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> Surreal how there are people smiling in that photograph with the corpses hanging. One of the grisly and horrifying things about lynching is that this was qui
by GVIrish 10y ago
> Surreal how there are people smiling in that photograph with the corpses hanging.
One of the grisly and horrifying things about lynching is that this was quite common. Whole towns would turn out and gladly pose for the camera with dead bodies in full view.
- tptacek 10y agoJust a few decades prior, people might have turned out jubilantly for public executions of convicted criminals, too. We've come a long way in, relative to history, a pretty short time.
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- greedo 10y agoWhen I first moved to Nebraska, there were celebrations outside the State Penitentiary right before the execution of John Joubert. People had tailgate parties, electric chair props were visible, so I don't think we've come as far as we'd like to think.