Why do some people believe in conspiracy theories?

[Richard Smith]

I think lots of the "so-called" evidence is valid.  It just doesn't prove that Oswald shot Kennedy.

Exactly right, but that's something the LNs will never be able to wrap their heads around or even discuss openly, for that matter.

Far easier for them to just paint everybody who doesn't agree with them with the same brush and qualify them as irrational, unreasonable, conspiracy mongers even when they don't even have a conspiracy theory to put forward and just want to examine the validity of the case against Oswald.

Great.  So now you tell us whether the documentation linking Oswald to the rifle is fake or genuine instead of running away and trying to have it both ways.  So which is it?

[John Iacoletti]

Great.  So now you tell us whether the documentation linking Oswald to the rifle is fake or genuine instead of running away and trying to have it both ways.  So which is it?

Already answered, ?Richard?. It?s a loaded question. Whether it?s genuine or not, it doesn?t unequivocally link Oswald to the rifle.

[Jack Trojan]

Great.  So now you tell us whether the documentation linking Oswald to the rifle is fake or genuine instead of running away and trying to have it both ways.  So which is it?

Richard, why does Oswald have to be a lone nut and not a patsy?

[Walt Cakebread]

Already answered, ?Richard?. It?s a loaded question. Whether it?s genuine or not, it doesn?t unequivocally link Oswald to the rifle.

Even if Lee could be unequivocally linked to the carcano....  I'm sure that carcano was not fired that day....It was hidden BEFORE the shooting and only a ignoramus would have tried to shoot the POTUS  with such a piece of junk.     And Lee was on the first floor at the time of the shooting.   

[Paul May]

You're FOS, Mr "Smith".....  People know when they're being deceived and told lies....  They may not know at the moment, but if the evidence does add up they know that something stinks.    Any reasonable person can deduce that the Warren Report is a pack of lies....

So, you?re stating the majority of historians, ballistic experts, forensic pathologists, et al are unreasonable.  That?s your argument.  Here?s an argument to defend:  on 11/22/63 the population of Dallas, Texas was some 700,000 people.  Two people were killed in Dallas on that date.  POTUS and PO J.D. Tippit. Turns out, only one person owned and possessed the two different murder weapons in both cases to the exclusion of 699,999 other people in Dallas.  Yet, you choose to believe Oswald killed nobody that date.  That?s nit critical thinking.  It is however pure ignorance and bias.

[Jerry Freeman]

So, you?re stating the majority of historians, ballistic experts, forensic pathologists, et al are unreasonable.  That?s your argument.  Here?s an argument to defend:  on 11/22/63 the population of Dallas, Texas was some 700,000 people.  Two people were killed in Dallas on that date.  POTUS and PO J.D. Tippit. Turns out, only one person owned and possessed the two different murder weapons in both cases to the exclusion of 699,999 other people in Dallas.  Yet, you choose to believe Oswald killed nobody that date.  That?s nit critical thinking.  It is however pure ignorance and bias.

So,  the majority of historians, ballistic experts, forensic pathologists, et al are unreasonable. Puppets of the press. Within 90 minutes of the assassination the cops were certain they had their man. That claim was accepted as bonifide without any scrutiny whatsoever. He was a nobody that nobody would know. A perfect patsy.
Two people were killed in Dallas on that date. Are you sure?
Why was Tippit given a singularly/particularly unusual instruction? ---" You will be at large for any emergency that comes in." and then 10-15 minutes later he was dead. Was that directive not substantial enough?
That Tippit supposedly pulled over to question Oswald because he matched the description of a sniper 3 miles away was based on nothing but complete conjecture. So what is 'bias'? Works both ways it seems.

[John Iacoletti]

So, you?re stating the majority of historians, ballistic experts, forensic pathologists, et al are unreasonable.

Don?t be ridiculous. How would historians, ballistic experts, and forensic pathologists know who killed Kennedy any more than anybody else?

That?s your argument.  Here?s an argument to defend:  on 11/22/63 the population of Dallas, Texas was some 700,000 people.  Two people were killed in Dallas on that date.  POTUS and PO J.D. Tippit. Turns out, only one person owned and possessed the two different murder weapons in both cases to the exclusion of 699,999 other people in Dallas.  Yet, you choose to believe Oswald killed nobody that date.  That?s nit critical thinking.  It is however pure ignorance and bias.

That might be a good argument if you could actually demonstrate that Oswald ?owned and possessed the two different murder weapons in both cases?. You can?t even demonstrate that those were the murder weapons, much less who owned and possessed them.

[Walt Cakebread]

So, you?re stating the majority of historians, ballistic experts, forensic pathologists, et al are unreasonable.  That?s your argument.  Here?s an argument to defend:  on 11/22/63 the population of Dallas, Texas was some 700,000 people.  Two people were killed in Dallas on that date.  POTUS and PO J.D. Tippit. Turns out, only one person owned and possessed the two different murder weapons in both cases to the exclusion of 699,999 other people in Dallas.  Yet, you choose to believe Oswald killed nobody that date.  That?s nit critical thinking.  It is however pure ignorance and bias.

Turns out, only one person owned and possessed the two different murder weapons in both cases to the exclusion of 699,999 other people in Dallas.

Now IF you could only PROVE beyond a shadow of doubt that Lee Oswald "Owned and possessed " the two different weapons and then PROVE beyond a shadow of doubt that they were fired by Lee Oswald on 11/22/63.....  You'd have a very good case..... Can you prove any part of your case?

The only evidence that conclusively would link the carcano to the murder of JFK is a pristine bullet which is generally rejected as evidence by discerning and intelligent people.

And the S&W revolver that appeared at the Texas Theater  is DEFINITELY not the gun that several eye witnesses saw in the hands of the killer at the Tippit murder scene.

Now please present something CREDIBLE....  I'd really like to believe you, but there is no evidence that will support your contention....