A fine position on its face in the general case, but let's be real here: if you trust Alex Jones specifically, you really are a moron.

> Yes, rights are important, and we must offer them generously. But surely we can agree that Nazis don't have rights?

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The world is so massively full of such low hanging fruit that you can often save a massive amount of time this way as it turns out the majority of people aren't worth listening to outside of narrow areas of knowledge they directly interact with. Its a completely valid strategy. The danger of course is that you risk ignoring useful proof if what you assumed was obvious was incorrect.

Yet, I don't know anything about Alex Jones himself. It'd be nice if that were included in the critique.

If there's something you hear from Alex Jones that seems like it might be true, double-check it with knowledgeable sources before you adopt it as a fact.

Better yet, go find more reliable sources for your information.

I absolutely agree that automatically dismissing anyone whose news sources don't completely agree with yours is a big problem. But I think intelligent people can agree that some people have proven themselves utterly unworthy of trust.