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I was a bit shocked that the remark about Lynchburg got past the editor or fact-checkers. Lynchburg is named after a man with the last name of Lynch and has not
by 1123581321 10y ago
I was a bit shocked that the remark about Lynchburg got past the editor or fact-checkers. Lynchburg is named after a man with the last name of Lynch and has nothing to do with "lynching" (murdering) people.
- benihana 10y agoThis kind of pearl clutching nonsense is getting really old. It's really feeling like people think they have to signal that they're good and kind and not at all racist every opportunity they get.
- bbatsell 10y agoLynching is named after the brother of the man for whom Lynchburg is named.
- 1123581321 10y agoYes, it's an interesting fact. However, the town's name still has nothing to do with the term. Also, Charles was a public official who questionably interpreted existing law to aid the Revolutionary War by jailing British sympathizers. "Lynching" didn't become associated with anti-black vigilante murder until closer to the American Civil War.
- zamalek 10y ago> next to a town called — terrifyingly — Lynchburg He isn't implying that it is a fact.