Should we really give the whole country a pass on reason when it comes to JFK conspiracies?

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1. good post

IMO JFK's assassination simply lends itself to conspiracy theories for a couple of reasons. Ruby shooting LHO deprived us of his trial, in which a lot could have come out. LHO will always be the alleged killer, due to lack of a conviction of guilt in a jury trial. Leaving it open as to how it could have been someone else. LHO's strange past, where, in the cold war, he went to live in the Soviet Union and renounced his citizenship, but then came back, lends itself to the idea he was part of some Soviet-induced plot. None of it may be true, it just lends itself and makes it easy to spin theories.

Then when people say that CTs are just because people can't accept that one lone person can kill the POTUS, it is also true and they overlook that any POTUS being killed could well be due to a conspiracy rather than just random violence which could happen to the less famous/powerful. There are unlikely to be conspiracies where most people are murdered, but where it's the President, the possibility is greater.