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Quixote1818

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Wed Feb 13, 2019, 12:33 AM Feb 2019

The Tragic Life of JFK's Sister

Last edited Wed Feb 13, 2019, 02:59 AM - Edit history (2)

Based on her writing skills you can now see in her diary, she appeared to have a pretty normal, bright personality and probably just learned differently. She was probably dyslexic. Dyslexics who are a very small minority make up a huge number of entrepreneurs and are often genius. What is so tragic about this is that her parents were so ashamed of her and yet she might have been the brightest of all the kids and her intelligence would have eventually naturally blossomed like it does with most very smart dyslexics. Being dyslexic and behind in school in such a high achieving family that was repressing every natural and wonderful thing about who she really was, would have given her a very powerful self esteem problem and the repressive impulses of her parents would have been suffocating for such a free spirit. Often many other psychological manifestations pop up with this kind of abuse. They had this beautiful thoroughbred that wanted to run free and they were keeping her chained up in disgrace. I have to say the more I learn about this tragedy the more I feel like I am becoming Rosemary's biggest fan. And even if she wasn't an undiscovered dyslexic "genius" who was never allowed to blossom, she should have been allowed to be EXACTLY who she was and she should have been celebrated not hidden away. She clearly was trying so hard to break out of the chains but the naive pride and social snobbery on an epic level, mixed with a lethal dose of pure selfishness infecting her parents, snuffed out this ray of pure sunshine in the most tragic way.


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