Chomskys faulty "there was no JFK assassination conspiracy" logic

[Albert Rossi]

Alexander Cockburn pretty much summed up his (and Chomsky's) attitude in this quote:

"The effect of 'JFK' is to make people think that America is a good country that produced a good President killed by bad elites...This is an infantile, inactivist prescription for politics, essentially inviting people to put their faith in another good President, whose inevitable foul-up can then be blamed on the same bad elites."

Man people that believe america is a good country probably believe the lone nut fantasy. If there is one thing america is not its good. Cripes just look at the massacre of Iraq and thats only recent history.

Americas just another evil empire.

Yeah, Steve, I started off my post by saying something like studying the JFK administration makes it seem more and more like a fluke rather than representative of what Presidents do. One could just as easily come to the conclusion that it's not representative at all of "America" (whatever that ever meant). Look at how many people thought he was treasonous.

But since the quoted Cockburn statement is about the film, I decided to modify my initial post and admit there's some truth to his gripe about how cinematic vehicles like that movie can reinforce hero-worship. However, to be fair, Cockburn also ignores the fact that the Garrison character is made to end the final harangue with a call to activism -- to uncover the truth. "It's up to you." He doesn't seem to think that's very important. It just produced the ARRB.