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ShazzieB

(22,612 posts)
23. For those haven't read the whole article...
Tue Mar 31, 2026, 02:33 PM
Tuesday

This is the last paragraph:

I don't want to be a person that just moves on from it and doesn't take accountability, because then I don't feel like you can grow. And I would love to grow. I would love to continue growing. I would be a better person. I just felt like I needed to clear things up for myself. Why was I there? Why did I do these things? Why did I stick around for so long? I don't have all the answers now, but I think exploring it and asking those questions and taking accountability was just sort of part of the process.


Okay, so taking accountability is a good thing, on the face of it. And I get how a young, naive kid could get sucked into something like this and have a hard time leaving. The whole thing does sound very cultlike. But where's the remorse for the terrible things he did while working for Jones? I'm just not getting it here. This is all about him, about his need to explain his actions to himself. He seems to realize what he did was bad and wrong, sort of. But I'm not sure he realizes just HOW DEEPLY bad and wrong his support of Jones' evil doings was. His attitude, as based on this article and nothing else, doesn't come off well at all. I hope there's more genuine remorse, contrition, even shame in the book itself, but I sure can't tell from this article.

The audio of the interview just went up at NPR. I'm going to give it a listen and see how this guy sounds, and what got left out of the article.

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Note to Josh: this isn't surprising for anyone who isn't an idiot. harumph Tuesday #1
also note to Josh ... You (intentionally) lied to people (on repeat) stopdiggin Tuesday #3
The Knowledge Fight Podcast Hstch05 Tuesday #27
Yeah, love the way those guys expose and mock this oversized nitwit. Marie Marie Tuesday #29
Say it isn't soooo ! (content creaters actually 'creating', 'fictionalizing' - content ?) - - - - - - - - -(nt)- stopdiggin Tuesday #2
Wow,... berksdem Tuesday #4
Josh Owens' book cbabe Tuesday #5
So, Alex Jones isn't paying him directly anymore, but he's found a way for Alex Jones to pay him indirectly . . . hatrack Tuesday #10
As Owens said in the interview, he was warned by Alex Jones his name was forever cbabe Tuesday #11
I blame Alex Jones for the mess the United States is in. Initech Tuesday #6
Agreed. Limbaugh and Faux are the other two, one of which still feeds the orange beast. At least El Rushbo passed on.... Evolve Dammit Tuesday #16
Exactly. yellow dahlia Tuesday #32
Eff that guy big time! Shambala Tuesday #7
Can't seem to find my pearls...... Just Jerome Tuesday #8
OMG, I'm shocked! 😱😭 I'm shocked, I tells ya! mwmisses4289 Tuesday #9
I listened to the interview on NPR tonekat Tuesday #12
Hey, josh, WTF are you ACTIVELY doing to correct some of the harm niyad Tuesday #13
gotta say wally baby Wednesday #34
I would be interested to hear your thoughts when you do. niyad Wednesday #35
These days you wouldn't need such an elaborate hoax; you now have AI to promote your lies. MLWR Tuesday #14
Any sane person who listened to any part of his program would have come to the same conclusion. Martin68 Tuesday #15
Gotta sell those fake supplements lame54 Tuesday #17
"There was no evidence... but we 'just knew' it was true... so we staged it." Beartracks Tuesday #18
"they are eating the dogs" rampartd Tuesday #31
"There was no evidence... but we 'just knew' it was true... so we staged it." Beartracks Tuesday #19
When I fact checked some rightwing story sent to me by an old army buddy, he'd replied, alfredo Wednesday #37
Sure thing, Josh AverageOldGuy Tuesday #20
Grifters all the way down Politicub Tuesday #21
All the people sucked into that nonsense are horrible human beings wolfie001 Tuesday #22
For those haven't read the whole article... ShazzieB Tuesday #23
Only the lame D00ver66 Tuesday #24
So can the remaining copies Delmette2.0 Tuesday #25
Now, imagine if they had AI back then. Buddyzbuddy Tuesday #26
And AI seems to favor MAGA Christian megachurch bullshit. Initech Tuesday #28
Another member of the "buy my book" club. mucifer Tuesday #30
It's called 'reverse engineering'. Aussie105 Wednesday #33
Distortion and deception, a dismal way to make a living. Bluepinky Wednesday #36
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