# Truth and Reconciliation Committee (JFK, MLK, etc) **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [January 27, 2019, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-and-reconciliation-committee-jfk-mlk-etc/828480 "2019-01-27T13:28:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 13\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2019, 10:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-and-reconciliation-committee-jfk-mlk-etc/828480/21 "2019-01-28T22:30:43Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > Cite? [This seems to be one of the earliest mentions.](http://theraucousrooster.com/2019/01/21/truth-and-reconciliation-committee-calls-for-a-new-investigation-into-the-assassinations-of-martin-luther-king-jr-the-kennedys-malcolm-x/) It includes the press release of the commission. So, legit. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 28, 2019, 11:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-and-reconciliation-committee-jfk-mlk-etc/828480/22 "2019-01-28T23:40:15Z")
> [@Derleth](#): > > Who benefited from the First World War? Well… who got a country out of it, _hein_? Those sneaky little Finns. I never even suspected them. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 12:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-and-reconciliation-committee-jfk-mlk-etc/828480/23 "2019-01-29T00:43:32Z")
A group of conspiracy theorists that have already concluded that there is a vast conspiracy linking a bunch of deaths want to investigate what is already known, and they want to continue the investigation until they get the answers they already “know”? As my beloved Grandmother used to say, “Fuck that shit”. ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 2:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-and-reconciliation-committee-jfk-mlk-etc/828480/24 "2019-01-29T14:45:37Z")
> [@MortSahlFan](#): > > The group – The Truth and Reconciliation Committee (TRC) – believes all 4 assassinations were the result of conspiracies that were covered up by the government. They weren’t. This has been investigated to death, particularly JFK. JKF was killed by a Marxist nutcase, MLK Jr. was killed by a racist nutcase, Robert Kennedy was killed by a Palestinian nutcase, and Malcolm X was killed by some Muslim nutcases. No government conspiracies necessary. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-and-reconciliation-committee-jfk-mlk-etc/828480/25 "2019-01-29T15:37:06Z")
What is going on here is the fallacy that “Great Men” can only be assassinated by “Great Means”, because surely a simple bullet from a simple gun fired by an average person couldn’t be enough to overcome such greatness. I know there is a name for this type of thinking, but I’m drawing a blank right now. ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 3:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-and-reconciliation-committee-jfk-mlk-etc/828480/26 "2019-01-29T15:47:03Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > What is going on here is the fallacy that “Great Men” can only be assassinated by “Great Means”, because surely a simple bullet from a simple gun fired by an average person couldn’t be enough to overcome such greatness. I know there is a name for this type of thinking, but I’m drawing a blank right now. Too bad that any of those Great Men didn’t draw a blank. Too soon? ---
**Author:** ![Shodan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/9f8e36/32.png) [@Shodan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shodan)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-and-reconciliation-committee-jfk-mlk-etc/828480/27 "2019-01-29T15:48:18Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > What is going on here is the fallacy that “Great Men” can only be assassinated by “Great Means”, because surely a simple bullet from a simple gun fired by an average person couldn’t be enough to overcome such greatness. I know there is a name for this type of thinking, but I’m drawing a blank right now. The Just Universe theory? Old, old joke news headline from George Carlin - “Jacques Cousteau drowns in bathtub accident.” Shooting JFK was pretty much the only successful thing Oswald ever did. That doesn’t “feel” fair. Regards, Shodan ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-and-reconciliation-committee-jfk-mlk-etc/828480/28 "2019-01-29T15:58:42Z")
In the opening to his book 11/22/1963, Stephen Kings states he is 100% certain that Oswald acted alone. He reviewed all the evidence, and decided Oswald was too much of a paranoid Marxist nutcase to work with anyone. Of course, someone believes Stephen King shot John Lennon ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-and-reconciliation-committee-jfk-mlk-etc/828480/29 "2019-01-29T17:27:33Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > Shooting JFK was pretty much the only successful thing Oswald ever did. That doesn’t “feel” fair. > [@Annie-Xmas](#): > > In the opening to his book 11/22/1963, Stephen Kings states he is 100% certain that Oswald acted alone. He reviewed all the evidence, and decided Oswald was too much of a paranoid Marxist nutcase to work with anyone. And neither of you mention Jack Ruby. That’s justice for you, I suppose. Jack Ruby was a publicity hound, and was sure that killing Oswald was his ticket to becoming a national hero. He thought it would propel him from being a small-time criminal in the Dallas nightlife to being a big-shot. Now, a half-century later? He’s a trivia answer, a footnote, and mainly of interest to the sad cases who work him into increasingly-overcomplicated conspiracy theories about who killed Kennedy. He’s a sideshow even in the minds of the people obsessed with this stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-and-reconciliation-committee-jfk-mlk-etc/828480/30 "2019-01-29T17:51:37Z")
> [@Shodan](#): > > This has been investigated to death, particularly JFK. JKF was killed by a Marxist nutcase, MLK Jr. was killed by a racist nutcase, Robert Kennedy was killed by a Palestinian nutcase, and Malcolm X was killed by some Muslim nutcases. No government conspiracies necessary. When you put it like that, I think somebody should be investigating the Planters Corporation. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 6:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-and-reconciliation-committee-jfk-mlk-etc/828480/31 "2019-01-29T18:01:02Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > When you put it like that, I think somebody should be investigating the Planters Corporation. I bet they’ll crack the case wide open. Butter get on this soon, or we may have a smear campaign gumming up everything. ---
**Author:** ![Derleth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Derleth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Derleth)\ **Post date:** [January 29, 2019, 7:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-and-reconciliation-committee-jfk-mlk-etc/828480/32 "2019-01-29T19:24:23Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > When you put it like that, I think somebody should be investigating the Planters Corporation. You think Planters, I think [Chock full o’Nuts coffee](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chock_full_o%27Nuts). ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [February 5, 2019, 10:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-and-reconciliation-committee-jfk-mlk-etc/828480/33 "2019-02-05T22:16:57Z")
> [@HelenGawn](#): > > Mort Sahl is still alive? He has a weekly show online. Live audience and takes questions fro Periscope/Twitter [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/truth-and-reconciliation-committee-jfk-mlk-etc/828480.md?page=1)