Far-right podcaster and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones reportedly hosted a livestream on social media with "Assassinate Biden" in the title, causing the internet to erupt in calls for an investigation. Independent multimedia journalist David Leavitt flagged Jones' stream on X, which was formerly ...
    • Hugh_Jeggs@lemm.ee
      143·
      6 months ago

      I’m of the opinion that the car-based society in the States throughout the 50s to the 90s is the reason they’re all fucked in the head due to lead poisoning from gas fumes

      So yes, heavy metal poisoning

      • psycho_driver@lemmy.world
        5·
        6 months ago

        That might explain some of the boomer problems. Jones is a gen-xer though, we had phased lead based fuel out of almost everything by the time he was growing up.

        He very well could have eaten lead paint chips as a kid though. His supplements have also been tested and shown to contain unhealthy amounts of lead.

    • foggy@lemmy.world
      6·
      6 months ago

      Possibly. I think he really lacks an ability to see how his attention seeking habits negatively affect others, and I don’t think he’s quite capable of having it explained to him.

      I feel like something broke in his brain when he got fuck you money for doing good investigative journalism in the early 90s.

      Like his brain went “oh okay. Just tell people how they’re being manipulated and you get a free ride.” and he’s been stuck there ever since. And his tales of how we’re being manipulated grew taller and taller.

      It’s like some attention seeking shit mixed with a super low IQ. Idk.