The Elephant in the Room

Posted on 07 August 2017 by Jon Ronson

But Hillary is a known Luciferian, he tried She s not a known Luciferian, I said Well, yes and no, he said.In The Elephant in the Room, Jon Ronson, the New York Times Bestselling author of The Psychopath Test, Them, and So You ve Been Publicly Shamed, travels to Cleveland at the height of summer to witness the Republican National Convention Along the way, he reunites with an old acquaintance the influential provocateur and conspiracy talk show host Alex Jones who draws him, unexpectedly, into one of the most bizarre presidential campaigns in American history.From the private Winnebago where conspiracy theorists and fearmongers discuss key campaign decisions, to a chance encounter with notorious political operative Roger Stone, Ronson s picaresque journey into Donald Trump s atmosphere introduces us to the people who orbit the campaign machine, and discovers what makes them tick and what ticks them off Whimsical, hilarious and often downright terrifying, The Elephant in the Room captures a defining moment in our time as only Jon Ronson could see it. Download The Elephant in the Room author Jon Ronson – kino-fada.fr Sandy Hook is a synthetic, completely fake, with actors, in my view manufactured I couldn t believe it at first I knew they had actors there, clearly, but I thought they killed some real kids Alex Jones, January 2015 Alex Jones is basically the most irresponsible man I have ever met He uses his powers to inflame paranoia He boldly makes stuff up to suit his weird agenda Alex eschews facts and reasonJon Ronson, September 2016And Donald Trump, a creature who is dangerously clo Sandy Hook is a synthetic, completely fake, with actors, in my view manufactured I couldn t believe it at first I knew they had actors there, clearly, but I thought they killed some real kids Alex Jones, January 2015 Alex Jones is basically the most irresponsible man I have ever met He uses his powers to inflame paranoia He boldly makes stuff up to suit his weird agenda Alex eschews facts and reasonJon Ronson, September 2016And Donald Trump, a creature who is dangerously close to becoming the leader of the free world, takes Alex Jones seriously.Ronson teamed briefly with Jo...In The Elephant in the Room, Jon Ronson takes a look at the alt right, a formerly fringe group that has risen to take control of the Republican Party at the same time that Donald Trump has ascended to be its candidate Unfortunately, Ronson s piece is a rushed collection of obvious observations on American politics that s solely out there to capitalise on the election Ronson s in to the alt right is Alex Jones, the human turd who runs the conspiracy drivel show InfoWars among other deplorable o In The Elephant in the Room, Jon Ronson takes a look at the alt right, a formerly fringe group that has risen to take control of the Republican Party at the same time that Donald Trump has ascended to be its candidate Unfortunately, Ronson s piece is a rushed collection of obvious observations on American politics that s solely out there to capitalise on the election Ronson s in to the alt right is Alex Jones, the human turd who runs the conspiracy drivel show InfoWars among other deplorable outlets Ronson gave Jones his big break in July 2000 by suggesting they sneak into Bohemian Grove, a supposedly Satanic gathering place for world leaders to make human sacrifices to their owl god Mol...It s almost like the far right inhabit a parallel dimension with its own institutions, its own history and its own I hesitate to use the term knowledge It s a place where truth is overrated, where empirical evidence means nothing, where global warming isn t happening, where governments stage school shootings to take citizens guns away, where trickle down economics actually works and where, implausibly, white males are a disenfranchised group under attack This is what makes Donald Trump so s It s almost like the far right inhabit a parallel dimension with its own institutions, its own history and its own I hesitate to use the term knowledge It s a place where truth is overrated, where empirical evidence means nothing, where global warming isn t happening, where governments stage school shootings to take citizens guns away, where trickle down economics actually works and where, implausibly, white males are a disenfranchised group under attack This is what makes Donald Trump so shocking to so many of us he s not from our world A portal has opened between our world and this bizarre other realm and Trump is its ambassador Jon Ronson has profiled this dimension and its crackpot emperor, Texas talk radio charlatan Alex ...I will read and enjoy basically anything Jon Ronson puts out, and this was a really good glimpse into how exactly Trump managed to get anywhere close to where he is right now.When Trump strategist Roger Stone was arrested last week, journalist Jon Ronson tweeted that he d met him before and wrote about it in this short book I love Ronson s work, and I trust his opinion, so I did something I ve resisted doing until now I downloaded the Kindle app just to read the book.I never realized it, but Jon Ronson actually got conspiracy theorist Alex Jones his start He details their collaboration in his previous bookThem Adventures with Extremists , which I haven t read, When Trump strategist Roger Stone was arrested last week, journalist Jon Ronson tweeted that he d met him before and wrote about it in this short book I love Ronson s work, and I trust his opinion, so I did something I ve resisted doing until now I downloaded the Kindle app just to read the book.I never realized it, but Jon Ronson actually got conspiracy theorist Alex Jones his start He details their collaboration in his previous bookThem Adventures with Extremists , which I haven t read, but now want tothan ever Ronson and Jones lost touch over the years, but each gained a much bigger audience in that time In the summer of 2016, wh...A very short piecelike a chapter in his books than a book in itself about the influence of the alt right on Trump s presidential campaign.Having previously come into contact with Alex Jones, the alt right conspiracy theorist and talk show host, while writing a 2000 book, Ronson realised that he had a way into the mindset of those involved in the Trump campaign and having secured access to Jones, he also managed to gain access to Roger Stone, a close confidant of the presidential nomine A very short piecelike a chapter in his books than a book in itself about the influence of the alt right on Trump s presidential campaign.Having previously come into contact with Alex Jones, the alt right conspiracy theorist and talk show host, while writing a 2000 book, Ronson realised that he had a way into the mindset of those involved in the Trump campaign and having secured access to Jones, he also managed to gain access to Roger Stone, a close confidant of the presidential nominee, while both were on the campaign trail.The politics of the alt right are pretty alien to most mainstream thinkers in UK, and from afar media outlets are pretty mystified as to Trump s popularity in US In the study, Ronson exposes the influence the two men mentioned above have on t...Now it all seems like a dream within a dream, the presidential race of 2016 Unfortunately, we are still stuck in that inner dream, will be for the next four years This longform piece of journalism by the king of weird liberal journalism isn t really about Trump It sabout Alex Jones, the demented soul behind Info Wars, a psychotic fringe media website that peddled a lot of the fake news and conspiracy theories that helped win Trump his new fuhrership And like most of Jon Ronson s work, Now it all seems like a dream within a dream, the presidential race of 2016 Unfortunately, we are still stuck in that inner dream, will be for the next four years This longform piece of journalism by the king of weird liberal journalism isn t really about Trump It sabout Alex Jones, the demented soul behind Info Wars, a psychotic fringe media website that peddled a lot of the fake news and conspiracy theories that helped win Trump his new fuhrership And like most of Jon Ronson s work, it s just as much about Jon Ronson as it is about its purported subject It turns out Jon Ronson is kind of responsi...A very quick read, almost a longform magazine piece The Elephant in the Room is Jon Ronson exploring the culture of the alt right and the rise of Trump through professional radio conspiracy salesman Alex Jones Ronson met Jones back in the 90 s when Ronson was researching his book Them Adventures with Extremists and he invited the young Alex Jones to help him sneak into Bohemian Grove to watch CEO s and politicians take plave in an owl ritual involving burning a human effigy Ronson re connect A very quick read, almost a longform magazine piece The Elephant in the Room is Jon Ronson exploring the culture of the alt right and the rise of Trump through professional radio conspiracy salesman Alex Jones Ronson met Jones back in the 90 s when Ronson was researching his book Them Adventures with Extremists and he invited the young Alex Jones to help him sneak into Bohemian Grove to watch CEO s and politicians take plave in an owl ritual involving burning a human effigy Ronson re connects with Jones at a rally and the backstory and their discu... Alex is basically the most irresponsible man I have ever met He uses his powers to inflame paranoia He boldly makes stuff up to suit his weird agenda Alex eschews facts and reason and he definitely should not have political sway. Kindle Locations 42 44 This book is mainly about crazy man Alex Jones, and maybe his influence on Trump But really it is all about Trump It is always about Trump That is the sad thing living in the world now, everything is about Trump whether you want it to be o Alex is basically the most irresponsible man I have ever met He uses his powers to inflame paranoia He boldly makes stuff up to suit his weird agenda Alex eschews facts and reason and he definitely should not have political sway. Kindle Locations 42 44 This book is mainly about crazy man Alex Jones, and maybe his influence on Trump But really it is all about Trump It is always about Trump That is the sad thing living in the world now, everything is about Trump whether you want it to be or not.I can see why Ronson confesses an affection for Jones even while Jones says outlandish things If you can force yourself to watch him for even a few minutes he can be kind of engaging In a tragic car wreck kind of way But still, I ll admit the dude has something that makes it hard to take your eyes off him Bu...Too journalistic At best, it is good for a little entertainment however, by exaggerating, showing off and reflecting on only a small part of reality, it is impossible to picture the whole reality In other words, by the same level of analytical depth and maneuvering on selected events, it is easy to refute any political figure or idea.To beinfluential, the author puts too much focus on anger, violence and racism to denounce Trump s campaigns At some point, he even criticizes a bunch of Too journalistic At best, it is good for a little entertainment however, by exaggerating, showing off and reflecting on only a small part of reality, it is impossible to picture the whole reality In other words, by the same level of analytical depth and maneuvering on selected events, it is easy to refute any political figure or idea.To beinfluential, the author puts too much focus on anger, violence and racism to denounce Trump s campaigns At...I read this for a few reasons 1 I had already bought it on Kindle, so it s not like donating it or giving it away was an option , so even after reading So You ve Been Publicly Shamed which was okay, but I wanted it to be better and The Psychopath Test which was not good at all and deciding I wasn t a Ronson fan, I figured I might as well read it.2 It s only 44 pages.3 And I m behind on my Reading Challenge.4 It s only going to get less timely.None of those reasons being Because I thou I read this for a few reasons 1 I had already bought it on Kindle, so it s not like donating it or giving it away was an option , so even after reading So You ve Been Publicly Shamed which was okay, but I wanted it to be better and The Psychopath Test which was not good at all and deciding I wasn t a Ronson fan, I figured I might as well read it.2 It s only 44 pages.3 And I m behind on my Reading Challenge.4 It s only going to get less timely.None of those reasons being Because I thought I would enjoy it And I did not I just don t like Ronson s writing He always seems curiously removed from what he s writing about, and not in an objective, journalistic way, but in an I m just doing this for a paycheck way The things he tells us and the things he shows us often do not match This particular piece has addit...What if Alex Jones and his audience were in the White House What if Roger Stone types were there too That s the scary conclusion to Ronson s latest, The Elephant in the Room And that s a horrible thought.Let s stop short of fearing an American Hitler is here in the form of Trump Ronson makes it clear, that is not what we re facing with a Trump presidency But if Trump were to fill his cabinet with Jones types, well, it s a scary thought indeed Imagine policy built on misinformation, propa What if Alex Jones and his audience were in the White House What if Roger Stone types were there too That s the scary conclusion to Ronson s latest, The Elephant in the Room And that s a horrible thought.Let s stop short of fearing an American Hitler is here in the form of Trump Ronson makes it clear, that is not what we re facing with a Trump presidency But if Trump were to fill his cabinet with Jones types, well, it s a scary thought indeed Imagine policy built on misinformation, propaganda, and wish fulfilment And striking down, literally, your political enemies That s what a Trump presidency could look like.I read this and write this review forty eight hours before the election Yesterday, I finished reading and reviewed, White Trash The 400 Year Untold History of Class in America by Nancy Isenberg which can be found here at Goodreads.com I m not leading into the conclusion that Team Trump is White Trash I m saying that if you want to understand the Trump campaign, re...Ronson at it againLove Robson s writing and was excited to see what he would do with a smaller format I wasn t disappointed Once again, he manages to paint a balanced picture without compromising his tone or perspective.Excuse me, I need to go take a Silkwood shower.

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07 August 2017

Jon Ronson