The Vintage Mencken

What is Mencken's opinion of Freud as noted in the collection, The Vintage Mencken?

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Freud is dismissed as a quack by Mencken, except for one by-product of Freud's theories: that lying is an unconscious and uncontrollable act. Mencken claims that people are in a constant state of lying, falsely portraying themselves so as to appear in a better light.

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The Vintage Mencken