Those who demand that everyone "just ACCEPT that Oswald did it"...

[BlueStreak]

373. Because he was murdered before the statement could be challenged

If he had not been knocked off, I would have expected him to stand trail, and have any of his assertions challenged rigorously.

But then, that's why he was murdered, wasn't it?

I don't take Oswald's claims at face value. There is ample reason to suspect that the assassination did not happen exactly as the WC described it. The security state is the group pushing that load of propaganda. They have the burden of proof because the average person simply does not believe that Oswald was a deranged lone nut in the mold of Hinkley, Adam Lanza, or even Tim McVeigh.

The fact that the public mostly accepts the government's explanation of those cases is a clear indication that the public is not naturally inclined to disbelieve the government in all cases. it is simply a case that extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence, and the Warren Commission had one whopper of an extraordinary claim.

And if this were a one-time even with rogue elements of the CIA, the American public could probably even look past that as a horrible distant tragedy. But Americans understand very clearly now that the security state has grown EVEN MORE POWERFUL than it was during the days of J. Edgar Hoover and Alan Dulles. And that is why people still insist that the government be brought to account on this issue.