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I'm sure that will get reduced by the judge based on whatever state law, but it's a huge signal to Jones that he's an absolute monster.

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> it's a huge signal to Jones that he's an absolute monster.

I'd predict that he's going to flaunt the enormity if this penalty, and his fans will lap it up.

He is, in fact, live-flaunting the verdict on his stream at this very moment.

ugh, I hate being right

Considering how they used a clip from the trial talking about Jones' crypto "donations" for an ad to get viewers to send more crypto, I'm sure the verdict will be incorporated into future ad breaks as well.

To him it's an achievement that confirms what he's been blathering abt for 20 years. But hopefully it will disincentivize others.

> This case presented the greatest financial risk to Mr. Jones, because he was found liable of violating Connecticut’s Unfair Trade Practices Act, by using lies about the shooting to sell products on Infowars. There is no cap on punitive damages under that law.

https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/10/12/us/alex-jones-verdic...

The decisions of the courts are, by a wide margin, much more influenced by one's relationship with the regime than by one's relationship with morality.

Ideally, courts are concerned with legality, not morality.

Civil jury cases are concerned with both. If you commit an illegal act, but with a seemingly moral reasoning behind it, you may only suffer a light punishment. Now, if you are found guilty and your actions and behavior is found detestable by the jury the penalty will be far more harsh within the statutes.

All of this hinges on being found guilty of an illegal act, not a legal albeit immoral one.

You think Joe Biden influenced the jury? I guess it's worse position than having a president who was a praiseful guest on your show.

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