Why do JFK assassination forums draw so many nut cases?

[Tom Graves]

"The conspiracy [that Tom Graves] posits subsumes not only the JFKA, but pretty much the entire history of the United States for the past 75 years [sic]."

Dear Macho Genius Fancy Pants Rants,

Not necessarily the JFK assassination, itself, but a lot of our history ever since the early 1960s when risk-taking General Oleg Gribanov sent GRU Lt. Col. Dmitry Polyakov and KGB Major Aleksey Kulak (J. Edgar Hoover's shielded-from-CIA FEDORA) to the FBI's NYC field office to volunteer to spy for it at the U.N., and sent false-defector-in-place Yuri Nosenko to the CIA in Geneva in June 1962 to discredit what a recent true defector, KGB Major Anatoly Golitsyn, was telling father-figure-requiring James Angleton about probable moles in the CIA, the FBI, and the intelligence services of our NATO allies -- which intel Angleton unfortunately shared with his confidant, mentor, and mole-hunting superior, Bruce Leonard Solie in the Office of Security (look him up).

-- Tom

[Lance Payette]

Dear Macho Genius Fancy Pants Rants,

Not necessarily the JFK assassination, itself, but a lot of our history ever since the early 1960s when risk-taking General Oleg Gribanov sent GRU Lt. Col. Dmitry Polyakov and KGB Major Aleksey Kulak (J. Edgar Hoover's shielded-from-CIA FEDORA) to the FBI's NYC field office to volunteer to spy for it at the U.N., and sent false-defector-in-place Yuri Nosenko to the CIA in Geneva in June 1962 to discredit what a recent true defector, KGB Major Anatoly Golitsyn, was telling father-figure-requiring James Angleton about probable moles in the CIA, the FBI, and the intelligence services of our NATO allies -- which intel Angleton unfortunately shared with his confidant, mentor, and mole-hunting superior, Bruce Leonard Solie in the Office of Security (look him up).

-- Tom

Not sure how I got elevated to Macho Genius, but at least you're on the right track.

You omitted "(*Today's FSB/SVR)." Are you slipping?

The original post poses a legitimate question: Why, indeed, are so many nutcases attracted to JFKA forums? The thread has quickly shifted to "Why do people participate on JFKA forums?" - an entirely different question. There are internet forums on topics far more obscure and mundane than the JFKA that are way more active than any JFKA forum. It's a niche interest where even the non-nutcases tend to be fanatics.

But let's get back to the original question: Why ARE so many nutcases attracted to JFKA forums? I won't name names, but on this forum and the Ed Forum are a number of very prominent participants whom I would characterize as actual, bona fide nutcases. People who clearly are not thinking rationally and who assert absolutely preposterous things with complete sincerity. I am constantly agog.

Scroll through the pages of threads here. The silly threads that say nothing and go nowhere get by far the most posts and views. It's almost depressing to a Macho Genius such as myself whose witty, insightful contributions go nowhere, but I perservere because I'm so pleased with myself.

I think the preponderance of nutcases has two primary explanations:

1. Internet forums in general attract extreme personalities and wackos. You can pretend to be anyone you want to be and say anything you want to say. That's why, I believe, they have to be regarded as Monty Python skits and not taken seriously. It's the wackos, of course, who take them most seriously because that's part and parcel of being a wacko. (I'm the irritating and insufferable Minister of Silly Walks of the JFKA, but at least it's a persona I've intentionally adopted and I'm fully aware of what I'm doing.)

2. It's the - yep - conspiracy-prone mindset. Every area of weirdness, including the JFKA, attracts a large number of those who fit this psychological profile, most of whom are not nutcases. But, alas, in a crowd of folks with the conspiracy-prone mindset you are going to have an unusually large lunatic fringe. This is true across all areas of weirdness.

Put 1 and 2 together, and I believe you have your answer.

Let's take this thread to the next level: Who ARE the consensus nutcases here? Should we just start naming names, or would it be better to do a poll?

[John Corbett]

Let's take this thread to the next level: Who ARE the consensus nutcases here? Should we just start naming names, or would it be better to do a poll?

Maybe we should hand out gold, silver, and bronze medals.

[James Slater]

Maybe we should hand out gold, silver, and bronze medals.

You mean a witch hunt for those who don't agree with your own narrative or the official narrative? This is a forum to debate whether the official narrative is credible and whether there are alternative narratives. Like I told you earlier, you cannot go through life assuming all official narratives are true, its both submissive and counter productive. Look at the number of people wrongly convicted of murder in the past then released after DNA evidence proved their innocence. All those narratives were wrong and the JFKA official narrative can also be wrong.
This is not a witch hunt.

[Benjamin Cole]

I aM NoTTT a NUTKASe!!!!!

[John Corbett]

You mean a witch hunt for those who don't agree with your own narrative or the official narrative? This is a forum to debate whether the official narrative is credible and whether there are alternative narratives. Like I told you earlier, you cannot go through life assuming all official narratives are true, its both submissive and counter productive. Look at the number of people wrongly convicted of murder in the past then released after DNA evidence proved their innocence. All those narratives were wrong and the JFKA official narrative can also be wrong.
This is not a witch hunt.

There are alternate narratives but there is only one truth and that is that Oswald fired the shots that struck and killed JFK and about 45 minutes later gunned down a Dallas cop. Any conspiracy theory hinges on the ability to provide evidence that Oswald acted in concert with one or more individuals in the murder of JFK. To date, no such credible evidence has ever been provided. Just lots of nonsense.

[James Slater]

There are alternate narratives but there is only one truth and that is that Oswald fired the shots that struck and killed JFK and about 45 minutes later gunned down a Dallas cop. Any conspiracy theory hinges on the ability to provide evidence that Oswald acted in concert with one or more individuals in the murder of JFK. To date, no such credible evidence has ever been provided. Just lots of nonsense.

That is your opinion and your opinion is not the be all and end all of assassination research.
I get it, you've chosen the official narrative and you won't be budged. I'll tell you what, if you think you are 100% correct then swear by almighty God and on the lives of your children and relatives that Oswald acted alone because 99% of official narrative proponents won't do that.
Go ahead.