Facebook Bans Louis Farrakhan, Milo Yiannopoulos, InfoWars and Others

Re:Facebook Bans Louis Farrakhan, Milo Yiannopoulos, InfoWar... by shehryarrr on Thursday May 02, 2019 @04:57PM (#19812834)

Re Alex Jones: The targeted and continual harassment of the parents of Sandy Hook victims is definitely dangerous. Not to even mention the promotion of the pizza gate conspiracy which inspired someone to walk into a pizza place with an assault weapon. Different types of danger but still danger.

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Re:Facebook Bans Louis Farrakhan, Milo Yiannopoulos, InfoWar... by drak0n1c on Thursday May 02, 2019 @05:11PM (#19812987)

For what it's worth, Alex Jones retracted his Sandy Hook reaction years ago and apologized. Since then he has repeatedly scolded his followers telling listeners not to harass the parents. Same with the specific pizza restaurant. The damage is already done, of course, but it is not continual.

There is a recent long-form interview on Joe Rogan where you can hear it from himself - the beginning is focused on his apology: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5yh2HcIlkU

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Re:Facebook Bans Louis Farrakhan, Milo Yiannopoulos, InfoWar... by naasking on Thursday May 02, 2019 @05:05PM (#19812911)

> Re Alex Jones: The targeted and continual harassment of the parents of Sandy Hook victims is definitely dangerous.

And he's being sued for his part in that, which is as it should be. If he is culpable, he will pay for it.

> Not to even mention the promotion of the pizza gate conspiracy which inspired someone to walk into a pizza place with an assault weapon.

"Inspired" is double-talk for "had no direct hand in, but I'd like to blame him anyway because I don't like him".

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