• Schadrach@lemmy.sdf.org
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    6 months ago

    Sure, but “THEY’RE PUTTING CHEMICALS IN THE WATER THAT TURN THE FROGS GAY!!!” is the classic example used for Alex Jones sounding especially out there. To the point that there’s a clip of just that line that’s made the rounds for most of a decade to point out how crazy he is. Which makes it especially wild because it’s one of the things he’s said that’s actually true.

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      6 months ago

      Turns out the media and memes are pretty terrible at getting to the more complex truth and problem with things.

      Alex is worse though, he uses this headline to push the idea the government is evil and the epa should be scrapped which is the exact opposite of what will help