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In reply to the discussion: Octafish to attend JFK assassination conference. Do you think JFK still matters? [View all]dreamnightwind
(4,775 posts)Glad you are going. Good luck discerning truth from B.S., it's always difficult, more so with this case.
I got way into this issue in the 80's, read several of the major books on the subject. There was no internet then of course so info was harder to come by. I regularly listened to radio broadcasts by Mae Brussels and Dave Emory, both of whom often focused their research efforts on this assassination, the peripheral people that may have been involved, and the larger context of their other activities.
Eventually, though, I moved on, it was too difficult to separate the truth from the disinformation and misinformation, and my life had other callings. I never felt, though, that the question of who killed Kennedy had been resolved, and always hoped more progress would be made on this issue.
It matters greatly. One reason it matters is because, as a people, we have very little understanding of the identity and activities of the forces operating behind-the-scenes in this supposed democracy. Another reason is that we are still living under the influence of many of the players who may have been involved, if not the players themselves then their descendents, their family fortunes and their spheres of influence. One of their descendents is likely to run for president soon, or not, he may have better leverage on power outside of the whitehouse.
The JFK assassination was a fulcrum event in history. Our national trajectory changed for the worse, and we need to know who and why, to better understand what is at work here in this country that is no longer responsive to the will of the people, but is instead run by shadowy business and military interests who operate outside of the accountability that comes from elected office.
One of my earliest memories (I was 3) is watching the funeral procession of JFK on our black and white T.V. I was unable to fully understand it then, and now, all these years later, it is sad to say that I am still unable to understand it.
Your posts are a D.U. treasure, and I look forward to reading reports here on the conference.
I have been unemployed for a long time now, and am in danger of losing my house soon, so I will not be contributing to your trip, but I hope others who are more able to do so will pitch in and help you.