He always was a grifter, he just had a few better opinions then. Still a 9/11 Truther.
I discovered him in high school. Had a research project on the constellation Ophiuchus and found insane shit on the Prison Planet forums. My APUSH teacher also used him as evidence of how crazy conspiracy theories were - showed the class how easy it was to get from his Truther websites to David Icke and his reptilian nonsense.
Way back when Alex Jones was cool
/s or whatever
Alex Jones was pretty critical of the PATRIOT Act, Bush, and the war in Iraq. It’s ironic how much of an autocratic war hawk he is now.
He saw a path to becoming a rich guy and knew where the grift was
He always was a grifter, he just had a few better opinions then. Still a 9/11 Truther.
I discovered him in high school. Had a research project on the constellation Ophiuchus and found insane shit on the Prison Planet forums. My APUSH teacher also used him as evidence of how crazy conspiracy theories were - showed the class how easy it was to get from his Truther websites to David Icke and his reptilian nonsense.
He made a good first impression on me with Waking Life and it was all downhill from there.