The Damning Effects of B&C Lore

I'm a bit surprised, my "sordid" innuendos post hasn't inspired more comment. It's certainly a rare week, and sometimes a rare day-- when someone doesn't key into the blog with the phrase "Clyde Barrow homosexual" or some like reference-- as was the case twice yesterday. Sometimes these thoughts seem so ingrained in people's perceptions. I like to think positively, and feel that most who search for info on B&C, have a genuine interest in sorting out historical fact from fiction. However it seems some are stuck believing in the "storied" accounts of the outlaws-- and thus more keenly fascinated by rumors and lore-- than perhaps in getting closer to the truth.

I guess some feel if suppositions are written of in a book-- that publishing these claims somehow legitimizes them, and makes them true. But in reality, it's not the book that makes words true or false. The accuracy of ideas brought forth for publication, rests almost solely with the author-- and to a lesser extent, with proofreaders prior to a book's release. But with more than 50,000 books published each year, you just know accuracy cannot be assured. You might think a book's factual integrity would be more likely within the historical genre, however based on many past examples-- I'm not sure that can be stated with confidence. But I feel I "can" state with confidence, when an author's view is that "all written history is ultimately best guess"-- as was exclaimed by a now famous B&C author, that I think it's fair to say everything's up for grabs-- and by his own admission, who knows what's true and what isn't??

Thanks in large part to John Toland, this now "45" year fascination, with fallacious B&C sexual theory-- I think proves my point, regarding the dangers of recent baseless innuendo being advanced within B&C books and media accounts. I will continue to add my voice to the cause of protecting B&C History from unproven lore-- which only serves to cloud the truth concerning an already fascinating history. I'm willing to bet, this new wave of B&C supposition now being thought of as fact-- will have the same damning and damaging effect tomorrow, as the Toland offerings which so obviously-- still ring loud and clear today.

Now apparently, some shoddy research and a lack of historical diligence, has impressed upon many that Bonnie was a prostitute-- and Hamer seemingly "finished off" Bonnie, with numerous shots fired directly into her from her right side-- using his powerful Colt Monitor machine rifle. As politely as I can say it-- "none" of those claims can be substantiated, and all of that nonsensical supposition can be rebuked-- by reasonable and existing "evidence"-- which has so conveniently been ignored?? I would say "don't get me going"-- but apparently I already am.