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Re:Twitter suspends Alex Jones for urging people to keep “ba... by krapp on Thursday August 16, 2018 @06:32PM (#17778952)
>The fact that there has been no Jones-inspired violence means that there are literally zero people in his audience who take him seriously. Which is good.

Alex Jones at least indirectly inspired a gunman to fire into a restaurant because he pushed the Pizzagate conspiracy theory.

One might be able to make the argument that Alex Jones doesn't directly call for violence, but he and people like him make a living out of talking around violence, and when someone pushes conspiracy theories about certain groups of people (jews, muslims, leftists, gays) belief in those conspiracies can create a higher likelihood of violence against those groups.

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