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wheelerof4te on Sept 10, 2023 | parent | context | favorite | on: New JFK assassination revelation could upend the l...

He was loved by the people.

And he had ambition to deeply change the country.

And let us not forget that one famous speech about a certain "conspiracy".

avgcorrection on Sept 10, 2023 [–]

This was during the Civil rights movement. The March on Washington—involving over 200K people—happened under him.

Maybe I'm cherry-picking? But this narrative that he was just swoons loved by the people and everyone got along seems like some rose-tinted glasses.

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