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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWaiting for Alex Jones: It's a false flag like Sandy Hook.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sandy_Hook_Elementary_School_shooting_conspiracy_theoriesIn November 2016, Erica L. Lafferty, daughter of Dawn Lafferty Hochsprung, the school principal who was shot and killed at Sandy Hook School, wrote open letters to then-President-elect Donald Trump (published in Medium and USA Today), calling upon him to denounce Sandy Hook denier Alex Jones, after Trump had appeared on Jones's Infowars during his presidential campaign and lavished praise on its presenter, saying that the conspiracy theorist had an "amazing" reputation and pledging not to let him down. Lafferty called upon Trump to immediately disassociate himself from Jones, writing:
On Alex Jones, this is a man who for nearly four years now has put great effort into making not only my family and not only the 25 other victims' families but the entire town of Newtown miserable, and to degrade and disregard the hurt, anguish, and pain that we have to live with every day by claiming that it was a conspiracy theory and a hoax.
On February 20, 2017, the Newtown School Board wrote to President Trump:
We are asking you to intervene to try to stop Jones and other hoaxers like him. We are asking you to acknowledge the tragedy from 12/14/12 and to denounce anyone spreading lies and conspiracy theories about the tragedy on that December morning. ... Jones repeatedly tells his listeners and viewers that he has your ears and your respect. He brags about how you called him after your victory in November. He continues to hurt the memories of those lost, the ability of those left behind to heal.
The School Board specifically urged Trump to recognize the murders of 26 people at Sandy Hook and to "remove your support from anyone who continues to insist that the tragedy was staged or not real." The Board Chairman, Keith Alexander, stated: "We want facts to matter. That's the essential point." Eric Paradis, a board member whose daughter was a pupil at the school and survived the shooting, said "I really do think he can help us put a stop to it, because he does have a unique position with these hoaxers. If he can help us out then that's fantastic and a Democrat [like me] would be very grateful if he could."
Trump did not respond to the letter.
So I'm guessing the conspiracy nuts will say it's either:
a) No one died, it's a Democrat plot to take away all our gunz.
or
b) 50 people did die because the shooter was a Trump-hating Democrat, so we need to get more gunz.
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Waiting for Alex Jones: It's a false flag like Sandy Hook. (Original Post)
edbermac
Oct 2017
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ck4829
(35,094 posts)1. That's "fake news" now. Alex Jones NEVER called Sandy Hook a hoax, he NEVER said it was all staged
Saying Alex Jones saying Sandy Hook was fake is a globalist lie now.
Half- , because this is what Infowars people really are saying now.
edbermac
(15,947 posts)2. I stand corrected.
I will contact Wiki demanding they remove that fake entry and apologize for slandering Mr Jones.
brer cat
(24,621 posts)3. A poster on DU
has already said it is fake. Said poster is no longer with us.
edbermac
(15,947 posts)4. I missed that one.
brer cat
(24,621 posts)5. Didn't last long.
I was called for a jury on it, but I think MIRT zapped him.