i didn't post this to defend him or to facilitate his defense in any way. fortunately, nobody here is doing that.
this is probably the nicest slice of early alex jones in media that wasn't local texas radio. you can see here that he found his voice very early on. he used his voice in the early '00s to rail against the police state and impending authoritarianism of the george w bush regime. i think it's important for people to see how he has used his (very fucking effective) voice in the past for other, very different messages than he's spouted since he hit the mainstream.
fuck it's weird, eh? yeah, he was huge anti-bush, anti-police state, actually just about as true red white and blue texas american loudmouth badass as you could be. dude even infiltrated bohemian grove. i still remember the look on david gergen's face when alex asked him about in on camera.
i also think it's weird that his voice has been in the backs of all our heads for a lot longer than we realize. your post gave me chills.
i don't think i ever saw one of those edits go unnoticed, though, and they were usually pretty funny whether intentional or not. i just want 30 seconds or so to go 'oh fuck' and add a hyphen sometimes.
i've done the same, and old markup formatting makes shit look stupid unless you take time to comb over it in preview. it's kinda part of the reason i don't like it that lemmy won't let you do ninja edits.
i love movies like that, too, but it definitely wasn't popular when it was released. and pat was always the butt of the joke. i also have to check my "but we cured racism in the 90s" indoctrination sometimes. fresh prince made me think things were a lot better than they really were back then.
that was a hard upvote to give tbh. i disgree, but you make a good argument.
that said, my disagreement comes from the perspective of a non-american who isn't knee-deep in the racial weeds that still thrive down there. it sounds like there's a lot more nuance involved.
that's a genuine take, and it makes me think about what my opinion of it would be watching it now. i haven't seen it in about 20 years, either. you're most likely right, in that my younger self probably thought a lot more highly that i probably would now. come to think of it, the film did feature this one certain asshole.. hmm
it really seemed that way, but of course i now question everything he said - and i actually credit him for how i ultimately developed that skill. things may have been very different back in those days, but it's clear now that he was only just rabble rouser without any real goal at the time. sad that he's found one now though
you're talking about FVEY, and four of those eyes are all looking in one direction while Trump alone looks away. yeah, you're right. there's nothing about me that i dont't think the us govt already knows about. but your message almost sounds like i shouldn't care while the rest of the things happening in the world are all telling me that i should. i question your motivations.
lmao i'm so happy that you replied so thoroughly, but i'm gonna have to have another look after i sober up, too. when i first saw your reply, i thought GPT. but i don't think gpt formats like it's drunk, too lol
edit - but apparently we both agree that Waknig Life is worth watching, so we're already off to a good start
i'm an idiot. i edited a reply to you and then realized you'd never see it.
this was filmed specifically for the production. i'm in my 40s now (sucks), but i got big into his stuff right after 9/11. police state stuff during the w admin.. bohemian grove was huge.. some of his gotchas are still wow (david gruggen?).
he was a force maybe once? but definitely not now. i think it's good for people to know where he came from so they can help us prevent where he's going.
'you know what, i'll even let you undo a couple. you're probably going to regret those first few eventually.'