A critique of Alex Jones

Firstly, I am a paid subscriber to prisonplanet.tv and infowars.com. I am not anti Alex Jones. I think what he is doing is important. I am not a provocateur or an insider. I am someone who knows that reality isn’t what one reads in the press or sees on the mainstream news.

But, this is such an important area of our lives, as national economies and the global economy continue to collapse, personal freedoms and liberties continue to be eroded by governments and globalist organisations, that the personality who speaks for the rest of us needs to be above reproach. And Alex Jones is arguably the most prominent person in the alternative media.

Alex Jones needs to make up his mind about the mainstream corporate media. Either they are co-opted, propagandists and cheerleaders for the system or they are not. Alex has a very bad habit of criticising the mainstream media as “corporate whores” and saying they lie continually. Then he will use a story from a mainstream newspaper or other media outlet as evidence that it is true. You can’t have it both ways. He will then use one of his key phrases like “it’s admitted” about the information he is portraying. This, in Alex Jones mode of speech means it is either in mainstream news or official government documents.

Language is very important. In a world where words are twisted and meanings are subject to an understanding of the powers behind the words (the adept and the profane). We know that the global elites and secret societies use symbols and words with multiple meanings to send different messages to different levels of understanding and inside knowledge.

Therefore those who are on the frontline of the “info war” need to be specific and consistent in their language and need to be “wise as serpents”.

Alex Jones has a tendency to exaggerate, which is absolutely wrong by anyone in the “truth movement”. There are certain key phrases that Alex uses over and over that are certainly exaggerations. “Deep research” is one of them. It’s research. It doesn’t matter if you spent an hour or thirty hours on it. Many of us have read Tragedy and Hope: A History of the World in Our Time by Carroll Quigley. That isn’t deep research. It is a major undertaking being such a long and fairly dry book. It also isn’t deep research if you read three or four web sites on one subject. The internet is good and bad in that way (and in every other, I suppose). There is so much disinformation out there and the internet is a breeding ground for hyperbole and apocryphal tales. I think what Jones means by “deep research” is having declassified documents, various sources of information that he trusts in their interpretation of current events, history, political science and economics like Webster Tarpley (whose writing and speaking style is rather over-stated and sensationalist, with some true expertise), G. Edward Griffen (I can not thing of a single criticism of this writer, researcher and documentary film-maker), Gerald Celente (solid research and forecasting of economic trends, if a little abrasive).

No man is an island of itself, of course; but equally true, no man is infallible. There is no one out there today who does not have an agenda or their own bias. We have to realise that from the beginning if we are to wade through truth, half-truths, lies, and disinformation. It comes down to discernment.

One of the other criticisms I would level at Alex Jones is he is too impulsive and too angry. He talks about how he refrains from coming to conclusions or making decisions until he’s played them out in his head for a few days and yet he begins a rant on his daily radio show and then suddenly comes out with a new plan of action and states that it’s an impulse.

A wise man speaks little and listens to all. He is slow to express and opinion and never impulsive. A wise man is not angry or given to outbursts of passion. This doesn’t describe Alex Jones, does it? When I think of Alex Jones, the words cult of personality come to mind and a face contorted into a caricature as he grunts and raves into the microphone. A good example of this lack of wise judgement was evidenced in 2010 when he made a live call on his show to the TSA See Something, Say Something line. His whole approach was wrong, if he wanted to make a truly valid point. When he got to speak to some low-level phone operator at the FBI he proceeded to barrage him with information about false flag terror attacks like Tonkin and the poor guy on the other end of the phone didn’t know what to think. He probably just put it down to another whack-job.

Alex had over-played his hand and the call went no further. He’d dumped a load of information that was meaningless to the person he had spoken to and was unable to get any further. If he’d been wise and played the concerned citizen without his information club, he might’ve gotten to speak to someone with some authority, but he didn’t. As usual, Alex was an instrument of blunt force trauma. He’d told every person who answered the phone that he was Alex Jones of infowars.com streaming live around the globe. Yes, that’s not going to put someone on the defensive and make them guarded, is it?

Having said all that, I don’t believe any of the ridiculous conspiracy theories about Jones; that he’s CIA disinformation specialist or Jesuit mind-control operative. I believe he is who he thinks he is. I don’t want that to appear as double speak or code, so I’ll explain. I believe Alex is straight and although lacking in wisdom is true to what he believes. He wants to fight globalism and save his country and her constitution. He is passionate about this endeavour and I don’t believe he cares too much about making money, except to allow him to reach more people. I am, however rather dubious that this idyllic America that Jones sentimentalises about ever existed. I believe it has always been a totally corrupt country with a split personality.

I will continue to support his efforts, but I will criticise them when necessary. I am not a sheep. If he’s wrong, I’ll say he is. I hope he reads this and thinks about whether the points I make are valid or not.

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