Paul Joseph Watson

Paul Joseph Watson (born 24 May 1982), also known as PJW, is an English YouTube alternative media personality, radio host, writer, and conspiracy theorist. He is the Editor-at-Large of Infowars.com, an online publication that promotes conspiracy theories about American and international politics, and a contributor to Infowars' talk radio programme The Alex Jones Show, where he occasionally either hosts or co-hosts instead of or with radio host and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. 2Political stance Watson has been called one of the "right-wing commentators of the digital age". He has previously described himself as a libertarian, and supported Ron Paul in the 2012 U.S. presidential election. In a 2016 tweet, he said he no longer considered himself a libertarian because Gary Johnson "made the term an embarrassment." In a post to Facebook in November 2016, Watson described himself as being a member of the "New Right," which he considers to be distinct from the alt-right. Watson has also referred to himself as a conservative, and he considers modern day conservatism to be a counter-cultural movement. Watson, while criticising Islam in the context of terrorism, has been accused of inciting hatred against Muslims. In a YouTube video, he described Islam as "an intolerant, radical, extremist belief system" and stated that rape "is the culture of Islam". Although he endorsed Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election, Watson declared in an April 6, 2017 tweet he was "officially OFF the Trump train" following the president's decision to launch missile strikes on Syria in response to a gas attack several days earlier, believing Trump had reneged on his promise to not intervene in Syria. After noting a decrease in Twitter followers, he denied he had "turned on Trump," saying he was "off the Trump train in terms of Syria." He declared in a separate tweet he would shift his focus on ensuring French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen of the National Front would be elected in the 2017 electio