Following his trial for defamation of the families of the children and school staff killed in the Sandy Hook massacre, conspiracy theorist Alex Jones is using Valve Corp.ā€™s Steam, the worldā€™s largest digital distribution platform for PC games, to sell an Infowars-themed video game. Jones claims to have earned hundreds of thousands in revenue from the video game, yet he has refused to pay the Sandy Hook families. Alex Jones: NWO Wars also mirrors and cartoonishly repackages the conspiracy theoristā€™s regularly violent, hateful rhetoric despite the platformā€™s policies against hate speech.

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    They interviewed a child that was taped to a table, huh?

    No. Not that Iā€™m aware of. Do you have more information?

    You asked what I thought. I said it was nothing.

    Are you certain it is nothing or is it probably nothing. If the former then I would like to know why.

    Letā€™s talk about the girl taped to a table. Does this girl have a name?

    Yes. The question of interest is, do child services know her name?

    Please post the instagram of this poor child taped to a table.

    Itā€™s in the steemit summary linked above.

    Can do you have a picture where she isnā€™t smiling?

    So itā€™s not abuse if they enjoy it? Heard of normalisation?

    All youā€™ve said about pizzagate, is that I donā€™t know what pizzagate is.

    I donā€™t think Iā€™ve said anything of the sort. You seem quite knowledgeable. However, if you are certain it has been debunked then you must be an expert.

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      Since knock_knock is too demure to show graphic content here, I will share the photo. These are the words above the photo in the document

      Warning: some of these are pretty weird/sexual, probably best not to view at work

      We might as well start with this picture of a girl taped to a table, which is probably the most widely referenced one.

      spoiler

      THIS is the ā€œmost widely referencedā€ picture of all the pizzagate allegations. THIS is why itā€™s like pulling teeth to get a pizzagater to make ONE real claim. The emperor has no clothes. They are so proud of a mountain of nothing.

      There is no one who is credibility alleged to have explicit material of this child. It is at this point where I am expected to appear to ask for this material. This could be a crime. Be careful. Look how fast this reply was locked-and-loaded.

      Can do you have a picture where she isnā€™t smiling?

      So itā€™s not abuse if they enjoy it? Heard of normalisation?

      If you think that question is void now due to that retort, you are mistaken. Anyone reading along can see the photo now. You really should have tried to get ahead of that. I bet no one was picturing masking tape with the picture you created in words.

      I have showed the only evidence provided that this child exists. Are there alleged to be other materials of this child that are objectionable? Is this a victim?

      Virginia Giuffre was a victim who came forward.

      Only as a middle aged woman. Kids in the Instagram photos would now barely be over 10. You canā€™t use their silence as evidence.

      ā€œYou canā€™t use their silence as evidence.ā€ What? They sound exactly like nonexistent victims. There must be a difference between real victims and nonexistent victims. Silence is clearly not a good measurement. Are there any other methods to look for them?

      any pundit that ā€œbunksā€ pizzagate talking-points that also said anything about Epstein

      Sorry. Not a claim or a point Iā€™m defending.

      I know this isnā€™t a claim. Itā€™s a point worth discussing. There are people in our society whose job is gain the trust of people by showing integrity. They are called journalists. A journalist knows that if a reader catches the whiff of dishonesty, they lose that reader permanently.

      So a journalist with a long, track-able career is who is best equipped to make such sensitive accusations. This is usually how rings would get busted. So who is putting their career on the line for this? Is Mike Cernovich the point-person on these matters? These accusations are dangerous. Your dismal of that is sickening, but Iā€™ll come back to that later.

      Iā€™m not even sure what ā€œclaims of debunkingā€ you even mean.

      It means the claimer is 100% sure that a particular theory is false

      This is the worst framing of epistemology Iā€™ve seen. You are quite literally turning every argument in a ā€œconfidence gameā€. Surely you see that the world canā€™t function like that.

      But I will give you this, you finally connected the dots in a way that I see how pizzagate is real.

      Weā€™ve had too many exchanges before I finally can see what pizzagate actually is.

      Pizzagate: The believe that real world damage can be caused simply by never admitting any harmless explanations regardless of plausibility.

      The fucked up thing here, is that with this formulation, Pizzagate is true.

      1.) The only thing that little girlā€™s guardians did was upload a photo of the aftermath of childā€™s play.

      2.) Now, 4chan enters the scene. 4chan and reddit simply make up ANYTHING they want to accuse these people of. Consequence free. There is no journalist in the loop. There are no stakes. You get federal authorities to harass strangers. And you are proud of it.

      3.) THEN this visit is now ā€œevidenceā€. You keep pointing to police action, like itā€™s suspicious, but 4chan did that shit. I donā€™t know who you are fooling, but it isnā€™t me.

      These three dots are what you connected. You have convinced me itā€™s real. Itā€™s scary. Itā€™s sick that people would do this.

      You can claim itā€™s about protecting kids, but there have been no rescues or even calls for help.

      Hereā€™s from Wikipedia

      On December 4, 2016, Edgar Maddison Welch, a 28-year-old man from Salisbury, North Carolina, arrived at Comet Ping Pong and fired three shots from an AR-15 style rifle that struck the restaurantā€™s walls, a desk, and a door.

      Welch was there to liberate victims. Who did he avenge? Who is lucky that Welch was there to listen to the cries of help that 4chan told him exist?

      I find this stuff dangerous, and itā€™s usually best discussed in a more focused group.

      We are discussing 8 year old emails and Instagram posts. Not planning an insurrection.

      Three bullets are what Iā€™m calling dangerous, sicko. You know what is happening. You know the bullets were real.

      You seem very proud that the feds were sent to investigate this. That seems to be a claim of victory. Itā€™s disturbing. There was no foundation. You just hate these people. Itā€™s unpleasant to say the least. Youā€™re proud you can imagine such horrible things happening. You donā€™t even need proof. And you just want the world to hate these people like you do, and based on as flimsy shit as you accept as proof.

      Iā€™m done here. Pizzagate sucks. You can come bother me at /c/knowledgefight.

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        THIS is why itā€™s like pulling teeth to get a pizzagater to make ONE real claim.

        I gave you 3 claims, and you picked your own 4th.

        It is at this point where I am expected to appear to ask for this material. This could be a crime. Be careful. Look how fast this reply was locked-and-loaded.

        Ah, now I see why you were so weirdly desperate for me to post that particular photo. You had a narrative needing to be fulfilled. Sorry to disappoint.

        Are there alleged to be other materials of this child that are objectionable?

        Yes, and they havenā€™t been acted upon either.

        Is this a victim?

        Potentially, yes. How are you imagining this kid ā€œcoming forwardā€ to the authorities?

        Silence is clearly not a good measurement. Are there any other methods to look for them?

        Yep. By photos posted online by their abusers. By having child services interview their guardians.

        Theses accusations are dangerous.

        And should have been handled by the police. They werenā€™t.

        There is no one who is credibility alleged to have explicit material of this child.

        No-one claimed this either. Debunkers love to invent strawmen to attack.

        1.) The only thing that little girlā€™s guardians did was upload a photo of the aftermath of childā€™s play.

        Your favourite picture is far from the only suspicious Instagram post/comment

        You get federal authorities to harass strangers.

        Literally their job. And they point is they werenā€™t doing it.

        sicko.

        You are the one defending the guy with a ā€œmembers onlyā€ file share on his website who makes child abuse jokes on Instagram.

        based on as flimsy shit as you accept as proof.

        This applies equally to debunkers who think ā€œno basementā€ is proof that pizzagate is false.

        Iā€™m not convinced any part of pizzagate is real, but you (and other debunkers) are convinced it is 100% fake. Thatā€™s what is interesting.

        Pizzagate debunkers are just as fervently irrational as the unquestioning gun toting believers.

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          THIS is why itā€™s like pulling teeth to get a pizzagater to make ONE real claim.

          I gave you 3 claims, and you picked your own 4th.

          Would you like me to read one of those 3 claims?

          Instagram was used to joke about child abuse.

          So letā€™s see weā€™re YOU are finding this instagram stuff. Hmmā€¦

          No, the. Best evidence is the steemit summary above. That made a LOT of people suspicious

          Ok, we know where your BEST evidence is. Letā€™s figure out this instagram claim.

          Here are the times YOU brought up Instagram:

          At least the guardianā€™s of the kids in the Instagram photos should have been questioned.


          We are discussing 8 year old emails and Instagram posts.


          Virginia Giuffre was a victim who came forward.

          Only as a middle aged woman. Kids in the Instagram photos would now barely be over 10.


          There are no victims in pizzagate.

          We have photos of some from Instagram.


          That investigation went as far as it could before violating the rights of a private business owner

          No. There was no investigation (sorry, no supporting evidence). ā€œPrivate business ownerā€ has nothing to do with suggestive Instagram posts involving children.


          You talk a lot about instagram for someone who finds the FIRST instagram picture from your GOLDEN source embarrassing. Here, Iā€™ll add context. Iā€™ll expand the crop. And let see what this fear-mongering document saysā€¦

          Itā€™s the ā€œmost widely referenced oneā€. YOU are the one pointing to internet ā€œfrenziesā€ as evidence. An internet frenzy was whipped up about this ONE picture in particular. There are no other pictures related to this child. YOU are claiming the other photos are connected.

          Adding more context makes the evidence look WORSE.

          Also notice that the simple explanation isnā€™t good enough: ā€œplease let me know if there are moreā€. They want another explanation because then ā€œsee, theyā€™re changing their storyā€. For some reason they want the reader to be suspicious of only ONE explanation. Reality works in a strange way for people who think like this.

          Then every pizzagater ever says, ā€œthatā€™s why you picked THAT photo. Of course the one my opponent chooses one that makes me look silly. They wonā€™t show you the other stuff I sent them. Please read the first paragraph at least, where it says if you donā€™t see EVERYTHING, youā€™ll be too ignorant to know the truth.ā€

          They are always saying ā€œlook at everything. but donā€™t look at anything.ā€

          The only claim I made is that I have seen no proof of illegal activity. There are plenty of times in my life where I have seen proof of illegal activity. Itā€™s a pretty common thing to see on the news. I donā€™t see why I should worry about people who have weird tastes in art. I see a lot of mixing pizza, weird art, and sex in that doc, but not kids. Iā€™m worried about one who see that photo as normalization of child abuse. (Here is where that claim of ā€œIā€™m not claiming THAT photo is what iā€™m talking about. donā€™t you see how vague iā€™m being. look at everythingā€ This is 30-Rockā€™s ā€œHomonym Gameā€ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZLkcFns8Ks )

          Seeing a girl smiling with masking tape on her arms does NOT look like normalization [i use US spelling]

          Can do you have a picture where she isnā€™t smiling?

          So itā€™s not abuse if they enjoy it? Heard of normalisation?

          You are either being very disingenuous here, or you find that image stirring. I do not want to accuse you of anything, but the reason I want a journalist in the loop is because every pizzagater with any sizable voice is WITHOUT FAIL either (a) trying to convince people (including themselves) that SA material of minors is more common than it is or (b) very homophobic.

          The document you provided is teeming with homophobia.

          I am implementing a new rule. I will not engage with pizzagate arguments with people unless they pledge: ā€œThere is a gay person in my life that I love, and they live a meaningful, fulfilling life.ā€ Thatā€™s probably not hard. Honestly, I donā€™t care if you know them personally.

          If you canā€™t do that, Iā€™d rather deal with a more serious mind virus.

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            You talk a lot about instagram

            Because that is where Alefantis posted.

            There are no other pictures related to this child.

            There are more. E.g. wearing a ā€œpizza slutā€ t-shirt.

            YOU are claiming the other photos are connected.

            Yes. Alefantis commented on most or is connected via his restaurant.

            Also notice that the simple explanation isnā€™t good enough

            If you want to claim a slamdunk debunk then the simple explanation must be the only explanation, or the suspicious explanation is shown to be impossible.

            Your ā€œdebunkā€ falls far short.

            The only claim I made is that I have seen no proof of illegal activity.

            You claimed pizzagate is absolute garbage. That it was debunked.

            2 dudes on a street correr and a BMW parked nearby is not proof of illegal activity. But it is suspicious. You want the police to check it out.

            Iā€™m worried about one who see that photo as normalization of child abuse.

            Dude, youā€™re the one obsessed with this particular photo.

            ā€œThere is a gay person in my life that I love, and they live a meaningful, fulfilling life.ā€ Send your gay strawman away.

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                There is a gay person in my life that I love, and they live a meaningful, fulfilling life. I love gays. Great fun.

                What I donā€™t like seeing them being irrelevantly dragged into arguments in an attempt to distract and score cheap points.

                This has nothing to do with showing that the claims made by pizzagate are impossible.

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                  Cool. There are gay people I love too. Wouldnā€™t change a thing about them.

                  Dude, youā€™re the one obsessed with this particular photo.

                  Sure am. You see someone showed it to me in a document they linked. They called the dossier the best evidence of pizzagate. That dossier has this particular photo. It even said ā€œWe might as well start with this picture of a girl taped to a table, which is probably the most widely referenced one.ā€ Of course, that " girl taped to a table" was standing on the floor with her arms affixed to a table with masking tape, and not even a lot of tape.

                  That photo sure stirred up a frenzy. My claim was that anytime anything that is purported to be concrete evidence is investigated, it sure looks like nothing upon inspection. The pizzagater always plays the Homonym Game. ā€œI was talking about a different photo?ā€ Well, Iā€™m talking about this photo.

                  So if you argue that frenzies show there must be something happening, I will point to THIS picture. Because it is THIS that picture that by itself caused a frenzy. Read the words around the picture. Then read my proposal of the only definition of pizzagate i can agree with

                  Pizzagate: The believe that real world damage can be caused simply by never admitting any harmless explanations regardless of plausibility.

                  So 4chan decides to use Pizzagate as a weapon to sick on this shop owner and his friends and family. It fits just fine.

                  You act like Iā€™m cherry-picking, because you know most people arenā€™t going to check, and the kinds of people that do check donā€™t fall for this shit.

                  Well, that piece of ā€œevidenceā€ is clearly trash. Anyone trying to sell it to me thinks Iā€™m stupid. Why would I bother?

                  Do you have a dossier that does NOT include wastes of time?

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                    They called the dossier the best evidence of pizzagate.

                    Did they? Itā€™s not a bad introduction but voat had much better documentation.

                    That dossier has this particular photo.

                    Again? Letā€™s discuss this one instead.

                    Well, Iā€™m talking about this photo.

                    The photo is not illegal, but it is suspicious, especially when combined with Alefantisā€™ other posts.

                    Because it is THIS that picture that by itself caused a frenzy.

                    See. You have to add in and highlight ā€œby itselfā€.

                    So 4chan decides ā€¦

                    4chan didnā€™t make him post suggestive comments or host suspicious files on his website.

                    Well, that piece of ā€œevidenceā€ is clearly trash.

                    You have failed to make this argument clearly.

                    Do you have a dossier that does NOT include wastes of time?

                    So one item labeled a waste of time allows you to disregard the rest. This is a repeat of the ā€œno basement=debunkedā€ argument.

                    Pizzagate debunkers are just as illogical as Pizzagate true believers.