Conspiracy crackpot Alex Jones is a “normal,” run-of-the-mill gun advocate, says Business Insider deputy editor Joseph Weisenthal. That’s right, the 9/11 truther who thinks gay people come from potato chips and juice boxes is pretty much the mold from which gun advocates are cut.
You know what, Joe? Forgive us if we don’t take our cues on “normal” from a guy who finds the idea of minting a trillion-dollar coin to deal with the debt ceiling “really thrilling.”
http://twitter.com/cmdeb/statuses/288687035722629121
Oh, hush now. Alex Jones appeared on CNN!!!11! with model of normalcy and journalistic superstar Piers Morgan. So one can only assume he’s “what a normal gun advocate is like.”
@philipaklein @GarrettQuinn Well I assume he is, since he was on CNN
— Joe Weisenthal (@TheStalwart) January 8, 2013
CNN and Piers Morgan wouldn’t steer you wrong, would they?
https://twitter.com/GarrettQuinn/status/288680839485722625
https://twitter.com/lachlan/status/288679730494980096
@TheStalwart @philipaklein @GarrettQuinn So you think a loon like Alex jones represents mainstream gun rights supporters? Pathetic.
— Mark Bult (@markjbult) January 8, 2013
@TheStalwart there was nothing normal about that
— Andy Lancaster (@andylancaster) January 8, 2013
https://twitter.com/davidharsanyi/status/288679927895691264
https://twitter.com/winkinj/status/288678897363611649
https://twitter.com/willrahn/status/288679262020595712
A forgiving take on this ludicrous tweet would be that Weisenthal is simply delusional, or possibly trolling. But either way, chances are he knows perfectly well he’s full of it.
@TheStalwart Very arrogant and self-promoting of you. You know full well that was not 'normal gun folk'.
— BamaTrader (@BamaTrader) January 8, 2013
@TheStalwart That's what you think is a "normal" gun advocate is, or what you would like others to believe?
— John Benedict (@geckojb) January 8, 2013
That’s certainly why Musket Morgan invited Jones to appear on his program.
An article chock full of great @PiersMorgan quotes: http://t.co/co0OPcIc Alex Jones "was the best ad for gun control you could wish for."
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) January 8, 2013
Update:
Weisenthal goes with the ol’ “trolling” explanation.
@KevinWGlass @binarybits Come on, I'm from Austin, and I live all day on the internet.
— Joe Weisenthal (@TheStalwart) January 8, 2013
Shocking, we know. Who could have predicted that? (Feel free to scroll back up.)
Update:
Joe calls out others for trolling. No further comment necessary.
https://twitter.com/BecketAdams/status/288711985204457472