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The far-right conspiracy theorist is on the verge of getting banned from YouTube, and now he wants a teenage Parkland shooting survivor to debate him.
MAXWELL TANI
02.27.18 4:35 PM ET
Alex Jones desperately wants to debate a teenage survivor of the mass shooting that left 17 people dead earlier this month at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
Over the weekend, conspiracy site Infowars published a video titled David Hogg Cant Remember His Lines in TV Interview, which suggested without evidence that 17-year-old student David Hogg was a crisis actor, or someone paid to play a victim in emergency-response drills.
Hogg, one of the most telegenic survivors of the shooting, has been outspoken in his calls for gun control, making him the subject of criticism from the right and numerous sinister conspiracy theories from the uglier corners of the internet.
In a series of tweets on Tuesday, Hogg lamented those conspiracy theories that emerged from the Parkland shooting, saying accusations that he is a crisis actor are the perfect example of the lack of maturity and basic human empathy in this country.
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poboy2
(2,078 posts)MaryMagdaline
(6,856 posts)dchill
(38,516 posts)Not even kidding.
rownesheck
(2,343 posts)The little airplanes Obama used to push the weather around. Also, hard to debate someone with gravel and egg stuck in his throat.
GWC58
(2,678 posts)while the other is a raving lunatic. Alex Jones is that raving lunatic!
haele
(12,667 posts)Just like running into a ring with a baseball bat and swinging at your opponent before the fight starts is not boxing.
Haele
uponit7771
(90,348 posts)Initech
(100,097 posts)If you cancel, he'll just confirm his "crisis actor" bullshit. If you go through with it, he'll edit the shit out of it. Be better than this asshole and his fans.