@glitterbag,
Quote:When I read that piece I almost laughed, I thought it was a comedian trying to be funny but trying too hard. But that was before I remembered who Alex Jones is, then I hit the wall. It is almost impossible to believe that these nut balls have a platform let alone followers. Have we become so stupid we can't even acknowledge crazy pants anymore. These folks aren't crazy amusing, they are crazy dangerous.
Yes, they are dangerous and this point in time acutely so. And no one has been more responsible for promoting Jones and InfoWars than Donald Trump. Those of us who have been attending to right wing media over the years have known about this guy for a long time but previously no Republican politician at or nearing a serious level of power and influence has acknowledged Jones or appeared on his show.
But the path to this is obvious. Limbaugh, Glenn Beck, Coulter, Pat Buchanan, Phyllis Schlafly, Paul Viguerie, Michelle Bachmann, Murdoch's Fox, Gingrich, Mark Levin and many more have all contributed to moving things to where they are now. Warnings from the saner portion of modern American conservatism are certainly welcome but far too belated. I'm really not very optimistic that US politics is recoverable.