB
(37,160 posts)5. How is 24/7 a "temporary bout"?
TheBlackAdder
(28,201 posts)8. His restaurant act seems to be conveniently timed to preceed his deposition.
TheBlackAdder
(28,201 posts)6. He carries a concealed firearm to defend against anyone who attacks him, whether real or imagined!
Wellstone ruled
(34,661 posts)7. Jones as well as the NRA
will finally be hung out to dry in the coming months.
area51
(11,909 posts)9. I've been wondering for a long time why he's not in a "rubber room". n/t
Turbineguy
(37,331 posts)10. Psychosis pays well
if you are a RW nutjob.
Opel_Justwax
(230 posts)11. Years ago he disclosed on the air that he had a brain injury.
JDC
(10,127 posts)12. Well, I do believe that he does suffer from psychosis.