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(note: haven't seen the new Spider-Man yet)
I hate the infowars JJJ. I always thought about him as a fairly respectable journalist that just has it in for Spider-Man for some reason. Mostly cause his early career was very suspicious, and he assumes the worst.
But the crazy conspiracy JJJ... Naw, that's just kinda lame.
Being convinced that Spider-Man is a menace is exactly the same mentality as the InfoWars insanity. That's just a more developed JJJ.
I mean, Spider-Man is literally a masked vigilante with no chain of accountability. JJJ has legitimate concerns.
Do his actions not speak for themselves?
Sometimes, but that doesn't erase the fact that he doesn't report to anyone. What happens if his moral compass is compromised? As the reader, we get to see the kind of person Peter Parker is so we trust him. But to JJJ, he's just a random person with superpowers taking the law into his own hands.
I don't recall such subtle distinctions from the newspaper comic strip.
Was Spider-Man in the newspaper comics? I know they address it in the comic books
Yeah, I read it in The Plain Dealer every day for decades
Nah. Alex Jones is just a fucking con artist, who also happens to be extremely mentally ill. He's showed many indications over the years that he doesn't believe half the shit he continues to promote.