“The main point seems to be that I'm arrogant and narcissistic, which should be news to exactly four people.”

— Barrett Brown

Huffington Post, "Palin biographer accuses me of planning anti-government violence" http://www.huffingtonpost.com/barrett-brown/palin-biographer-accuses-_b_791741.html, 3 December 2010.

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