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Pickpick

Interesting book that interviews and spends time with several different types of conspiracy theorists. The book has been around over 20 years—this is a slightly updated edition. Interesting to see how things have changed and also stayed the same. Ronson finds some humorous and interesting people to listen to and he looks into their claims as best he can. I enjoyed it.

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Megabooks
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Pickpick

This book is 20 years old and still relevant. There will always be conspiracy theorists, and Ronson talked to several. (Lizard people? Really?) But what impressed me more was seeing the start of how propaganda has been used so effectively in the last 20 years to raise white supremacy and Islamic terrorism to global levels. I will admit that the changes in the last 20 years have frightened me to my core. We must resist. 4⭐️

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Maybe not so crazy with what we know about Jeffrey Epstein now. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Samary Have you seen the documentary on Netflix? Crazy stuff. Sick stuff. 3y
Megabooks @Samary I started it but haven‘t finished it. Just disgusting. 3y
MicheleinPhilly Stay away from QAnon crazies, Meg! 😉 3y
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Megabooks @MicheleinPhilly I will! 😂😂 I‘m just reading this chapter where Jon goes to a Klan rally, and the leader is trying to make a kinder, gentler Klan publicly to gain more political power outright... It‘s interesting reading this 20 year old book and seeing the changes that have actually happened. 3y
MicheleinPhilly Here‘s an idea for a “kinder, gentler” clan - DON‘T FUCKING EXIST! 🤬 3y
Megabooks @MicheleinPhilly I would agree!!!!! I put the quote in my Instagram stories. Reading this book 20 years later has been educational as to how different groups have changed their “messages” over the years to “sound more presentable.” 3y
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Megabooks
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About the only non-tiring thing that happened yesterday was getting these books from Book Depository. A lovely surprise, as I‘m never quite sure when they‘ll arrive. I started Them last night, and I am really enjoying it!

I love the cover art on these editions, too!

Megabooks @Bookwormjillk I‘m excited to get to that, but I just finished this one and I thought there‘d be some overlap. 3y
AutumnRLS Love Jon Ronson! 3y
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Megabooks @AutumnRLS these will be my third and fourth books by him. He‘s great! 3y
BarbaraBB Great covers! 3y
Megabooks @BarbaraBB thanks!! 😊 3y
britt_brooke Ooh, love those covers! 3y
Megabooks @britt_brooke I couldn‘t pass them up for $6.50 a book! 3y
Reviewsbylola I feel like their deliveries have been coming quicker recently! 3y
Megabooks @Reviewsbylola I agree! You know, I though of you when I priced buying the three Persephone books I wanted for Christmas both through book depository and the actual Persephone website and they came within a dollar of being the same price! Just FYI. 3y
Reviewsbylola Good to know! I actually think I‘ve bought a Persephone from there now that I think about it. 3y
Megabooks @Reviewsbylola I think I remember that you told me about BD having them, so I thought I‘d mention it was worth pricing for particular books. Maybe I‘m wrong about the person though...🤔 3y
Reviewsbylola I actually someone a year or two ago who found a bunch of them on sale on BD! I am so upset I‘ve never had that luck. 3y
Megabooks @Reviewsbylola yes!! The cheapest of the three books I want was still $21 on BD! 3y
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Jeg
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Bailedbailed

I got almost to the end and realised I had no idea what was going on. Very disjointed I think and the foreign names didn‘t help me.

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TheBookHippie
Offline | Anne Holt
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Airplane mode on the phone!
See you on the 12th

Unplugging for the last time of 2019 😳

AmyG Enjoy! 😘 5y
BookwormAHN Have fun 😸 5y
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RiaWritten
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Hi all! This is a quick note to say that, although I am still very into makeup and dresses, I am genderfluid and/or genderqueer in some as yet undetermined capacity. I will keep you posted, but until then, they/them pronouns please! Thank you! (Pictured is my new lipstick primer. Not sure it‘ll help, but what a name!)

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rather_be_reading love this!! 5y
Ms_T 🙌🏻 5y
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JaneyWaneyB
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As the morning commute begins I'm going to delve into this treasure and hope I haven't got my hopes up too high....

#Reading #StartTheDayWithABook #Commuting #TrainJourney #AlmostTheWeekend #BookNerd #ReadABook #Books #JonRonson #Extremists #InvestigativeWriting #Them #Conspiracy #Theories

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