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Why did Oswald kill JFK?
Tom Graves:
Why did Oswald kill JFK?
To become famous?
Because he was angry at Marina?
Because he was a Marxist and wanted to "advance the Dialectic" (which it now appears that he did)?
Charles Collins:
--- Quote from: Tom Mahon on February 04, 2025, 10:05:01 AM ---Why did Oswald kill JFK?
To become famous?
Because he was angry at Marina?
Because he was a Marxist and wanted to "advance the Dialectic" (which it now appears that he did)?
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We will never know why with any certainty. But I think that recent news reports had indicated to LHO that JFK was a threat to Castro. General Walker had also spoken out against Castro. And the opportunity to take a shot at JFK from the TSBD was just too tempting for him to resist.
Richard Smith:
Oswald was a malcontent who blamed others for his marginalized life. He thought he was smarter than others who he viewed as sheep accepting their pathetic roles in life. That created resentment and a desire to show them who he was. He turned to Marxism for attention as a counterpoint to the mainstream American political establishment and to stick it to those who had ignored him. The assassination was a giant middle finger to those he held in contempt. His own personal resentment fueled an anti-hero perspective of himself in which he could be someone important. That much worked. What he didn't bargain on was someone else with a similar mentality who would gun him down.
Jim Hawthorn:
--- Quote from: Richard Smith on February 04, 2025, 01:41:23 PM ---Oswald was a malcontent who blamed others for his marginalized life. He thought he was smarter than others who he viewed as sheep accepting their pathetic roles in life. That created resentment and a desire to show them who he was. He turned to Marxism for attention as a counterpoint to the mainstream American political establishment and to stick it to those who had ignored him. The assassination was a giant middle finger to those he held in contempt. His own personal resentment fueled an anti-hero perspective of himself in which he could be someone important. That much worked. What he didn't bargain on was someone else with a similar mentality who would gun him down.
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If he wanted to "show them who he was" or give "a giant middle finger to those he held in contempt", why the hell would he flatly deny having shot anyone and shout out that he was just "the patsy"?
Richard Smith:
--- Quote from: Jim Hawthorn on February 04, 2025, 01:46:58 PM ---If he wanted to "show them who he was" or give "a giant middle finger to those he held in contempt", why the hell would he flatly deny having shot anyone and shout out that he was just "the patsy"?
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That's obvious. Oswald didn't know that he was going to be killed within 48 hours of the assassination. He thought he had months or even years to play this game and bargain his confession to avoid the death penalty. Admitting his guilt was the one card he still had to play in the legal context. It is also consistent with his malcontent personality. Oswald was a pathological liar during his life. He probably got a kick out of making the police "figure it out." He wasn't going to help them. Oswald wanted historical credit for the assassination, but he wasn't going to help the police send him to the electric chair. He knew he had assassinated the president. That alone made him a person of significance whether he confessed or not. He also knew that the police had the evidence to link him to the crime. So he could milk this for attention. Play the victim. Once he confessed, he would be thrown in a cage and no longer be of as much interest. Had Oswald lived, he likely would have gone the James Earl Ray direction of trading his confession to avoid the death penalty and then spending the rest of his life suggesting there was something more to the story to con gullible conspiracy theorists into paying attention to him.
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