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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Feb 27, 2018, 09:23 PM Feb 2018

Alex Jones Begs Shooting Survivor David Hogg to Debate Him

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 Can’t 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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Alex Jones Begs Shooting Survivor David Hogg to Debate Him (Original Post) DonViejo Feb 2018 OP
Go get banned from U Tube, psycho. -eom poboy2 Feb 2018 #1
Kind of hard to debate someone who lies about Sandy Hook being a false flag MaryMagdaline Feb 2018 #2
David would win, but he shouldn't go anywhere near that excreta. dchill Feb 2018 #3
don't forget about... rownesheck Feb 2018 #4
One of those two is calm, cool and collected GWC58 Feb 2018 #5
A Gish Gallop is not debating... haele Feb 2018 #6
+1, that's all they have uponit7771 Feb 2018 #11
Don't fall for the trap, David! Initech Feb 2018 #7
Pretty mature a grown man wants to debate a teenager. Bet the teenager wins. blueinredohio Feb 2018 #8
David Hogg shouldn't lower himself into the mud of that whacko n/t left-of-center2012 Feb 2018 #9
Jones can debate with this 🗿 oasis Feb 2018 #10

rownesheck

(2,343 posts)
4. don't forget about...
Tue Feb 27, 2018, 09:28 PM
Feb 2018

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)
5. One of those two is calm, cool and collected
Tue Feb 27, 2018, 09:37 PM
Feb 2018

while the other is a raving lunatic. Alex Jones is that raving lunatic!

haele

(12,667 posts)
6. A Gish Gallop is not debating...
Tue Feb 27, 2018, 09:39 PM
Feb 2018

Just like running into a ring with a baseball bat and swinging at your opponent before the fight starts is not boxing.

Haele

Initech

(100,097 posts)
7. Don't fall for the trap, David!
Tue Feb 27, 2018, 09:41 PM
Feb 2018

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.

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