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They erected a gallows. Not the kind of party I'd want to attend. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/noose-hung-outside-capitol/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-ch

They erected a gallows. Not the kind of party I'd want to attend. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/noose-hung-outside-capitol/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/noose-hung-outside-capitol...

michaelt 6y ago
I agree it's shocking - but the fact it's a shocking and potent symbol is why people at protests have done it over and over again: Guillotine at protests in france https://twitter.com/MissPile/status/952867661901389825?s=20 https://twitter.com/MissPile/status/952867661901389825?s=20 A different guillotine in france https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6477953/Yellow-Vest-protesters-erect-GUILLOTINE-bearing-French-Presidents-political-party-amid-riots.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6477953/Yellow-Vest... Guillotine at protest against Trump https://twitter.com/jadelson/status/1084881540256010241 https://twitter.com/jadelson/status/1084881540256010241 BLM protesters guillotine a teddy bear https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/portland-protest-maga-hats-guillotine-trump-dnc-2020-wisconsin-police-riot-a9685811.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/portland-p... Guillotine at Jeff Bezos's house https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2020/08/jeff-bezos-guillotine-protest-amazon-workers https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2020/08/jeff-bezos-guilloti... Guillotine at protest in South Korea https://twitter.com/allyjung/status/797313740211253248 https://twitter.com/allyjung/status/797313740211253248 Guillotine at protest in Madrid https://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photos-dignity-march-protesters-flags-guillotine-to-refer-to-cus-place-madrid-date-nd-event-political-protest-image39156003 https://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photos-dignity-march-protes... Guillotine at protest in Guatemala https://twitter.com/hezbolsonaro/status/1330250357801365508 https://twitter.com/hezbolsonaro/status/1330250357801365508 There's plenty of things of substance to criticise these protesters for - the fact they hate democracy, the fact they believe things that are completely divorced from reality, the fact so many of them adorn themselves with symbols of racism. Merely having extremely bad taste is pretty trivial in comparison if you ask me.
- nullstyle 6y ago
  A Gallows and a Guillotine are different symbols, and France doesn't have the same prolific and recent history of lynchings that the USA does (AFAIK). The equivalence you draw here is false.
  - malandrew 6y ago
    The only difference as far as I can tell is the chosen method of execution for a country. Gallows have been the standard for execution in the US like guillotines were the standard in France. Lynchings typically didn't employ gallows, they most often employed trees. The commonality between them was that both involved nooses.

They erected a gallows. Not the kind of party I'd want to attend. https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/noose-hung-outside-capitol/ https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/noose-hung-outside-capitol...

michaelt 6y ago

I agree it's shocking - but the fact it's a shocking and potent symbol is why people at protests have done it over and over again: Guillotine at protests in france https://twitter.com/MissPile/status/952867661901389825?s=20 https://twitter.com/MissPile/status/952867661901389825?s=20 A different guillotine in france https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6477953/Yellow-Vest-protesters-erect-GUILLOTINE-bearing-French-Presidents-political-party-amid-riots.html https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6477953/Yellow-Vest... Guillotine at protest against Trump https://twitter.com/jadelson/status/1084881540256010241 https://twitter.com/jadelson/status/1084881540256010241 BLM protesters guillotine a teddy bear https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/portland-protest-maga-hats-guillotine-trump-dnc-2020-wisconsin-police-riot-a9685811.html https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/portland-p... Guillotine at Jeff Bezos's house https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2020/08/jeff-bezos-guillotine-protest-amazon-workers https://www.vanityfair.com/style/2020/08/jeff-bezos-guilloti... Guillotine at protest in South Korea https://twitter.com/allyjung/status/797313740211253248 https://twitter.com/allyjung/status/797313740211253248 Guillotine at protest in Madrid https://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photos-dignity-march-protesters-flags-guillotine-to-refer-to-cus-place-madrid-date-nd-event-political-protest-image39156003 https://www.dreamstime.com/stock-photos-dignity-march-protes... Guillotine at protest in Guatemala https://twitter.com/hezbolsonaro/status/1330250357801365508 https://twitter.com/hezbolsonaro/status/1330250357801365508 There's plenty of things of substance to criticise these protesters for - the fact they hate democracy, the fact they believe things that are completely divorced from reality, the fact so many of them adorn themselves with symbols of racism. Merely having extremely bad taste is pretty trivial in comparison if you ask me.

nullstyle 6y ago
A Gallows and a Guillotine are different symbols, and France doesn't have the same prolific and recent history of lynchings that the USA does (AFAIK). The equivalence you draw here is false.
- malandrew 6y ago
  The only difference as far as I can tell is the chosen method of execution for a country. Gallows have been the standard for execution in the US like guillotines were the standard in France. Lynchings typically didn't employ gallows, they most often employed trees. The commonality between them was that both involved nooses.