25-10-2017, 06:45 AM
Peter Lemkin Wrote:Without having done a poll [and not being able to find any online just now - but they do exist], from personal experience living here in Europe, very few adults and fewer younger people in Europe believe the official version of the events of Dallas - most believe there was a conspiracy. While most Americans do, as well, the number of Europeans who believe this is greater. They are also more generally steeped in history and politics without the propaganda noise so prevalent in the USA.
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I am told that is true. People who lived through that time in Europe often tell
me that when Ruby shot Oswald, it was obvious to them, if it
had not been before, that there was a conspiracy involved. And as you
say, they are used to the reality of conspiracies and coups, etc., and
are not under thrall to the American exceptionalism that warps the
thinking of our media and many of our fellow citizens. But it is a tribute
to the American public that 60-75% have consistently maintained
belief in a conspiracy ever since 11/22/63, with some dips and rises in the numbers.
That disbelief preceded Johnson's "credibility gap" over Vietnam, and I believe
was the start of the widespread lack of respect for the mainstream media.