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[sundubuman]

and then he even tried to snuff out the life of the head of the John Birch society,

General Edwin Walker was an outspoken anti-communist, segregationist and member of the John Birch Society who had been commanding officer of the Army's 24th Infantry Division based in West Germany under NATO supreme command until he was relieved of his command in 1961 by JFK for distributing right-wing literature to his troops. Walker resigned from the service and returned to his native Texas.

Walker ran in the six-person Democratic gubernatorial primary in 1962 but lost to John Connally, who went on to win the race. Walker became involved in the movement to resist the use of federal troops for securing racial integration at the University of Mississippi, resistance that led to a riot on October 1, 1962 in which two people were killed. He was arrested for insurrection, seditious conspiracy, and other charges. But a federal grand jury declined to indict Walker, and the charges were dropped on January 21, 1963.

Oswald considered Walker a "fascist" and the leader of a 'fascist organization.'[45] Five days after the front page news that Walker's charges had been dropped,[46] Oswald ordered a revolver by mail, using the alias "A.J. Hidell,"[47] and began talking about sending Marina and their daughter back to Russia.

In February 1963 the general was making news with an evangelist partner in an anti-Communist tour called Operation Midnight Ride. In a speech Walker made on March 5, reported in the Dallas Times Herald, he called on the United States military to 'liquidate the scourge that has descended upon the island of Cuba.' Seven days later, Oswald ordered by mail a Mannlicher-Carcano rifle, using the alias "A. Hidell."[48]

While Walker was on tour, Oswald surveilled Walker's home on the weekend of March 9�10,[49] taking pictures of the house and nearby railroad tracks[50] which were later found among Oswald's belongings at the Paine home when they were searched after the Kennedy assassination (these photos were later matched to the same camera Marina used to take the backyard photos).[51] Though he did not leave specifics of his plans in writing, Oswald did leave a note in Russian for Marina with instructions for her to follow � should he be jailed in Dallas, or otherwise disappear.[52]

Oswald attempted the assassination on April 10, 1963. Walker was sitting at a desk in his dining room working on his federal income tax returns when Oswald fired at him from less than one hundred feet (30 m) away. Walker survived only because the bullet struck the wooden frame of the window, which deflected its path, but was injured in the forearm by bullet fragments.

The Dallas police had no suspects in the Walker shooting.[53] Oswald's involvement was not suspected until the note for Marina and some of the photos of Walker's house were found following the assassination of JFK, after which Marina Oswald told authorities about Oswald's attempt on Walker's life, which Oswald had told her about after the fact.[54] The bullet was too badly damaged to run conclusive ballistics studies on it, though neutron activation tests later showed that it was 'extremely likely' that the Walker bullet was from the same cartridge manufacturer and for the same rifle make as the two bullets which later struck Kennedy.[55]

[sundubuman]

But why read the history, just watch a Hollywood movie. An arch-communist leftie American assassinates a (leftist) President because of his staunch opposition to Communism..

Yet the leftie delusional idiots see it all as the central meme of the right wing conspiracy.

Cause they saw it in a movie.

Fun.

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Stephen Colbert coined the term truthiness, defined as "the quality by which one purports to know something emotionally or instinctively, without regard to evidence or intellectual examination." It delineates the difference between those who think with their head and those who "know with their heart."

In my opinion, some people demonstrate truthiness when it comes to addressing the veracity of conspiracy theories. I may not be phrasing this very well, but it seems as if some are confusing the political and civil right of 'freedom of thought', and are somehow equating it with 'freedom from being wrong'. It's almost as if they assume, "I have the right to my opinion, and I have the right to keep my opinions, even if they conflict with physical laws and the structure of the physical universe."


Let's assume that a large percentage of the general public believe that there is a conspiracy taking place in their government. After careful examination, they discover:

1. they have taken a closer look at both sides and come to the conclusion that the conspiracy theory has little evidence to support it;
2. looked at the 65%, their opinions, why they hold those opinions, and conclude that the opinions of the 65% are a reasonable interpretation of the evidence;
3. are willing to accept they are wrong because everything (all the evidence) is telling them they are wrong; and;
4. have determined that they are being intellectually honest.

What is the responsible thing to do next? As loose_ends said:

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On another thread, I responded to JMO's comment with:

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Next, I get accused of being angy and hostile, and for having "issues":

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