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i know it isn't easy upvoting alex jones content, so thank you for your service in educating people about what a true charlatan he is.
edit - this speech hit me so hard that i will never forget it. and to think now that it was HIS speech? fuck.
I used to follow Alex Jones before he started making money. He was (probably) authentic and actually tried to physically infiltrate supposed cabalic rituals and such.
it really seemed that way, but of course i now question everything he said - and i actually credit him for how i ultimately developed that skill. things may have been very different back in those days, but it's clear now that he was only just rabble rouser without any real goal at the time. sad that he's found one now though
Did they re-use one of his actual speeches or was he just cast to play this character and read these lines? I haven't seen the film yet.
i'm an idiot. i edited a reply to you and then realized you'd never see it.
this was filmed specifically for the production. i'm in my 40s now (sucks), but i got big into his stuff right after 9/11. police state stuff during the w admin.. bohemian grove was huge.. some of his gotchas are still wow (david gruggen?).
he was a force maybe once? but definitely not now. i think it's good for people to know where he came from so they can help us prevent where he's going.
No sweat, I see two replies! I wonder if he actually believed this any more than he believed anything else he spouted. I'm inclined to believe he'd say whatever makes him money.
now? i'd agree with you.
back then? i think the thought he was really onto something.. and i did, too - at the time. 0
knowing what i know now, a "faggy" party - to quote Nixon, probably wasn't then what it's probably become now.
as i know it, he was filmed making the speech and they animated over top of it, just like the rest of the film. he isn't the best part. it's a great movie involving tons of great animators.
edit - to answer your question more directly: yes, he filmed this scene specifically for this film.