New Word for People Like Alex Jones...

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Propheteer: (noun)

One who attempts to make money by predicting disasters and selling people both information and material goods that promise to protect them from the disasters being prophesied. May or may not employ actual religious prophecies from ancient or modern texts believed by some to be of divine origin.  Pseudo-scientific claims may also be used as the basis for propheteering.

(see also propheteering, protection racket)

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Synonym:Profitute,Harlotapothocarian,Shystoquatrainian