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DanTex

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29. Oh, I know what the legal definition is.

Sat Nov 30, 2013, 07:05 PM

Nov 2013

Technically, if Oswald had a drinking buddy who helped him plan the JFK assassination, that would be a conspiracy.

But that's not what JFK conspiracies are about. JFK conspiracies are about the need to believe that JFK was killed by a powerful and sinister group whose interests were threatened by his policies, as opposed an essentially random event caused by one (or two) delusional nuts.

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A short history of lone nuts shooting US presidents. [View all] DanTex Nov 2013 OP

Lone nuts with deadly weapons Freddie Nov 2013 #1

The Lone Nut Anti-Defamation Society deplores this OP jberryhill Nov 2013 #2

You misspelled NRA NuclearDem Nov 2013 #27

yes, but JFK & MLK demigoddess Nov 2013 #3

The distance thing is true. However. DanTex Nov 2013 #10

From my reading there were three professional assassination teams in Dallas the day Kennedy was avaistheone1 Dec 2013 #39

That's possible, I suppose. nyquil_man Dec 2013 #42

So who would catch and implicate them? Art_from_Ark Dec 2013 #43

Congratulations. You've just made the conspiracy even bigger. nt nyquil_man Dec 2013 #46

It's no secret that Hoover was corrupt Art_from_Ark Dec 2013 #47

Would you say the FBI under Hoover and the Dallas Police Department nyquil_man Dec 2013 #48

It's one thing to catch a run-of-the-mill crook Art_from_Ark Dec 2013 #49

How about the Secret Service? nyquil_man Dec 2013 #50

This message was self-deleted by its author avaistheone1 Dec 2013 #40

Its gonna be hard BootinUp Nov 2013 #4

I'm surprised that O Jamaal510 Nov 2013 #5

I often think the same thing Freddie Nov 2013 #14

A couple of times I've read that credible threats have been off the charts since 2008 Hekate Dec 2013 #38

Dang and I thought conspiracy theory was American as apple pie. The Midway Rebel Nov 2013 #6

I blame porn FreeJoe Nov 2013 #7

Exactly pintobean Nov 2013 #8

Gotta love faux history with an agenda. former9thward Nov 2013 #9

I guess it you're going to be a CTer, might as well go all in. DanTex Nov 2013 #12

You headlined your OP "a short history of lone nuts". former9thward Nov 2013 #15

And then in the first paragraph I clarified... DanTex Nov 2013 #17

So they weren't lone nuts as your OP claimed? And you forgot about the attempt on FDR, not sabrina 1 Nov 2013 #19

Those were groups of nuts, as opposed to lone nuts. DanTex Nov 2013 #22

I don't think you understand what a conspiracy is. RC Nov 2013 #28

Oh, I know what the legal definition is. DanTex Nov 2013 #29

So you use your own definitions for your arguments. RC Nov 2013 #31

Not at all. I think any reasonable person can tell the difference DanTex Nov 2013 #32

Wow, a regular bunch of CIA spies in that bunch. The Midway Rebel Nov 2013 #13

The OP said "lone nuts". former9thward Nov 2013 #16

What "agenda" could I possibly have? DanTex Nov 2013 #18

You should learn to read more than headlines and perhaps you would not be so easily duped. The Midway Rebel Nov 2013 #26

What's with this "drunks" shit? former9thward Nov 2013 #33

Again, what "agenda" could I possibly have? DanTex Nov 2013 #35

Sorry, I meant the sobriety challenged. The Midway Rebel Dec 2013 #36

The 9/11 people were certainly not nuts. former9thward Dec 2013 #44

MAY die is not the same thing as WILL die. The Midway Rebel Dec 2013 #45

Dan, we can post until we are blue in the face... MicaelS Nov 2013 #11

Maybe if you posted facts? The OP has made a claim that has been debunked already. sabrina 1 Nov 2013 #20

Where did I claim they were all "lone nuts"? DanTex Nov 2013 #23

There are plausible claims that Zangara was a Mafia hitman starroute Nov 2013 #21

so even when there are 2 assassins or the Booth conspiracy, they are ALL "lone nuts" ? KurtNYC Nov 2013 #24

Sigh... DanTex Nov 2013 #25

Booth was part of a conspiracy Retrograde Nov 2013 #30

Nominally, yes. DanTex Nov 2013 #34

I would suggest the after effects would indicate there was more to some of these. Like Lincoln. n/t freshwest Dec 2013 #37

Certainly. nyquil_man Dec 2013 #41

Interesting Cali_Democrat Dec 2013 #51