John Simkin Posted July 20, 2012 Share Posted July 20, 2012 H.L. Mencken could have been talking about JFK researchers: “The notion that a radical is one who hates his country is naïve and usually idiotic. He is, more likely, one who likes his country more than the rest of us, and is thus more disturbed than the rest of us when he sees it debauched. He is not a bad citizen turning to crime; he is a good citizen driven to despair.” http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/Jmencken.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Kelly Posted July 21, 2012 Share Posted July 21, 2012 H.L. Mencken could have been talking about JFK researchers: “The notion that a radical is one who hates his country is naïve and usually idiotic. He is, more likely, one who likes his country more than the rest of us, and is thus more disturbed than the rest of us when he sees it debauched. He is not a bad citizen turning to crime; he is a good citizen driven to despair.” http://www.spartacus...uk/Jmencken.htm Hi John, That reminds me of the libertarian quote often wrongfully attributed to Barry Goldwater that "Radicalism in the defense of liberty is no vice." Most radicals, at least in my case and most of the radicals I know, a particular and personal incident is what knocks on out of the mainstream box. For me, that was 1968 Democratic National Convention in Chicago, where I went as a nieve 17 year old volunteer clean for Gene McCarthy, the anti-Vietnam war candidate who knocked LBJ out of the box in the New Hampshire primary, which ushered in RFK and his assassination and the dawn of Nixon. I don't think I ever recovered, at least enough to vote. I could also look at the radicalization of others - American Revolutionary war patriots, etc., to see incidents that propel one beyond just normal participation in civil politics. BK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Simkin Posted July 21, 2012 Author Share Posted July 21, 2012 I posted the quote on my Spartacus Educational Facebook page. Jerry Okafor commented: "Bullxxxx. A radical is one that turns to violence or other underhanded tactics in other to promote or denigrate an ideology." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Lifton Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 H.L. Mencken could have been talking about JFK researchers: “The notion that a radical is one who hates his country is naïve and usually idiotic. He is, more likely, one who likes his country more than the rest of us, and is thus more disturbed than the rest of us when he sees it debauched. He is not a bad citizen turning to crime; he is a good citizen driven to despair.” http://www.spartacus...uk/Jmencken.htm I agree with Mencken. Completely. About five months the Warren Report was released (in September 1964), when I learned that the Zapruder film showed the President's head snappin violently backwards in response to the fatal shot, I was not just concerned, but angry and ticked off at the blatant coverup of a most basic fact: that President Kennedy appeared to have been struck in the head from the front. Although my reasons for believing so have changed, nothing has changed that basic fact. DSL DSL Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joseph Backes Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 H.L. Mencken could have been talking about JFK researchers: “The notion that a radical is one who hates his country is naïve and usually idiotic. He is, more likely, one who likes his country more than the rest of us, and is thus more disturbed than the rest of us when he sees it debauched. He is not a bad citizen turning to crime; he is a good citizen driven to despair.” http://www.spartacus...uk/Jmencken.htm I agree with Mencken. Completely. About five months [before] the Warren Report was released (in September 1964), when I learned that the Zapruder film showed the President's head snapped violently backwards in response to the fatal shot, I was not just concerned, but angry and ticked off at the blatant coverup of a most basic fact: that President Kennedy appeared to have been struck in the head from the front. Although my reasons for believing so have changed, nothing has changed that basic fact. DSL DSL Proofread your posts before posting, please. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Von Pein Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 Backes must've found a yak hairball in his Corn Flakes this morning. He's irritable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
William Kelly Posted July 22, 2012 Share Posted July 22, 2012 I posted the quote on my Spartacus Educational Facebook page. Jerry Okafor commented: "Bullxxxx. A radical is one that turns to violence or other underhanded tactics in other to promote or denigrate an ideology." Well I guess that would include Washington, Madison and Jefferson, but exclude Gandhai and Martin Luther King, as they refused to turn to violence or underhanded tactics. BK JFKcountercoup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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