I hardly recognize the country I grew up in these days. In 1963 when JFK was shot I was a sophomore in high school. Everyone in the country, all the leaders in government, joined in mourning. Were there some conspirators crying crocodile tears? The more we learn, the more it seems likely, but no one publicly rejoiced or danced in the streets. Of course, social media was non-existent: no Tik Tok or Instagram or Facebook so we were spared the fulminations of lunatics. Did people rejoice over evil? If they did, it was private. I don't remember anyone saying, "He deserved it" about Kennedy or Martin Luther King or Robert Kennedy. The country pulled together in shock and grief.
