Post #680703 by Hale Tiki on Tue, Jun 4, 2013 3:45 AM

On 2013-06-04 03:10, tikijackskeleton wrote:

On 2013-06-03 13:36, Atomic Tiki Punk wrote:
Who made racial comments? because this lynch mob still needs someone to hang!

we are an equality based Lawless Rabble and will not tolerate that B.S.
we believe everyone regardless of race, sex, religion & the kind of car you drive
is worthy of lynching.

How about we try to avoid using the words hang when trying to sound less racial... Just sayin'.

Yes, because in the entirety of history, it's only black people that have died from being hung. Stop being overly sensitive. If anything, the phrase "lynch mob" has the strongest racial connotation of any phrase that has been used here, and it's been used by people complaining about things being "racial" or that it's "become a lynch mob." However, you have to not be small minded and realize that there's an entire world outside of the United States. Lynching took place all over the world, and resulted in the hanging of all sorts of races. In England, for example, the last public hanging was an Irishman. Even in the United States, although blacks were the overwhelming majority, there were numerous high profile cases of immigrants who were hung. Remember, Italians, the Irish, and other nationalities were treated VERY poorly up until the Great Depression.

I urge you to read this book, and anyone else that is going to assign racial undertones in places where they don't belong: http://www.amazon.com/White-Guilt-Together-Destroyed-Promise/dp/0060578637

I'll also be happy to argue, ad nauseum, with anyone else that wants to throw around the racism card. For further reading, an article about the beautifully put together exhibition of photographs called "Without Sanctuary." I was fortunate enough to see this exhibition, which includes images of "Italians and Jews being lynched" as well. http://old.post-gazette.com/regionstate/20010909sanctuary0909ap3.asp

[ Edited by: Hale Tiki 2013-06-04 03:53 ]