Trump ally Alex Jones thinks Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton are literally demons from hell

[KamaAina]

Not The Onion!

http://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2016/10/10/13233338/alex-jones-trump-clinton-demon

There are some posts so strange you don’t quite know how to write them. This is one of those posts.

Alex Jones is a crackpot radio host who traffics in bizarre conspiracy theories. He is also very popular, and weirdly close to Donald Trump. Trump has tweeted links to Jones’s site Infowars; he has echoed conspiracy theories that originated on Jones’s site (like the idea that California has no drought, and the problem is being manufactured by environmental regulators trying to save an endangered fish); and he has been a guest on Jones’s show, where he told Jones that “you have an amazing reputation.”

And it’s not just Trump. Trump’s close adviser Roger Stone is a close friend of Jones’s and a frequent guest on his show. It’s plausible that Stone is the conduit through which Jones’s mania typically reaches Trump.

That’s a long wind-up for why I am telling you what Alex Jones just said. When you read this — when you read a radio host Trump likes arguing that Hillary Clinton and Barack Obama are literally devils from hell who attract flies and smell of sulfur — think about what it means for what kinds of ideas about Clinton might seem reasonable to someone marinating in this kind of rhetoric and vitriol. If one end of the spectrum you’re on is “she’s demon possessed,” then “Hillary Clinton is a criminal who rigs elections and deserves to be in jail” isn’t a particularly extreme position:

[muntrv]

1. Can we send Alex to one of those FEMA camps.

[Warpy]

2. He's been on this kick for a while

and of course Donald tunes in whenever he can, which is most of the time.

I think they could both use a course of some powerful antipsychotic drugs so they could sort out reality from hallucination.

I really hate this stuff. Rwanda, Bosnia, Kosovo all started with hate radio.

[meadowlark5]

3. I saw a bit of Obama's speech where he said this

He said that he and Hillary are said to be demons and they smell of sulfer the way Obama said it was so funny!

[jberryhill]

4. That's why Trump CALLED her the devil at the Town Hall

[marybourg]

5. "The Russians Are Scared of Her".

Maybe we ought to go along with this. This could be good. Putin keep your distance!

[apcalc]

6. That guy is nucking futs!

[The Genealogist]

7. I saw this yesterday and am still laughing about it

I personally don't believe in demons or hell, but if that is what someone believes, I'll respect his or her belief.

But...if someone tells me he or she believes HRC and BHO are actual, literal, sulfur-scented demons straight from the very bowels of Hades, I am going to laugh that person's face.

[stopbush]

12. Why respect beliefs that are childish and stupid?

You should respect a person's right to believe what they will. You need not respect the beliefs themselves. Do you respect the beliefs of the Republican Party? No. So why treat religion differently?

[Major Nikon]

8. I though he said Hillary was a witch???

This guy needs to get his malignant spirits straight if he expects to have any credibility.

[GeorgeGist]

9. "The pig's head on a stick does grin. As we teeter on the brink.

"The pig's head on a stick does grin. As we teeter on the brink. He's singing you are all my children. My island's bigger than you think."

[ohnoyoudidnt]

10. IIRC

Didn't he say W. would declare martial law and throw us in FEMA camps?

[stopbush]

11. And there you have Christianity in all its stupid glory.

Let's not forget that the Pope has increased the number of fucking exorcists in the RCC. What do exorcists supposedly do? Why, they cast out demons!

The same stupid, childish and dangerous beliefs that fuel Alex Jones and the religious right fuel the fucking Vatican. Belief in demons is a mainstream Christian belief.

[Initech]

13. I want to punch Alex Jones in the face.

And I'd do it on behalf of the Sandy Hook victims who were repeatedly harassed because of his bullshit.

[underahedgerow]

15. Believing in gods, devils and angels is the same as believing in witches. This guy is certifiably

delusional and psychotic, and dangerous to himself and others.

Nothing that comes off of hate radio is even worth discussing.

[Warren DeMontague]

16. THAT'S RIGHT. SHE'S A TESTICLE-EATING DEMON, ALEX

you better watch out, protect those huevos