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no, a lynching is a murder by a racist mob this is a community realizing that John Pretty is a predator and deciding that they don't want a predator in a posit

no, a lynching is a murder by a racist mob this is a community realizing that John Pretty is a predator and deciding that they don't want a predator in a position of power frankly, it's weird as hell for you to be confusing those two things

mirekrusin 5y ago
not me or you are to judge this, we don't know the details, it may as well be that he is completely shit partner and not much more than that, which is not unlawful. do you think after those posts his scala/programming/whatever he's doing career won't suffer? he's dead in many professional circles regardless if he's jail material or not.
- klyrs 5y ago
  He wasn't her "partner", he was her mentor; he abused his position, tricked her into staying in an apartment alone with him, got her drunk and forced himself on her against her wishes.
kingsuper20 5y ago
>no, a lynching is a murder by a racist mob no, a lynching is an extra-legal murder by a mob.
- _qwfv 5y ago
  In the US, lynching has extremely strong implications of racist violence. It's not strictly the definition of the word, but most folks in the states will understand a lynching to imply race related murders.
  - cbmuser 5y ago
    > In the US, lynching has extremely strong implications of racist violence. Please don’t assume everyone is a US citizen.
    - Pfhreak 5y ago
      I'm not. In fact, I'm the opposite. That's literally why I wrote that comment. It was for the benefit of people who were not US citizens who may not understand that a US reader will likely interpret the phrase that way.
throwawayfrauds 5y ago
That’s not what lynching is. Lynching is mob justice without a trial. The name came from Charles Lynch, who punished Loyalists during the American Revolution.
kbelder 5y ago
The similarity is that both are mob actions, done without legal charges or rules of evidence. I'm not defending the guy specifically; I have no idea whether he's a guilty scumbag or a persecuted innocent. But even jerks deserve a certain amount of due process before punishment. Maybe she's the scumbag? I don't know, and neither do you.
- TheCoelacanth 5y ago
  A lynching is done by a literal mob. This is being done by a metaphorical mob.
huachimingo 5y ago
Not necessarily by a racist mob, just an angry mob[1]. [1]https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lynch#English https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lynch#English
tester756 5y ago
>this is a community realizing that John Pretty is a predator and deciding that they don't want a predator in a position of power Not really, it seems like cancel culture, did you even read this letter?

mirekrusin 5y ago

not me or you are to judge this, we don't know the details, it may as well be that he is completely shit partner and not much more than that, which is not unlawful. do you think after those posts his scala/programming/whatever he's doing career won't suffer? he's dead in many professional circles regardless if he's jail material or not.

klyrs 5y ago
He wasn't her "partner", he was her mentor; he abused his position, tricked her into staying in an apartment alone with him, got her drunk and forced himself on her against her wishes.

kingsuper20 5y ago

>no, a lynching is a murder by a racist mob no, a lynching is an extra-legal murder by a mob.

_qwfv 5y ago
In the US, lynching has extremely strong implications of racist violence. It's not strictly the definition of the word, but most folks in the states will understand a lynching to imply race related murders.
- cbmuser 5y ago
  > In the US, lynching has extremely strong implications of racist violence. Please don’t assume everyone is a US citizen.
  - Pfhreak 5y ago
    I'm not. In fact, I'm the opposite. That's literally why I wrote that comment. It was for the benefit of people who were not US citizens who may not understand that a US reader will likely interpret the phrase that way.

throwawayfrauds 5y ago

That’s not what lynching is. Lynching is mob justice without a trial. The name came from Charles Lynch, who punished Loyalists during the American Revolution.

kbelder 5y ago

The similarity is that both are mob actions, done without legal charges or rules of evidence. I'm not defending the guy specifically; I have no idea whether he's a guilty scumbag or a persecuted innocent. But even jerks deserve a certain amount of due process before punishment. Maybe she's the scumbag? I don't know, and neither do you.

TheCoelacanth 5y ago
A lynching is done by a literal mob. This is being done by a metaphorical mob.

huachimingo 5y ago

Not necessarily by a racist mob, just an angry mob[1]. [1]https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lynch#English https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lynch#English

tester756 5y ago

>this is a community realizing that John Pretty is a predator and deciding that they don't want a predator in a position of power Not really, it seems like cancel culture, did you even read this letter?