Mask For Treason

[mikegriffith1]

(12-05-2018 05:19 PM)Gene C Wrote:  My original decision to not continue to read The Mask for Treason has been validated for me.

Oh my goodness. You never finished reading the book, but your decision to stop reading it has somehow been "confirmed."

The bias exhibited in this forum is truly something to behold. It reminds me of the bias I have found among 9/11 "Truthers" who can't bring themselves to read or seriously consider any research that challenges their theories. I won't try to count how many times I've asked them if they've read this or that scientific study that debunks their theories and how many times they've replied with "I looked through it and could tell it was just more establishment propaganda" or "I started it but just couldn't take all the lies" or "I wouldn't waste my time on that garbage."

If I were working at a taxpayer-funded museum related to the Lincoln assassination and could determine which books, I would ensure that all major points of view were represented, and I would trust my customers to make up their own minds. I would include Shelton's book, along with the following:

American Brutas, by Kauffman
Dark Union, by Guttridge and Neff
Blood on the Moon, by Steers
Why Was Lincoln Murdered?, by Eisenschiml
The Lincoln Murder Conspiracies, by Hanchett
Backstage at the Lincoln Assassination, by Bogar
Fortune's Fool, by Alford
It Didn't Happen the Way You Think, by Mills
Avenging Lincoln's Death, by Reed
Lincoln and Booth, by Winkler
Abraham Lincoln's Execution, by Griffin
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln and Its Expiation, by Dewitt
The Lincoln Assassination Riddle, by Williams and Burkhimer
Assassination of Lincoln, by Harris
The Suppressed Truth About the Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, by McCarty
The True History of Lincoln's Assassination, by D'Amico
The Lincoln Assassination Conspiracy Trial and Its Legacy, by Hatch
Decapitating the Union, by Fazio
The Escape and Suicide of John Wilkes Booth, by Bates
Mary Elizabeth Surratt, by James
The Assassin's Accomplice, by Larson
Mary Surratt: An American Tragedy, by Trindal
The Web of Conspiracy, by Roscoe
The Conspiracy Between John Wilkes Booth and the Union Army to Assassinate Abraham Lincoln, by Arnold
Trial of the Conspirators for the Assassination of President Lincoln, by Bingham
Into the Abyss, by Gillette
Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, by Luther Baker and Whitford
The Assassination of Abraham Lincoln, by Oldroyd

And I would ensure that the museum's website offered a balanced selection of links on the subject.