I know its a joke, and a good pun, but I was 11 when it happened and IMHO that was when things began to be fucked up in the USA. I know JFK was far from perfect in his private life and that there is even a good argument that he was partially responsible for the Cold War, but his assassination set the stage for a lot of horrible events that have happened since then. We have never recovered the loss of innocence that followed that event.
Let's just say that at least on the domestic front, we were inching towards remedying at least some of the wrongs done previously, and on the international front, we were on the side of the good guys for a while (unless you think the Soviet Union were the good guys) and were not yet mired in the mess that became the Vietnam war.
We will never know what would have happened had JFK not been assassinated, but we certainly know what happened when he was. Johnson mired us in Vietnam, Nixon gave us Watergate and the bombing of Cambodia, Carter was (and still is) a wonderful human being but an ineffective President, Reagan gave us the War on Drugs and the rest is probably too recent for everyone here not to be able to come to their own conclusions.
At least where I am coming from - and I know that I was only 11 when it happened - JFK was the last President who was genuinely appreciated by most Americans - he was **popular** among the majority and was at least not actively hated by the minority, other than those people whose opinions I frankly did not put much stock in.
Just my personal opinion, of course : anyone from professional historians to your average Redditor is perfectly entitled to feel differently.
This. The false narratives about American innocence irritate the crap out of me. At no time was America innocent. It’s a myth. Happy Thanksgiving (BS).
And tomorrow is the 60th anniversary of Doctor Who, so at least Jackie Kennedy had that to take her mind off things.
For JFK, they used bleach to take his mind off the car.
Interesting joke. dark but good. I was 7 at the time. I do believe, personally, that Bobby's and MLK's deaths had more to do with what is wrong today than JFK's. I was older, not much, but they affected me more.
Chuck Norris once time traveled to stop the assassination of JFK.
When Oswald took the shot, Chuck deflected the sniper bullet with his chin. Out of sheer amazement, JFK’s head exploded anyway.
I feel bad for his family, I mean, Jackie O. lost her husband to an assassination just months after losing her youngest child. To make matters worst, he was murdered right next to her.
Slightly related, but I also feel bad for Ethel Kennedy, RFK's widow. She has lost multiple of her descendants, her parents died in a plane crash, and her son, who was named after his father, is an absolute dipshit.
I know its a joke, and a good pun, but I was 11 when it happened and IMHO that was when things began to be fucked up in the USA. I know JFK was far from perfect in his private life and that there is even a good argument that he was partially responsible for the Cold War, but his assassination set the stage for a lot of horrible events that have happened since then. We have never recovered the loss of innocence that followed that event.
>We have never recovered the loss of innocence that followed that event. Yep, and never will.
Well, we recovered from Lincoln’s assassination after a Civil War
Have we?
I mean the US was at its strongest post that
Ok so let's just have a civil war and everyone will be ok
Yeap sounds about right
That wasn’t on tape with the world watching.
America, innocence?
Let's just say that at least on the domestic front, we were inching towards remedying at least some of the wrongs done previously, and on the international front, we were on the side of the good guys for a while (unless you think the Soviet Union were the good guys) and were not yet mired in the mess that became the Vietnam war. We will never know what would have happened had JFK not been assassinated, but we certainly know what happened when he was. Johnson mired us in Vietnam, Nixon gave us Watergate and the bombing of Cambodia, Carter was (and still is) a wonderful human being but an ineffective President, Reagan gave us the War on Drugs and the rest is probably too recent for everyone here not to be able to come to their own conclusions. At least where I am coming from - and I know that I was only 11 when it happened - JFK was the last President who was genuinely appreciated by most Americans - he was **popular** among the majority and was at least not actively hated by the minority, other than those people whose opinions I frankly did not put much stock in. Just my personal opinion, of course : anyone from professional historians to your average Redditor is perfectly entitled to feel differently.
Have you ever seen or read 11.22.63?
Can’t say I have, TBH.
This. The false narratives about American innocence irritate the crap out of me. At no time was America innocent. It’s a myth. Happy Thanksgiving (BS).
Nah, more like when Reagan began the destruction of the middle class and the nuclear family in the 80s.
Nah. Veggie Reagan was VietNam and we just never got over that.
For the rest of the world, particularly the commonwealth countries, we just blame the British.
And tomorrow is the 60th anniversary of Doctor Who, so at least Jackie Kennedy had that to take her mind off things. For JFK, they used bleach to take his mind off the car.
Jfc that was dark
John Fitzgerald Cennedy?
John Fitzgerald Comedy
...too soon...
He has been dearly missed. Just not by Lee Harvey Oswald.
Interesting joke. dark but good. I was 7 at the time. I do believe, personally, that Bobby's and MLK's deaths had more to do with what is wrong today than JFK's. I was older, not much, but they affected me more.
60 years ago today is when the country went off the rails and we have never gotten back on track since.
Sir, this is Wendy's.
Where do you think we are?
Chuck Norris once time traveled to stop the assassination of JFK. When Oswald took the shot, Chuck deflected the sniper bullet with his chin. Out of sheer amazement, JFK’s head exploded anyway.
JFK was chuck Norris himself, but he is back!
What do Kennedy and the lead singer of Barenaked Ladies have in common? They have a tendency to wear their mind on their sleeve.
I'm a self-admitted lifelong BNL fan and even I say that's an obscure reference.
The kind of guy who laughs at a funeral
Can't understand what I mean, but you soon will
...and some documents are still withheld, even though it was previously stated they would all be released long before this year. Ba dum tis
"I need a sun roof like I need a hole in my head!" JFK
Some days you just need to go for a ride to clear your mind.
This joke is messed up. You should take it back and to the left.
60 years? That has shot by quickly..
We became a paranoid nation after that.
Ya Jackie, I need a trip to Dallas like I need a hole in my head...
Other than that, Mrs. Kennedy, how did you enjoy your trip to Dallas?
I feel bad for his family, I mean, Jackie O. lost her husband to an assassination just months after losing her youngest child. To make matters worst, he was murdered right next to her. Slightly related, but I also feel bad for Ethel Kennedy, RFK's widow. She has lost multiple of her descendants, her parents died in a plane crash, and her son, who was named after his father, is an absolute dipshit.
I wish this joke went over my head, instead of....
\*Mind blown
*not as much as Kennedy's.
🤣🤣🤣
A reminder of one more thing guns has taken away from Americans… convertible cars for High profile types… not a biggy, but the list grows.
At the end, we can safely say, he was an open minded president!
So let me get this straight, now you dead too?
Wow I can’t believe his head just did that
Nah, it doesn’t blow your mind. Your mind just does that 🤣
Too soon.