Sandy Hook Families' Latest Monetary Demand
Roundly Mocked On Twitter
Townhall,
by
Scott Morefield
Original Article
Posted By: ladydawgfan,
10/22/2022 10:36:55 PM
Infowars founder Alex Jones has already been ordered by a court to pay almost $1 billion to the families of Sandy Hook victims for claiming that the 2012 school shooting was a hoax. It's a sum that would be impossible for anybody short of billionaire status to pay, yet on Friday the victims' families asked a Connecticut judge for additional punitive damages that could go as high as $2.75 trillion.
You read that right. That's trillion, with a T.
Per Reuters:
“The families said in the filing that the "historic" scale of Jones' wrongdoing in the case, his "utter lack of repentance"
Reply 1 - Posted by:
BarryNo 10/22/2022 10:40:22 PM (No. 1311808)
Next they'll demand the government pay the trillion dollar purse as a private citizen cannot be expected to pay out that amount. Oh, and hold him incarcerated till he repays the government the money.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
PChristopher 10/22/2022 11:04:20 PM (No. 1311824)
These people are shameless ghouls. Don't pay them one cent!
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Birddog 10/22/2022 11:40:05 PM (No. 1311843)
picked the wrong target,
Jo Biden told lies about Sandy Hook too...and only HE is capable of snapping his fingers and deliver that kind of money.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
billsv 10/22/2022 11:54:18 PM (No. 1311847)
Why cannot express his free speech no matter how offensive. He did not defame anyone. He expressed a. Opinion. The verdict makes no sense
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
JunkYardDog 10/23/2022 12:01:16 AM (No. 1311850)
I remember that day: I was at work, and the TV sets tuned to the market news were all relaying the facts of the tragedy at Sandy Hook. Like everyone else, I was aghast at the monstrosity of it all: 26 dead, 20 of them babies younger than 7 years old. I saw the righteous outrage stoked by non-stop news commentators and gun control advocates. I confess, I really haven't been paying attention to whatever Alex Jones has been saying about this, and I don't know why he's calling it a hoax. But I do know that, after decades of fear indoctrination and gun control virtue signalers convincing people that GUNS are to blame, that inanimate objects are capable of influencing people, I do know that anyone who ever voted in favor of declaring schools 'gun-free zones' are the ones who are truly responsible for allowing a horror like Sandy Hook to happen. And these parents of the dead children, do they ever think that maybe their kids were worth protecting even if it offended their tender sensibilities? Every politician who has enough clout to get a new gun restriction passed also has an armed detail who is paid to protect them and they still preach about abolishing 'assault rifles'. I feel sorry for any parent that loses their child and I can understand how the Sandy Hook parents have a special animus against guns. Its just that, if they supported making schools gun free zones, they made it possible for this to happen.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
msjena 10/23/2022 12:01:50 AM (No. 1311852)
Even lies are protected speech unless someone is defamed and can prove monetary damages.
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Careful what you wish for. If one man's free speech can be fined, then so can yours. My guess is that it will be overturned in appeal and then the Supremes will be forced to once again establish that we have a right to free speech no matter how offensive. If anyone can collect damages on speech that they do not like we might as well chuck the Constitution. People who are driven by greed really do not deserve our sympathy. Or perhaps loss has just made them crazy. It does that sometimes.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
Venturer 10/23/2022 1:00:56 AM (No. 1311864)
Give them a dollar and tell them to move on
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
bdog 10/23/2022 1:04:30 AM (No. 1311866)
What is sad is that has nothing to do with guns. Since the riots of the 60s, communism has been on the march and has made great headway. This all about people who do not want the United States to be free and successful. Their goal is all about destroying gun ownership and a move to take over government and the populace. We better wake up because they are succeeding.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Rinktum 10/23/2022 5:09:18 AM (No. 1311892)
#1, Thank you. I agree. I remember in high school having the concept of free speech drilled into my brain especially speech that offends. Sadly, that does not happen anymore. While I feel for these parents, money will not heal their their broken hearts. Better to do something positive to make a difference than belly up to the legal bar for something that will never satisfy their loss. Look to God for comfort. Work to expose the lack of security in schools or focus on addressing the mental health issues of young people.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Rinktum 10/23/2022 5:12:35 AM (No. 1311893)
So sorry, I meant to tag OP. It was his comment that I was agreeing with. Sorry…
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
Rinktum 10/23/2022 5:14:34 AM (No. 1311894)
Oh my stars! Now is misgendered OP! It was HER comment I was agreeing with. So sorry…
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
ladydawgfan 10/23/2022 6:00:48 AM (No. 1311910)
RE #12:
I'm OFFENDED!! Now, off to the re-education camps for you for more sensitivity training!! (/sarc Actually, I'm not that thin skinned!!)
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
downnout 10/23/2022 8:21:13 AM (No. 1311971)
The parents seem to be trying to get rich off the deaths of their children. Shame on them.
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
RuckusTom 10/23/2022 8:33:14 AM (No. 1311981)
Last I heard the First Amendment covered free speech - even speech we don't like. Saying something that 'hurts my feelings' doesn't automatically mean I get to sue you for everything you've got.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
3XALADY 10/23/2022 9:10:56 AM (No. 1312015)
So the reporting at the time that the school had not been in use and had been flooded was not correct? And that some of the children who were supposedly murdered belonged to a 'victim website?' There were other things at the time that made you wonder if this was a government false flag, one of the early ones before we woke up.
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
DVC 10/23/2022 10:07:41 AM (No. 1312068)
Jones is a total nutcase, but even nutcases should have freedom of speech.
The original award is a joke. This request shows that these families are crazier than Jones.
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
Kate318 10/23/2022 1:57:39 PM (No. 1312228)
Given enough time, the demons always reveal themselves. While I do not agree that Sandy Hook never happened, it happened on Obama’s watch. Obama, who was determined to get the guns no matter what he had to do. Obama, whose AG was Eric the Red, who instigated Fast & Furious. Obama, under whose administration, mass shootings increased by 600%. Just sayin…
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
NYbob 10/23/2022 4:09:42 PM (No. 1312288)
Jones is half idiot and half blowhard, but as usual, the media and soft headed dopes are missing the real villains. The murdered mother of the maniac knew he was a mess, but she was OK with firearms in the house. The cops knew and did nothing to contain the maniac. I bet they would have done something if the Chief of Police lived next door. Most of all the school board and everyone associated with the maniacs school history are at fault for not preparing for a future incident. Having a glass panel next to the door handle is stupid and so is having zero lethal or even non lethal response at several levels, when you know a maniac has your building on his mind.
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I hope he appeals this entire travesty straight to the USSC if necessary. Agree with him or not, like him or don't, but the reality is that we have free speech in this country. That includes the right to make a complete arse of yourself, but it is indeed a God-given right.