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" Yeah, but in the end his followers take what they want from his philosophy. Maybe it doesn't matter what's going on in David Icke's mind. It's how other people take him. "

Jon Ronson

Philosophy

Him

End

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Side

" You can say anything to David Icke and he will accept it and put it into his ideology. "

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