Unfortunately Mr. Newman did not even scratch the surface of how disgustingly dishonest Mr. Thiessen's lies about the John Birch Society and William Buckley were. Anybody who claims JBS is anti-Semitic is a shameless liar or an absolute fool. Mr. Thiessen, who has deep links to white nationalism and the promotion of "racist pseudo-science" via his employer according to the Southern Poverty Law Center, also cites a known white supremacist who wanted to deny voting rights to black people as the supposed "excommunicator" of the John Birch Society from the "respectable right." Thiessen also wrote the lies that got us into Iraq. For your information, I've included a few data points that demonstrate conclusively the absolute falseness and maliciousness of Thiessen's claim and the facts about William Buckley.