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JonQ Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-30-09 10:06 AM
Response to Reply #63
75. So that proves what exactly?
Unknowing patsy = rightwing? Amorphous unproven and conjectural conspiracies = right wing?

My initial post was in response to immediately labeling all three as rightwing hate. That does not appear to be the case. Inserting conspiracy theories does nothing to disprove my retort.
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  -"The murder of JFK, MLK and RFK hit our generation like billy club, and we never really got back up" Taverner  Aug-29-09 12:11 PM   #0 
  - Well, I got up but its difficult to stay standing these days!  Raven   Aug-29-09 12:12 PM   #1 
  - yes. It was the death of hope. You cannot know how gut wrenching  roguevalley   Aug-30-09 02:08 AM   #71 
  - Pretty much sums it up.  BobRossi   Aug-29-09 12:12 PM   #2 
  - Unfortunately, yes  liberaltrucker   Aug-29-09 12:14 PM   #3 
  - Agreed...  wundermaus   Aug-29-09 12:17 PM   #10 
  - For me, it was like being punched in the gut, very hard, three times.  SeattleGirl   Aug-29-09 12:14 PM   #4 
  - You're so right, SG  SharonRB   Aug-29-09 12:34 PM   #34 
  - I agree.  GCP   Aug-29-09 12:14 PM   #5 
  - I agree those were tragedies, but  JonQ   Aug-29-09 12:34 PM   # 
     - nonsense  pretzel4gore   Aug-29-09 12:53 PM   #41 
     - That was a cogent point  JonQ   Aug-29-09 05:08 PM   #58 
        - More cogent than yours  omega minimo   Aug-30-09 12:53 AM   #68 
           - I know you are but what am I?  JonQ   Aug-30-09 10:07 AM   #76 
     - JFK's assassination was not done by one person, nor were RFK or MLK's  loudsue   Aug-29-09 12:57 PM   #42 
     - My bad, I was dealing with facts  JonQ   Aug-29-09 05:07 PM   #56 
        - Me, too. And not all conspiracies are "theories".  loudsue   Aug-29-09 11:23 PM   #65 
        - No. You're not.  omega minimo   Aug-30-09 12:54 AM   #70 
           - Yes. I am.  JonQ   Aug-30-09 10:05 AM   #74 
              - Who put up the "Wanted For Treason" posters? Liberals?  Cetacea   Aug-30-09 10:14 AM   #77 
              - And who shot him?  JonQ   Aug-30-09 10:19 AM   #79 
                 - Occams Razor. How many right-wingers have been wacked?  Cetacea   Aug-30-09 10:27 AM   #81 
                    - Let's see  JonQ   Aug-30-09 10:41 AM   #85 
                       - Question:  Cetacea   Aug-30-09 11:02 AM   #93 
                          - Probably of their own accord  JonQ   Aug-30-09 11:04 AM   #95 
                          - Interesting. Do you believe the hecklers aren't being coached?  Cetacea   Aug-30-09 11:07 AM   #96 
                             - Nope  JonQ   Aug-30-09 11:10 AM   #99 
                                - How about the "Brooks Brothers" gang after the 2000 election?  Cetacea   Aug-30-09 11:12 AM   #100 
                                   - Sigh,  JonQ   Aug-30-09 05:25 PM   #113 
                          - Question:  JonQ   Aug-30-09 11:12 AM   #101 
              - Who do you think you're fooling?  omega minimo   Aug-30-09 10:43 AM   #86 
                 - No one  JonQ   Aug-30-09 10:50 AM   #90 
                    - Well stick around and get some education to support what you call truth.  omega minimo   Aug-30-09 11:01 AM   #92 
                    - Sure, education is great  JonQ   Aug-30-09 11:02 AM   #94 
                       - ROFL  omega minimo   Aug-30-09 11:24 AM   #103 
                    - Wow... A Texan That Believes Oswald Shot Kennedy...  WillyT   Aug-30-09 11:07 AM   #97 
                       - Wow, a bigoted, condescending  JonQ   Aug-30-09 11:09 AM   #98 
                          - And Just How Many Books On The Assassination Have You Read ???  WillyT   Aug-30-09 11:32 AM   #104 
     - Your verdict on Ray is at odds with what the King family believes  RufusTFirefly   Aug-29-09 01:04 PM   #47 
     - I didn't see a motive mentioned on that site  JonQ   Aug-29-09 05:08 PM   #57 
        - Sigh. Once again, from the King Center site  RufusTFirefly   Aug-29-09 10:23 PM   #63 
           - So that proves what exactly?  JonQ   Aug-30-09 10:06 AM   #75 
     - Wow. Hey man, I've got some beachfront property in Arizona to sell ya!  scarletwoman   Aug-30-09 10:56 AM   #91 
     - You need to listen to the Nixon tapes.  Doremus   Aug-30-09 02:04 PM   #111 
        - I actually didn't realize  JonQ   Aug-30-09 02:57 PM   #112 
  - Yes. There has always been a sense of loss, of what might have been.  jaxx   Aug-29-09 12:15 PM   #6 
  - I wasn't even born yet and I've felt it all my life.  Iris   Aug-30-09 02:51 AM   #72 
  - Yes, oh yes. It seemed like there was no point in trying to fix things, death would ensue.  SharonAnn   Aug-29-09 12:16 PM   #7 
  - ABSOLUTELY, I would.  flor de jasmim   Aug-29-09 12:16 PM   #8 
  - Yes, I would agree with that completely.  Blue_In_AK   Aug-29-09 12:16 PM   #9 
  - I'm a gen Xer ,, I feel your statement  proud patriot   Aug-29-09 12:17 PM   #11 
  - Yes. There was a sense that anyone who took on the biggest crooks would get a bullet eventually.  valerief   Aug-29-09 12:18 PM   #12 
  - I think that fear  drmeow   Aug-29-09 12:38 PM   #35 
     - I'd like to think you're wrong  Taverner   Aug-29-09 12:45 PM   #37 
        - I think it is purely subconscious  drmeow   Aug-29-09 12:58 PM   #44 
  - Yep... And The Democratic Convention In Chicago In 1968...  WillyT   Aug-29-09 12:18 PM   #13 
  - It's true. Every time a true leader popped up, they murdered him.  Warpy   Aug-29-09 12:19 PM   #14 
  - +1  Doremus   Aug-30-09 01:57 PM   #110 
  - The smashing of newly raised hopes took an awful toll.  JohnnyLib2   Aug-29-09 12:19 PM   #15 
  - I think there's something to that. nt  LWolf   Aug-29-09 12:20 PM   #16 
  - Yes lost of great hope - the ideals and values that matter most  2Design   Aug-29-09 12:21 PM   #17 
  - I grew up in that era in Boston and have always felt optimistic  HughMoran   Aug-29-09 12:22 PM   #18 
  - Um... It Took A While For Teddy To Do That...  WillyT   Aug-29-09 12:27 PM   #22 
     - Just sayin' - getting down or giving up isn't ultimately what Teddy was about  HughMoran   Aug-29-09 12:32 PM   #30 
        - Not A Sucker... A Rarity... And A Good One...  WillyT   Aug-29-09 12:42 PM   #36 
  - That pretty much sums it up  Gman   Aug-29-09 12:25 PM   #19 
  - You know what though?  JustAnotherGen   Aug-29-09 12:25 PM   #20 
  - I remember every one of those murders...where I was, what I was doing..  truth2power   Aug-29-09 12:26 PM   #21 
  - How optimistic, pessimistic one is is mostly a hard-wired thing  AngryAmish   Aug-29-09 12:28 PM   #23 
  - As Ted taught his son after the kid lost a leg: Even the worst tragedy is survivable.  Hekate   Aug-29-09 12:28 PM   #24 
  - Yes.  PDJane   Aug-29-09 12:28 PM   #25 
  - I was 4 months old when JFK was cut down.  liberalmuse   Aug-29-09 12:29 PM   #26 
  - Sean Lennon.  Cetacea   Aug-30-09 10:23 AM   #80 
     - Another assassination.  omega minimo   Aug-30-09 10:45 AM   #87 
  - PS  JustAnotherGen   Aug-29-09 12:30 PM   #27 
  - well, it's certainly true that they made a lasting impression....  mike_c   Aug-29-09 12:31 PM   #28 
  - Absolutely,  mother earth   Aug-29-09 12:31 PM   #29 
  - Got up but do not trust this government to protect this president.  MichiganVote   Aug-29-09 12:33 PM   #31 
  - I think to some degree it is true  SharonRB   Aug-29-09 12:34 PM   #32 
  - The Kennedy Generation - that's what someone called "us"  October   Aug-29-09 12:34 PM   #33 
  - October  JustAnotherGen   Aug-29-09 12:45 PM   #38 
     - One can be both cynical AND optimistic  Taverner   Aug-29-09 12:52 PM   #40 
     - Very insightful  October   Aug-29-09 06:42 PM   #62 
  - Growing up in MA, the Kennedy's were and example to set your course by.  graywarrior   Aug-29-09 12:46 PM   #39 
  - Yup. The bad guys won  RufusTFirefly   Aug-29-09 12:57 PM   #43 
  - yes. they were the 1st in an unending series of billie clubs  northernlights   Aug-29-09 12:59 PM   #45 
  - I was fifteen when JFK was assassinated.  man4allcats   Aug-29-09 01:01 PM   #46 
  - when Bobby died, hope was gone  riverwalker   Aug-29-09 01:09 PM   #48 
  - NO!! most of us did not lay down & curl up in the fetal position. We got up again & began to work...  Hekate   Aug-29-09 01:09 PM   #49 
  - spurred me to stand up and fight on.  Kip Humphrey   Aug-29-09 01:13 PM   #50 
  - It wasn't just those assassinations though,  Iterate   Aug-29-09 01:14 PM   #51 
  - There's another thing, too, in that television was still new in the 60s.  EFerrari   Aug-29-09 06:01 PM   #61 
  - Lots of bad stuff happened from 1963 - 1979  FarCenter   Aug-29-09 01:20 PM   #52 
  - I'd have to agree. In my case the hopes and dreams  SaveOurDemocracy   Aug-29-09 02:13 PM   #53 
  - I like it. It was either go low or go wild. Pre-boomers hit hard too.  Festivito   Aug-29-09 02:39 PM   #54 
  - True for me to a large extent  laughingliberal   Aug-29-09 02:45 PM   #55 
  - Agreed. Well Stated. (n/t)  Paladin   Aug-29-09 05:51 PM   #59 
  - It all started when I was 12 but I continued to hope until Iran-Contra.  OmmmSweetOmmm   Aug-29-09 05:56 PM   #60 
  - Yes, and it was not just those good men, it was the death of the movement  csziggy   Aug-29-09 10:29 PM   #64 
  - Interesting idea, Taverner. I had never really thought of it that way because I was raised  bertman   Aug-29-09 11:31 PM   #66 
  - Man-O-Man... What You Said !!! + 1000  WillyT   Aug-29-09 11:36 PM   #67 
  - Totally accurate assessment IMHO n/t  laughingliberal   Aug-30-09 02:57 AM   #73 
  - I'm recommending this thread for this reply  Doctor_J   Aug-30-09 10:33 AM   #83 
  - Thank you bertman. The best of DU, right here.  omega minimo   Aug-30-09 10:49 AM   #89 
  - in WW2 the 'greatest generation' felt empowered  pretzel4gore   Aug-30-09 01:10 PM   #105 
  - I was too young to absorb the pain surrounding the times  mzmolly   Aug-30-09 12:53 AM   #69 
  - Group psychology.  H2O Man   Aug-30-09 10:17 AM   #78 
  - It probably doesn't help that we've never fought back  Doctor_J   Aug-30-09 10:28 AM   #82 
  - Yes.  Hansel   Aug-30-09 10:36 AM   #84 
  - No, the war overshadowed all of that.  rug   Aug-30-09 10:47 AM   #88 
  - I was just a young girl when kennedy was shot....  winyanstaz   Aug-30-09 11:22 AM   #102 
  - Yes and no - those deaths still hurt, but I look back and see all the changes  hedgehog   Aug-30-09 01:36 PM   #106 
  - My first memory in life was the JFK assassination......Tell me about it !  RagAss   Aug-30-09 01:39 PM   #107 
  - I think if you add to those assasinations  ohheckyeah   Aug-30-09 01:53 PM   #108 
  - And who were behind these killings just one crazed lone gunman each time.....  GreenTea   Aug-30-09 01:56 PM   #109 
  - They were terrible blows  TuxedoKat   Aug-30-09 08:03 PM   #114 
 

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