Reply #24: Tsk, tsk

[Eloriel]

Not a very, um, fortuitous debut at DU. I join Minstrel Boy (who is far more knowledgeable about the details than I) in condemning your take on this. In fact, I have to admit I broke out giggling about halfway through your post.

Smirkymonkey --
I was a sophomore in h.s. when Kennedy was killed. Even tho I wasn't much of a "conspiracy theorist" as we are now called when the Warren Commission released its findings, even I, a naive young woman, thought it was complete bunk.

I myself didn't see Stone's JFK until about a year ago, which was well after I'd seen and participated in many, many JFK assassination threads right here at DU, AND plenty of Bush Crime Family (or Bush Family Evil Empire) threads as well.

While the details may be wrong or inaccurate or fudged or exaggerated, my very, very strong take on the movie (after all my "education" here at DU) was that in overview it was absolutely right on -- stunningly, shockingly so. But then I tend to be a more "overview" or big picture sort of person and don't get too hung up on the details.

Here's another wonderful book to add to Minstrel Boy's list, available online in fact:

Farewell America
http://www.jfk-online.com/farewell00.html

It's organized in a somewhat unusual way (which can be a little off-putting), but by a certain point in the book the way it's organized becomes quite an elegant feature of the book, IMO. Well worth reading. In fact, I ought to read it again. The first time around I could only "handle" a little bit at a time -- it weighed very heavy on me emotionally.