Conspiracy fans love to quote Oswald saying, “I’m just a patsy,” like it’s some secret confession. I watched Jesse Ventura pull that stunt at the 40th anniversary in 2003. But Ventura isn’t a historian digging for truth—he’s an entertainer. Wrestling, Hollywood, politics, “investigative” TV—it’s all performance
If you actually read the full quote, it’s simple. When asked, “Did you shoot the president?” Oswald said, “No. They’ve taken me in because I lived in the Soviet Union. I’m just a patsy.”
“Them” means the Dallas police. Oswald was whining that he was being singled out for his Soviet ties, not claiming someone framed him. He wasn’t revealing a plot; he was making excuses.
That’s how the “patsy” myth works: strip away the context, twist the meaning, sell it as mystery. It’s Standard Operating Procedure for CTers.
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