Alex Jones is a virus. A pox. A stain. A tangle of emotions, paranoid fears and self-interest rarely so publicly on display. He's probably mentally unhinged too. I can say all of that because it's clear that I'm expressing my personal opinion; no one would mistake my hyperbole for statements of fact. He's a public figure, and I'm writing about a matter of common interest — his recent record-setting verdict in the defamation lawsuit brought against him by some of the souls whose lives were forever changed by the Sandy Hook shootings.