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by JumpCrisscross 2881 days ago
> not even Jews, despite what his detractors might say

He’s talked extensively about the Jewish mafia. He promoted violence against the made-up “Pizzagate” B.S. and only backed down because Texan libel law is particularly stern. I support Alex Jones’ right to speak, but I don’t think—particularly in the era of the Internet—Apple should support him.

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>Jewish Mafia

There's a Jewish Mafia?

>Pizzagate

He talked about it, sure, but if you can find me where he promotes violence against Alefantis then I'll eat my hat.

> There's a Jewish Mafia?

According to Jones [1][2].

(To be clear, there was a strain of Jewish-American organized crime around the turn of the last century [3], but that isn't what Jones was referring to.)

[1] https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/10/26/13418304/...

[2] https://www.adl.org/resources/backgrounders/alex-jones-five-...

[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jewish-American_organized_crim...

The source from Vox is Media Matters, which is literally a Democrat party source. I watched the video therein, and it's farily clear he's talking about the Emmanuels, not Jews as a whole.

Also, even if there were a Jewish mafia, discussing Jewish organized crime is no more anti-Jewish than discussing Italian organized crime is anti-Italian.

You mean Murder, Inc?

There are mobs of all races, ethnic groups.

Although I can't speak specifically to the points mentioned by Jones, all those sources you cite are suspect.

Vox is a cancerous place to cite any political opinion...
If I was opposed to the Sicilian mafia, that doesn't make me racist against all Sicilians. I don't understand how this is different.