After conspiracy-mongering radio host Alex Jones started a petition to have Piers Morgan deported because of his support for gun control, the CNN personality invited Jones on to debate the issue. Jones acted as insanely as you’d expect, and Morgan is now declaring victory on the gun control argument:
“I can’t think of a better advertisement for gun control than Alex Jones’ interview last night,” Morgan told CNN on Tuesday. “It was startling, it was terrifying in parts, it was completely deluded. It was based on a premise of making Americans so fearful that they all rush out to buy even more guns … the kind of twisted way that he turned everything into this assault on the Second Amendment is exactly what the gun rights lobby people do.”
At least one person agreed that Jones was a terrible spokesman for gun rights: Glenn Beck. Speaking on his radio show Tuesday, he said that Morgan had chosen well if his intention was to discredit the pro-gun movement.
“Piers Morgan is trying to have gun control,” Beck said. “He is trying to make everybody who has guns and who believes the Second Amendment to be a deterrent to an out of control government look like a madman. So now he immediately books the madman and makes him look like a conservative.”
Beck is right. That’s like bringing on an Adbusters editor to provide the counterargument to the GOP tax position, or Charlie Sheen to make the case for marijuana decriminalization. These people are not fair representatives for the debates. Jones is an anti-fluoridation activist who questions the “official account” of 9/11 and preaches about the coming One World Order. He is a cartoon of a fringe figure. The only thing Morgan proved by giving a platform to such a straw man was a lack of confidence in his own arguments.
“I can’t think of a better advertisement for gun control than Alex Jones’ interview last night,” Morgan said afterward. How about bringing on a serious gun rights advocate, debating him, and then winning?
Is it any wonder that Alex is angry though? The writing is on the wall, "The People" feel threatened. n nAbout the only things I agree with Alex Jones on are the Constitution and deporting Piers Morgan, n nHow dare Piers come to this country suck up the resources that he has, and then attack the founding documents. Piers has already proved he has no respect for Journalism, and fled the country in which he proved it. Piers is exactly what the OWS people are protesting, Elitists out of touch with the average American telling the average American how he will live. n nNo we need to deport this man. If only to prove that we still expect those who immigrate to become part of this country , and not for this country to change in to their native lands? n nThen we need to get Alex a prescription for Valium and a CMOH. n nHe may be a nut, but he can read?
Who invited Morgan to the American conversation on gun control? Why are British accents–inevitably offering leftist opinions–so so often and so loudly heard in the American public square of late? n nMy suspicion is that these Britons are the harbingers of a great migration yet to come as the Muslim invasion of Europe continues. The irony is that these well heeled refugees bring with them the very ideological baggage that makes Europe vulnerable to Islamic takeover in the first place. And they find easy alliance with like minded leftists who dominate the universities and the media here in America. n nThe petition to have Morgan deported was something of a joke. But the larger threat may be very real.
“Why are British accents–inevitably offering leftist opinions….”
Inevitably? David obviously doesn’t watch Fox News.
Alex Jones is a stalking horse. For one thing "Liberal" pundit Glenn Greenwald (who in reality is so far right wing the left's been bamboozled by his hysterical anarchism) is joined at the hip to Alex Jones. So if the brie and cracker left embodied by Piers Morgan wants to trot out this loon to laugh at him they need to remember who the friends of their friends are. The real danger is statements like Biden's today where he said Obama is considering unilateral action through an executive order. Let's break that down. Obama appointed a committee who's job it was to conclude that Obama should rule as a dictator. We are wading into 3rd world tyrant territory here.
The United States would benefit if we deported Alex Jones!
and sent Empress Trudy to the guillotine!
Hey David, Piers DID have Jesse Ventura and Larry Pratt destroy all of Piers sneering anti-freedom, pro-big government arguments and when Jesse asked the live audience who they agreed with, it was overwhelmingly Jesse, NOT the import Piers.
Piers Morgan reminds me of how the left loves to "debate" — pedantically arguing logical fallacies and refusing to admit them for what they are, and both serving as moderator and debate participant. n nHeaven help me, but based just on this alone, Piers Morgan seems crazier than Alex Jones….. n
It was a good thing to have Alex on CNN. To dismiss Alex as a "Straw Man" and say he hurt the gun rights movement is misleading. It is important to have as many different people as possible expressing their views on an important issue. Alex is an amazingly unique and magnetic personality, exposing him to a completely new audience is sure draw him new listeners and cause conversation among everyone else; for example this article is discussing him. The other benefit is that Alex talks about things that need to be addressed, yet no one else is willing to discuss. Of course there should be blander and more boring people to discuss pro-gun topics, But I'm glad Alex is there to spread the message to people prone to ADD/ADHD like myself.