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<\/em> by Jonathan Kay.<\/p>\nFor the record, he\u2019s the one who connected that book\u2019s focus with mythicism, not me.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
My colleague Brad Matthies has posted a review of the interesting-sounding book Among the Truthers: A Journey Through America\u2019s Growing Conspiracist Underground by Jonathan Kay. For the record, he\u2019s the one who connected that book\u2019s focus with mythicism, not me.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":136,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[64],"tags":[1312,2152,7853,12518,12963,13163],"class_list":["post-386","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mythicism","tag-book-review","tag-conspiracy","tag-mythicism","tag-theory","tag-truthers","tag-united-states"],"yoast_head":"\n
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