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In reply to the discussion: Somebody Here, On This Site, Actually Asked.. [View all]The Midway Rebel
(2,191 posts)44. Yeah, it matters and here is why.
""The assassination of President Kennedy was a major watershed in American conspiracy thinking away from the status conscious, angry and white pseudo-conservatives who populate Richard Hofstadters brilliant articles from the exact time Im discussing here, and towards a more ideologically diverse group of thinkers.[5] Conspiracy and political paranoia became much more ecumenical after Dallas, spinning off into a raft of new theories, helped along by the FBIs misdeeds and the Church Commissions revelations, that culturally mainstreamed the entire enterprise. People who used to hand-crank mimeograph machines to print angry diatribes about fluoride in municipal water supplies morphed into big-money book authors, feature film directors and television documentarians. Just ask Oliver Stone, Jesse Ventura, Bill OReilly or members of the Wu Tang Clan who killed JFK, and youll see what I mean.""
tl;dr American conspiracy thinking used to be restricted to the right-wing.
read more at http://s-usih.org/2013/11/the-jfk-assassination-and-american-conspiracy-culture-guest-post-by-jonathan-earle.html
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And the numbers are growing. I just watched 'The Smoking Gun' and I'd like to hear
sabrina 1
Nov 2013
#13
Even the composition of the commission itself raised flags so long ago. It should now.
ancianita
Nov 2013
#21
You mean fictitious conspiracies like "Operation Northwoods"? The Govt would never kill it's own
Katashi_itto
Nov 2013
#22
The House Selective Committte on Assassinations asked that question, and it was answered.
Spider Jerusalem
Nov 2013
#66
Then why aren't they releasing everything? Why is any of it still classified?
riderinthestorm
Nov 2013
#45
I don't agree, but theirs raises another question about its relevance today, and if the young can
ancianita
Nov 2013
#20
This is heartening. Consider their judgment adult and mature and they will be that way. I love this.
ancianita
Nov 2013
#67
Why should ignorance of history take precedence over any other kind of ignorance?
immoderate
Nov 2013
#28
Well, you could say that about any murder. What difference does it make, the person is still
sabrina 1
Nov 2013
#39
Put your faith in those who seeks the truth. Doubt any who claim to have found it.
Scuba
Nov 2013
#32
I agree. After them, let's track down that John Wilkes Booth and give him what-for. nt
Dreamer Tatum
Nov 2013
#92