The problem is many get hooked and duped by manipulators of the platforms. That's self-destructive.

Agreed. It is one of the worst types of scam and people get taken advantage off. But if you exile Alex Jones, you also exile its users and their ability to get out of there is severely dimmed.

"There must be some truth to what he says if he gets that much backlash" is always a convincing argument. I don't even mean that ironically.

Better have that in the open because on the internet there will always be at least one person that disagrees with any view that is espoused.