I've heard bits and pieces of the Alex Jones trial, and this guy is off-the-charts flipping nuts. He's the guy (one of them, anyway) who said the Sandy Hook shooting was staged.
Now, Jones claims he has a psychosis.
Jones baselessly told his audience in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting that the incident was staged. He has since acknowledged the shooting occurred, but only after the lawsuits were filed. He said in a 2019 sworn deposition that a “form of psychosis” caused him to make his false comments.
Jones is just one person, but what about all the others out there who buy into conspiracy theories?
One problem is a lack of trust in the government/media to tell us the truth. Some of that is understandable--to a degree--given that we've been lied to before. Things like saying Iraq had weapons of mass destruction or "I did not have sexual relations with that woman," make all of us leery.
But, to dismiss the shooting of dozens of children as a conspiracy when it would take a massive effort to organize such a stunt crosses the line into madness.
What makes a person believe unbelievable conspiracies? Things like thinking Sandy Hook was staged or that a plane didn't hit the Pentagon? Is it like Jones claims? It is a real psychosis?
Does a lack of education play a role? I ask this because it seems as though these conspiracies thrive primarily (not always) with folks who aren't overly educated.
Thoughts?