Why its wrong to have conspiracy theories about the Kennedy assassination

I do not think this is complex. Its actually quite simple. I also think having conspiracy theories is sad. But first, let me explain why its wrong to have them.

President Kennedy was riding in an open-top car through the middle of a city. He was not killed under some highly suspicious circumstances – for example, say if his plane had been flying across the Atlantic to meet some world leaders and then it disappeared or whatever.

There are a lot of ways in which a president could have died which would have been suspicious. If he had been found in his bedchambers dead or something. Etc.

But that was not the situation. He was riding in an open-top vehicle through the middle of the city. There had certainly been death threats against him before, or at least innuendo and speculation to that effect. There were people who engaged in at the very minimum hostile rhetoric against him.

Therefore it should not at all be suprising that he was shot by some psychopath with a shotgun in broad daylight, riding through the middle of a city wide open as he was. What is more shocking is how this could have happened at all, how could any of those responsible for his security have even fathomed doing such a thing is beyond me.

This was not a mayor of some small town USA riding down the street in a parade on a nice day. How hated can a mayor of a city be? Compare that with someone like the US President and the difference is monumental. Its shocking that those responsible for the President’s security, his close friends and advisors, and the President himself did not know this.

All the speculation and conspiracy theories do nothing to help the country heal. Its possible to form conspiracy theories about just about anything at all. And in this case it is irreverent, disrespectful, and inappropriate. It opens wounds where there needs to be healing.

Even if there were some others involved, it does not change the fact that he was riding wide open in the middle of the street through a crowded city. After the assassination, it is time to move on, accept responsibility and accept what happened, however bitter it might be.