Tracing the rifle

[Charles Drago]

In fact it confirms one of my longstanding beliefs about the first generation of critics: they did not go far enough. THey just accepted things like Oswald and the rifle for the reason that they could not imagine just how bad the FBI and WC really were.

Technically accurate. But I think we can agree that slack deserves to be cut.

Here's the point: It was the first generation of critics who instilled in the rest of us not just the requisite skills and insight to question authority, but also the confidence to do so.

They did not have the benefit of antecedents.

Thanks to them, we do.

They could not imagine.

Thanks to them, we can.

They were pioneers traversing terra incognita. So much to investigate, so little time.

We stand on their shoulders.