But I've always known why - it's simply because they're all Kennedy haters so therefore, there's no conspiracy. That's the ONLY reason.
Actually, I have found quite the opposite to be true. Early on, I started a thread on the Ed Forum making the point that so many of the CTers seemed to be extremely left-leaning characters with a deep emotional involvement with JFK. They have a near-utopian idea of what the country would be like if JFK and RFK had lived. Their theorizing almost works in reverse: the country is so deep in the grip of Dark Evil Forces that these same Dark Evil Forces "must" explain the JFKA and RFKA. Jim DiEugenio and his ilk epitomize this mindset to the point of almost irrational worship of JFK's memory. I don't say this is an accurate stereotype of all CTers, but it did scream off the pages of the Ed Forum and I believe it's more accurate than the stereotype you offer.
I recall reading Walt Brown's description of his emotional meltdown, at the age of 15, when the JFKA occurred. (He was once one of the leading CTers and I believe still holds a vast horde of records from his DPD friend Jay Harrison.) I found it bizarre. I was going on 14. It meant little to me then or now. Hate JFK? Why would I or anyone hate JFK, who would scarcely even qualify as a Democrat these days? What is there to hate about JFK? Why would hating JFK make the LN narrative more appealing than some of the conspiracy theories? I just see no logic here.
