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sad_eggy t1_j6hx7gn wrote

9 Palestinians were brutally killed by Israeli defense forces, deadliest raid in years. Over 20 Palestinians have been killed by Israelis this year alone, including I think 9 children. The Israeli occupying settler colonialists are terrorists - they terrorize the Palestinian community, strip them of their rights and their homes. I do not support anyone, any group killing civilians, and the state of Israel has just massacred so many civilians. Stolen land from so many Palestinians.

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NlXON t1_j6hx57r wrote

I have friends on both sides of the American aisle and I am not targeting you or any base in this comment. This is purely objective.

I watched the video you were referring to. Tucker Carlson is creating a narrative, just as every American news/infotainment company does. The sources being used are unconfirmed and did not confirm that there was involvement, the expressed belief that there was involvement. Two different things.

He is right that conspiracy theory has a certain perceived connotation, mostly because it is a term used to categorize events that are orchestrated by secret but influential organizations. This same term is used for categorizing the Illuminati, alien abductions, ufo sightings and many more events and phenomena that have been claimed, but not confirmed.

The whole segment was wrapped with character descriptives aimed at supporting a narrative and lacked basic support for the claims. This is why Fox News and more specifically Tucker Carlson, and similarly Rachel Maddow on the other side of the spectrum, is negatively perceived outside of the GOP, because there is a narrative being driven to increase viewership for the network.

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skippyspk t1_j6htnr7 wrote

Before folks downvote u/muffinhead2580 consider some facts here.

Yes, Lee Harvey Oswald very likely hit with the first shot. He was a great marksman and made his own ammo for the Carcano rifle he used to match the barrel. He didn’t shoehorn premade.

After the first shot, the Secret Service had to react and react quick. This was a Secret Service that was severely hungover from a night out on the town, and possibly was still drunk. The theory here is one of the Secret Service fumbled his rifle and accidentally Caboosed the POTUS.

What else lends this theory some credence? Well, consider that the Secret Service was ALL over the body while the doctors were trying to save JFK. They would not let doctors perform an autopsy in Texas, which was Texas state law…they literally spirited JFK away.

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