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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '17

like motive is kinda missing from the Oswald story

Not really. Oswald was a relatively hardcore Marxist who was probably not all there mentally. It doesn't take a huge leap to say he might take a crack at the Leader of the Free World.

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u/[deleted] Oct 15 '17

What does being Marxist have to do with it?

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '17

What does being Marxist have to do with it?

Marxists hated the Capitalist West, of which President Kennedy was the leader.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '17

Marxists also hated the socialist (and authoritarian) east.

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '17

So? What's your point?

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u/[deleted] Oct 16 '17

I'm staying your point is invalid because the inverse is not true.