bluestateguy
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Fri Sep-25-09 11:20 PM
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When was the last documented lynching in the US? |
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Michael Donald in 1981? Or James Byrd Jr. in 1998 (maybe that doesn't count as a technical lynching, but it was a racially motivated brutal murder)?
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Liberty Belle
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Fri Sep-25-09 11:21 PM
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1. Don't know, but we had a threat of one in Santee, CA a year or so ago; |
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Edited on Fri Sep-25-09 11:22 PM by Liberty Belle
students threatened a black staff member or administrator. No charges filed; the man was too afraid to come forward.
This is an area with white supremacist gangs; locals call it Klan-Tee.
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Creena
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Fri Sep-25-09 11:30 PM
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Ugh, that's definitely Klan! My second (Or third? Maybe even fourth.) cousin attended meetings and rallies in the area. My father put him in charge of me a few times and was forced to tag along. Even got to meet Tom Metzger once! Disgusting excuse for a human being.
Knowing the mindset of those I came in contact with, I find the sickening current event no suicide.
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Fri Sep-25-09 11:40 PM
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7. I am so glad Metzger is gone |
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but his ilk are not.
Didn't know you were from the neighborhood
:hi:
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Creena
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Fri Sep-25-09 11:44 PM
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The third or fourth cousin is near Santee. That is, until he kicked the bucket.
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Fri Sep-25-09 11:48 PM
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9. Well if you are ever in the neighborhood, don't be shy |
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Fri Sep-25-09 11:22 PM
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2. Apparantly September 12, 2009 |
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This lynching follows the same pattern of other lynchings. It was aimed at a federal workers in general and census workers specifically, because they are what cry baby conservatrives see as the tip of the socialist spear.
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Captain Hilts
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Fri Sep-25-09 11:24 PM
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3. Yes, it's the 'classic' style. Stunning. nt |
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Fri Sep-25-09 11:31 PM
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5. I'd say Byrd certainly qualifies**nm |
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Fri Sep-25-09 11:35 PM
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6. I consider Matthew Shepherd to have been "lynched" |
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Tied to a post and left to die is not any less cruel than a literal hanging.
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