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A healthy & sustainable way would probably be to do something about school shootings in the only country where they happen on a regular basis.

In the absence of that, what else would you propose?




> what else would you propose?

Not suing others for millions or billions and spreading misery. Nothing can bring those kids back.

Maybe the government could have offered education and employment guarantees to the families?

> only country

Want to list some other things only the US has?


> Not suing others for millions or billions and spreading misery. Nothing can bring those kids back.

> Maybe the government could have offered education and employment guarantees to the families?

The lawsuit wasn't about responsibility or compensation for the school shooting. It was about the years of harassment and death threats that the families of those killed had to endure from people who believed the lies that Alex Jones repeatedly told about them.


You’re missing context. We are discussing their 5+ other lawsuits.


> Not suing others for millions or billions and spreading misery. Nothing can bring those kids back.

How about not slandering the parents of the victims causing Jones' followers harass and threaten them? He could have admitted he was wrong (which he only did finally at trial and under oath - far too late), but chose to double down. What about that misery?

Jones is not a victim here. He chose greed, but got owned. The motives of the families, lawyers, etc are whataboutism at best. You're essentially arguing that if somebody throws a punch at another person, said person has no right to hit back because hitting back won't take away your black eye.




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