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Once again—it wasn’t just Dallas. But we who lived there had the feeling that we were in the middle of a <mark>political caldera</mark>, a grumbling, <mark>reawakening fascist urge</mark> that was too hot to contain itself. I wonder what might have happened in Dallas if Kennedy hadn’t died there. | Once again—it wasn’t just Dallas. But we who lived there had the feeling that we were in the middle of a <mark>political caldera</mark>, a grumbling, <mark>reawakening fascist urge</mark> that was too hot to contain itself. I wonder what might have happened in Dallas if Kennedy hadn’t died there. | ||
The most conspicuous and despised symbol of fuzzy intellectualism was <mark>Adlai Stevenson</mark>, a former Democratic presidential candidate and the current American ambassador to the <mark>United Nations</mark>. | The most conspicuous and despised symbol of fuzzy intellectualism was <mark>Adlai Stevenson</mark>, a former Democratic presidential candidate and the current American ambassador to the <mark>United Nations</mark>. | ||
There was also something intensely personal about the hatred of Stevenson. He was the last word in eggheads, Mr. Humpty Dumpty himself. His urbanity didn’t wash in Dallas. Intellectual charm was suspect; besides if you took the trouble to be witty you probably didn’t have it where it counted. Stevenson was a <mark>weak sister</mark>. | There was also something intensely personal about the hatred of Stevenson. He was the last word in <mark>eggheads</mark>, Mr. Humpty Dumpty himself. His urbanity didn’t wash in Dallas. Intellectual charm was suspect; besides if you took the trouble to be witty you probably didn’t have it where it counted. Stevenson was a <mark>weak sister</mark>. | ||
In fact he was a sincerely courageous man, and he decided to beard his enemies by marching straight into their camp. He agreed to speak at the Dallas Memorial Auditorium on October 24, 1963—<mark>United Nations</mark> Day.... | In fact he was a sincerely courageous man, and he decided to beard his enemies by marching straight into their camp. He agreed to speak at the Dallas Memorial Auditorium on October 24, 1963—<mark>United Nations</mark> Day.... | ||
The mob immediately closed him in. The hysterical woman, who was the wife of an insurance executive, brought her placard down on Stevenson’s head. A college student <mark>spat</mark> upon him. When the policeman finally rescued him, Stevenson wiped the <mark>spit</mark> off his face with a handkerchief and asked aloud, “<mark>Are these human beings or are these animals?</mark>” ... | The mob immediately closed him in. The hysterical woman, who was the wife of an insurance executive, brought her placard down on Stevenson’s head. A college student <mark>spat</mark> upon him. When the policeman finally rescued him, Stevenson wiped the <mark>spit</mark> off his face with a handkerchief and asked aloud, “<mark>Are these human beings or are these animals?</mark>” ... | ||