Ah yes, we should let the government decide that some people are "highly impressionable" and therefore not human beings with agency or rights. That's definitely not a terrifying precedent to set, nothing to see here
If I tell you to harass families and you go ahead and do so, both you and I ought face legal risk. And that's what's happening here. As this is an entirely private tort between private individuals, it is up to the individuals involved to decide which of the many responsible parties they wish to sue.
As it happens, Alex Jones is also enjoying his prerogative to sue others for defamation. And it's going to come down to a jury that decides whether those being sued by Alex Jones are liable for his stated damages.
No, we let the courts decide and they did. Jones isn't being sent to prison, he is just being forced to compensate the people his blatant lying harmed. I bet if Jones had spent the last 10 years constantly saying that you ate babies and this caused people to track you down and harass you then you would want him to stop and compensate you.
The only terrifying precedent is to allow shameless grifters like Alex Jones to lie with complete impunity no matter how much harm his lies cause.
