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by modells 2842 days ago
Crossfire, Alex Jones and Gordon Ramsay need their own shouting as a service platform.

It sucks for free speech that he got banned because it gives him notoriety and "credibility" in wingnuttery circles.

There ought to be other remedies to manipulative behavior for ratings than simply banning.

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I think Gordon Ramsey deserves better than to be grouped with Mr. Jones.

I haven't heard much from Milo Yiannopoulos since he was banned from Twitter and other platforms. I suspect Alex Jones has a similar future.

After watching https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1X11aLACso I would have to disagree; they both made money by verbally abusing others.
No, one gained notoriety by making incredible food. Incidentally, he was also an abusive asshole boss, but that was not how he made his fame. Eventually Gordon was so famous for his skills that people would volunteer to be abused by him on TV just to stand near his light.

The other is just a liar, blowhard, asshole. Alex Jones has never done anything else of note besides the aforementioned.

> Crossfire, Alex Jones and Gordon Ramsay need their own shouting as a service platform.

Jones already has one, but the problem is, not enough people listen to it. So he wants to get on everybody else's shouting platforms as well. He could make more shouting platforms, but... well, "a platform for Alex Jones and Alex Jones wannabes to shout at you" isn't really much of a compelling MVP.

Wing nuts will spin no matter what.

I matters little if he is banned or simply “censored”