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Alex Jones’ Kills Credibility of Anti-Shutdown Protests

Jones, Trump are Masters in the Art of BS

Manny Otiko
4 min readApr 20, 2020
Alex Jones, owner of the InfoWars radio show and website. (Sean P. Anderson)

I’ve often said that a certain segment of this country is lost. They believe whatever comes out of President Donald Trump’s mouth, they’ve been brainwashed by FOX News and other right-wing media, and refuse to acknowledge scientific facts.

This was evident in the carefully orchestrated mass protests against the coronavirus shutdown. Judging by some of the signs and comments at these rallies, many of these protestors aren’t big on logic or reasoning.

A protestor at a rally in Huntington Beach, Calif. held up a sign saying, “Social distancing is communism,” proving the person who wrote it knows nothing about politics. White House advisor Stephen Moore even compared the gun-toting protestors to civil rights legend Rosa Parks, who managed to stage her protests without carrying a sidearm.

There were several troubling aspects about these protests. They were promoted by FOX News, sponsored by a Betsy DeVos’-funded group and, worst of all, a protest in…

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Manny Otiko
Manny Otiko

Written by Manny Otiko

Manny Otiko writes about race, politics and sports. He has been published in Salon and LA Weekly. Follow him at @mannyotiko.bsky.social

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