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soothsayer

(38,601 posts) Sun Feb 14, 2021, 04:52 AM Feb 2021

As I have watched this impeachment, I just keep thinking of those sham lynching trials of old where [View all]

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Brittney Cooper
@ProfessorCrunk
As I have watched this impeachment, I just keep thinking of those sham lynching trials of old where white juries would almost never convict white men who were clearly guilty. Those jurists are political ancestors of the modern GOP. It’s shameful not to mention enraging.

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As I have watched this impeachment, I just keep thinking of those sham lynching trials of old where [View all] soothsayer Feb 2021 OP

Profound malaise Feb 2021 #1

That is exactly what I think of too. FarPoint Feb 2021 #2

This is the perfect analogy. This is what is happening here. Squinch Feb 2021 #3

Totally Blue Owl Feb 2021 #4

K&R Solomon Feb 2021 #5

The status quo protects itself, every time. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2021 #6

I said this edhopper Feb 2021 #7