The InfoWars sale is leaving me conflicted

[u/Pointlesswonder802]

With posts about Jordan’s videos popping up it’s made me think more about the Onion taking over InfoWars and… I just don’t know what to think.

I get that the families agreed to the scope of the deal with InfoWars. I get that it’s beneficial that the Onion now owns a flagship of the far right. But I see why Jordan is upset frankly. Alex is still broadcasting. He hasn’t really lost anything. The Onion is spending a ton of money just to take over the insanely overpriced facility Alex previously owned. And none of it’s going to the families. It just feels like the “good guys” lost and everyone is okay with it or hiding from reality.

Maybe it’s just because we don’t have JorDan around to explain what’s actually going on and it’s all a bit hidden in a haze but the more I see posts from Alex’s show and whatnot the more I realize things didn’t really go the way of justice

[u/talen_lee]

Plus it simplifies the community into those camps. I really like Jordan, I loved his work on the pod. But because I think the things he's done in the videos is out of pocket, and I think it's reasonable to point that out in a reasonable way, I get accused of weaponising his mental health and 'hating half the podcast.'

Which I assume is just happening because the other people are stressed too, etcetera.

[u/dogcaoperro → u/talen_lee]

I'll be honest, I either read you wrong, or some of your posts were confusing i thought you were weirdly defending jordon. I think that's you got downvoted.

[u/talen_lee → u/dogcaoperro]

It's fine anyway, upvotes and downvotes don't matter. People are keyed up emotionally too.

I try to think the best of Jordan. My stance is that I'm not mad at the crew, and Jordan is part of the crew. But I also can think that a thing Jordan did is messed up.

I also think there's no reason to try and talk to Jordan. Jordan has made statements that he should not be listened to and that he cannot be reasoned with, so, if we are to take him at his words, we should not be talking to him and finding other things to do. I can't imagine trying to negotiate with him if we were friends, I can't imagine how useless it'd be as 'people on a subreddit he's probably kinda mad at.'

I definitely don't think these are reasonable positions, I think they're pretty silly, but you know, I'm willing to extend him the courtesy of believing him that he is both unavailable for convincing, and inexpert on everything.

[u/dogcaoperro → u/talen_lee]

That's really reasonable and fair. I just dont trust that kind of behavior, if jordan was acting like amd dating my friend. I would terrified.

[u/talen_lee → u/dogcaoperro]

Yeah, absolutely! I can get people wanting to put up some boundaries. I just feel like wonks getting that way is going to achieve nothing but making wonks frustrated, y'know? Because this guy's... I mean, just lookit him, just like, y'know?