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12. Sadly kicking.

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Mon Dec 8, 2014, 04:06 PM

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10 reasons Blacks were hung [View all] packman Dec 2014 OP

It's, um, "hanged". I know, I know, I'm a nitpicker... eom BlueCaliDem Dec 2014 #1

Its okay. I hate it when people say "innocent until proven guilty." joeglow3 Dec 2014 #5

Thank you. I wish the OP would fix it. THINGS are hung, people are hanged. PeaceNikki Dec 2014 #15

Some people are hung too... Silent3 Dec 2014 #20

tsk tsk lumpy Dec 2014 #77

Yeah, I couldn't help but think of the line from Blazing Saddles deutsey Dec 2014 #90

It's twoo, it's twoo! n/t Silent3 Dec 2014 #105

This message was self-deleted by its author meow2u3 Dec 2014 #25

But as Liberals we don't, meow2u3. That's why I corrected the author of the OP - although BlueCaliDem Dec 2014 #58

Really- this is what you got out of the posting? packman Dec 2014 #26

Yes, the title is *further* dehumanizing. PeaceNikki Dec 2014 #49

Not shallow at all. See my post #73 for explanation by an expert. BlueCaliDem Dec 2014 #74

Please delete Feral Child Dec 2014 #33

No. PeaceNikki Dec 2014 #52

No. You're right that it deserves better - hence my correction and why it stays. BlueCaliDem Dec 2014 #59

Post removed Post removed Dec 2014 #71

You still don't want to understand. *sigh* BlueCaliDem Dec 2014 #73

+1 nt steve2470 Dec 2014 #81

Thank you, steve2470. :-) eom BlueCaliDem Dec 2014 #82

much support! nt steve2470 Dec 2014 #83

I'm completely taken aback that a few don't understand that. BlueCaliDem Dec 2014 #60

I am taken aback at the few who turn it around and get shitty. WORDS MEAN THINGS!! PeaceNikki Dec 2014 #64

Please delete Feral Child Dec 2014 #32

This message was self-deleted by its author PeaceNikki Dec 2014 #48

No. Maybe you should demand OP correct the title of this thread as to not further dehumanize. PeaceNikki Dec 2014 #51

You've got some sick priorities, Grammar Queen. Feral Child Dec 2014 #65

Take your own advice: get a grip PeaceNikki Dec 2014 #69

This has hardly disrupted Feral Child Dec 2014 #70

And now you're speaking for someone else Feral Child Dec 2014 #67

This message was self-deleted by its author gollygee Dec 2014 #34

As the first responder to this posting packman Dec 2014 #40

Yes, the title of this OP is *further* dehumanizing. PeaceNikki Dec 2014 #50

That's a great way to rationalize a petty petulance in response to a serious dialog... LanternWaste Dec 2014 #53

Words mean things. It's not fucking petty petulance. PeaceNikki Dec 2014 #54

Words matter - just like those Blacks whose lives matter. They are NOT things although BlueCaliDem Dec 2014 #57

You forgot the " " around "hanged." nt kelliekat44 Dec 2014 #95

Remedied! eom BlueCaliDem Dec 2014 #97

Here's a good article on understanding why... JaneyVee Dec 2014 #2

Thanks for the link! Petrushka Dec 2014 #11

The last recorded lynching (by KKK) was in 1981 OneGrassRoot Dec 2014 #3

Heartbreaking photos, but necessary so that we don't forget. eom BlueCaliDem Dec 2014 #4

big kick and big rec! nt steve2470 Dec 2014 #6

Kick! eom BlueCaliDem Dec 2014 #7

10 Excuses is more like it. Vox Moi Dec 2014 #8

My Great Grandmother ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #10

Oh my!!!!!!!!!! Marrah_G Dec 2014 #14

Wow ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #17

They are obsessed with DU. bitchkitty Dec 2014 #24

If they want that JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #28

Trust me, I know how you feel MrScorpio Dec 2014 #38

Of course ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #41

Take it in moderation, that's my advice to you. MrScorpio Dec 2014 #43

Yeah ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #45

Its amazing that they can't see how black cons are playing them for suckers MrScorpio Dec 2014 #46

Yep! n/t 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #47

wow...so tragic... steve2470 Dec 2014 #19

That is how my Grandfather came to be of Indiana, PA. ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #21

very very cool nt steve2470 Dec 2014 #22

Wow 1Strong JustAnotherGen Dec 2014 #27

Wow. gollygee Dec 2014 #29

Horrendous! DawgHouse Dec 2014 #63

Depressing.... LeftInTX Dec 2014 #9

Sadly kicking. bravenak Dec 2014 #12

Horrible part of our history to be known. Activist IDA B. WELLS publicized US lynchings appalachiablue Dec 2014 #13

Maybe you should use the article's original headline instead. rug Dec 2014 #16

Kicked for more to see. 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #18

+1 freshwest Dec 2014 #23

I can't breathe... Skidmore Dec 2014 #30

Billie Holiday "Strange Fruit" WARNING: Disturbing Images! Feral Child Dec 2014 #31

A link to America's Black Holocaust Museum's Memorial to the Victims of Lynching Bluenorthwest Dec 2014 #35

Thank you for the link. Skidmore Dec 2014 #37

The same thing is going on in this day and age. It's just on a much more subtle level. BlueJazz Dec 2014 #36

Several years ago Feral Child Dec 2014 #39

The 1st image shown isn't from the deep South. It's Marion Indiana, 1930. LeftinOH Dec 2014 #42

Can we talk about ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #44

I'd never heard of that before gollygee Dec 2014 #61

Yes, it was ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #62

You should make an OP about Black Wall Street, 1SBM. I know about Rosewood in FLA, but not about BlueCaliDem Dec 2014 #84

Will do ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #85

Thanks so much, 1SBM. I've bookmarked and will read and use as reference when dealing BlueCaliDem Dec 2014 #87

It's a shame that Black towns were disappeared from our history books BlueCaliDem Dec 2014 #88

Yes, 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #89

Because it's the right thing to do and their sons and daughters need them BlueCaliDem Dec 2014 #91

I get what you are saying; but ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #93

What are "HUBCs"? See? I learn something new every day. BlueCaliDem Dec 2014 #94

HBCUs = Historically Black Colleges and Universities ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #99

I've never heard this this before. I think it would make an informative OP. myrna minx Dec 2014 #98

As I promised in #85 ... 1StrongBlackMan Dec 2014 #100

Some background on No. 9... KansDem Dec 2014 #55

Horrifying. n/t YarnAddict Dec 2014 #56

"Hanged." I don't care if it was pointed out up-thread; I must say it. It's not a difficult rule. WinkyDink Dec 2014 #66

K&R Feral Child Dec 2014 #68

I think embarrassment had something to do with it madokie Dec 2014 #72

Regarding the history of African Americans, slavery and race relations in white Christian America... TeeYiYi Dec 2014 #75

kick Dawson Leery Dec 2014 #76

Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black Americans from the Civil War to World War II... TeeYiYi Dec 2014 #78

kick TeeYiYi Dec 2014 #80

Message auto-removed Name removed Dec 2014 #79

It's a very simple thing, change your title please to "hanged" steve2470 Dec 2014 #86

Baldwin's story "Going to Meet the Man" deutsey Dec 2014 #92

The hatred & corruption down there was just unbelievable. AverageJoe90 Dec 2014 #96

k+r Blue_Tires Dec 2014 #101

The curtains I hung. bravenak Dec 2014 #102

The OP has been asked many times to change the word - a word that doesn't appear in the original BlueCaliDem Dec 2014 #103

Some people around here refuse to understand things. bravenak Dec 2014 #104