EP105: Thomas Crooks Thought Lee Oswald Was Lone Gunman - Gracearchy with Jim Babka

The alleged Trump shooter, Thomas Crooks, thought that Lee Oswald was the Lone Gunmen. Where would he get such an idea? Jefferson Morley, with JFK Facts, notes that "When Gerald Posner and the New York Times reference JFK, they actually encourage baseless Trump conspiracy theories."

Our own Jim Babka reviewed Posner's recent column in the New York Times, and he thinks that the problem might even be worse than that!

The day after Posner's piece appeared, FBI Director Christopher Wray testified to Congress. There, he announced that Thomas Crooks had researched the distance from Oswald's alleged six-floor perch to JFK's limo.

Apparently, Thomas Crooks thought that Lee Oswald Was the lone gunmen! So, did Posner's theory empower and encourage Crooks? And what if Posner is just wrong?

Maybe ignoring all of the evidence since the Warren Commission is mimetically dangerous!

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CHAPTERS
0:00 Theme
0:58 Gerald Posner in NY Times
2:48 Crooks interested in Oswald
3:41 Making connections
5:37 Posner's prosecutorial role
9:11 Comforting conspiracy theorists
14:28 The Mimesis of Gerald Posner
17:07 A Rush to Judgment
21:17 Government hides information from citizens
24:15 The Rifle: The early days
27:29 The Rifle: Firing capacity
34:32 Two Howard Donahue insights
39:08 Willfully ignoring the Grassy Knoll
43:02 The one that missed
45:55 Gullible if you don't believe the government?
53:24 Another Blue Ribbon Commission?

ARTICLES
We're responding to this Gerald Posner article in the NY Times...
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/23/opinion/trump-shooting-secret-service-conspiracy.html

We're riffing off of this Jefferson Morley column on Substack...
https://jfkfacts.substack.com/p/assassination-falsehoods-from-the

EPISODE REFERENCED...
- How to Handle Conspiracy Theories (EP 74) https://youtu.be/QkFY3nfLmKk
- Conspiracy Myths and Conspiracy Mechanics (EP 75) https://youtu.be/R-xrbkDXl9A
- How Conspiracies Conceal & Con (EP 76) https://youtu.be/uD3km6hZfEc

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