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The solution is not the diversification of lynching.
by aliante 6y ago
The solution is not the diversification of lynching.
- softwaredoug 6y agoLearn about lynching before you compare anything here as even close to lynching https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/apr/26/lynchings-memorial-us-south-montgomery-alabama https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/apr/26/lynchings-me...
- oh_sigh 6y agoOP is the one who likened cancel culture to lynching, not the person you are responding to.
- smogcutter 6y agoNo, I chose a deliberately provocative example in order to illustrate the comparatively low stakes it takes to get people clutching their pearls.
- dang 6y ago"Choosing a deliberately provocative example" on an inflammatory topic is already trolling. You've broken the site guidelines by taking the thread further into ideological flamewar. Same with your comment here. Nothing good can come of this, so please don't. I realize yours is far from the only account stoking the flamewar in this thread, but this example was noticeable even in this wretched context. https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html
- smogcutter 6y agoNot saying it is. Also losing your job is hardly being “lynched”, but I’m not interested in wading into a threadnaught over this.