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I've seen people in this thread using words like "lynching" and "concentration camp" to describe what happened to Brendan. I understand people are angry about
by mbrubeck 13y ago
I've seen people in this thread using words like "lynching" and "concentration camp" to describe what happened to Brendan. I understand people are angry about events, but please try to remember that for people in minorities, these words have meanings that are not at all similar to "don't get to be CEO of a software company."
Lynching: http://www.americanlynching.com/images/28482.jpg http://www.americanlynching.com/images/28482.jpg
Concentration camp: http://www.history.com/images/media/slideshow/holocaust-concentration-camps/buchenwald-survivors.jpg http://www.history.com/images/media/slideshow/holocaust-conc...
(Probably-unnecessary warning: these are graphic images of violence by humans against humans.)
- magicalist 13y agoThe concentration camp stuff is just stupidly reductionist South Park references. It would be great if the comments would just be downloaded into oblivion, but apparently we're not rising to the occasion.
- rinon 13y agoI was using a broader definition of lynching to mean any punishment meted out by popular opinion rather than proper processes. I certainly was not using the term literally, and I am fully aware of the horrible historical background of lynching. I certainly did not mean to trivialize this history.
- mbrubeck 13y agoThanks for responding. I do try to assume that people are not intentionally being trivializing when using words with racist origins. I just think it's especially important to be aware of it in a discussion where people are weighing the speech/actions of privileged people versus their effects on oppressed groups.
- bronson 13y agoI can't find your definition of lynching anywhere...?