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Comparing this to the bigoted lynchings of an oppressed race is beyond idiotic.
by Roccan 2y ago
Comparing this to the bigoted lynchings of an oppressed race is beyond idiotic.
- tzs 2y agoHe isn't comparing them. He's using the casual and festive nature of many lynchings as support for his argument that America has long embraced extrajudicial killing.
- joegibbs 2y agoWhy? They're both acts of violence that people gloated over. He's not saying "killing this guy is just as bad as lynching innocent black people". He's saying America likes killing, whether it's someone you think should be killed or not.
- spondylosaurus 2y agoThere's still a pretty big difference between violence against random innocents and violent "revenge" against a powerful force. I'm sure people would also be thrilled if an insurance bigwig got sent to prison, or tarred and feathered, or humiliated in some other way.
- wakawaka28 2y agoLynchings were not always reserved for blacks nor were they solely conducted by whites. It's also not an American thing, it is human nature and exactly why we have a legal system. There were some racially motivated lynchings of course but to reduce it to that is misleading. Approximately 40% of lynching victims were not black. If you wanna read something awesome, look at the account of this guy's encounter with a mob that wanted to lynch him: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_C._Jones https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Laurence_C._Jones