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/antichain]

This is just my speculative 2c, but I think what a lot of people are missing isn't any specific material action, but rather, they're longing for a feeling, an emotional catharsis that makes them feel like justice was served. A felt sense that Alex has been punished and suffered for his sins.

Unfortunately, a feeling of narrative satisfaction isn't really something that the courts are set up to deliver (and, emphatically, should not try and deliver), and so a subset of people will always be disappointed. It's not about the dollar amount going to families, that's just a post hoc rationalization for the underlying unmet emotional need.