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Interview with Dan Friesen from Knowledge Fight on Alex Jones, the Sandy Hook Trial, and conspiracy ecosystems

Decoding the Gurus

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Are the Characters Like, Are They Bad or Are They Absolute Crazy?

i think that the way his brain works, i am not sure that he would be able to understand that his actions could materially hurt him. One of the things that struck me to trial is just how his level of of lying was just almost reflexive and he couldn't help himself. I a couple of times, like, mark would catch him up on contradictions, whatever, and he looks uncomfortable and unhappy at those moments. But at the poits where he just gets the monologue about what he's doing in stuff, it feels like he gets into a groove of rationalizing. An hem hem: Is there much credit given to him for embodying everyone that's there? Ten what w

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