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In reply to the discussion: Has DU Turned The Corner On The JFK CT BS? Apparently So. [View all]Spider Jerusalem
(21,786 posts)So Ruth Paine is a part of the conspiracy, now. A liberal Quaker is somehow working with the CIA to set up a kill of the president.
Coincidences happen. Things occur by random chance all the time. Start looking for connections between things and you can find quite a few but that doesn't rule out the operations of random chance and happenstance. Grasping at straws to say "but aha, this person brought Oswald to Dallas AND told him about the job at the TSBD, therefore they must be in on it!" is just connecting random dots that lead to a conclusion you've already worked out in advance. Instead of starting with the conclusion "there must be a conspiracy!" and searching around for evidence that fits your predetermined conclusion, look at the evidence and see where it leads you.
https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/false-cause
http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/questionable-cause.html
http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/post-hoc.html
http://www.nizkor.org/features/fallacies/begging-the-question.html