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Bestuserever

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16. Today it is used to describe interracial hangings

Reply to philosslayer (Reply #3)

Sat Mar 12, 2016, 03:39 PM

Mar 2016

Although originally it was used for a Va judge who imprisoned (mostly if not entirely white) British Loyalists. It's not exactly clear how it came to be applied for hangings of blacks.

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Joe�s Crab Shack apologizes for using photo of lynching as table decor [View all] kpete Mar 2016 OP

Why is he calling it a lynching when the person was hanged as punishment for murder? DesMoinesDem Mar 2016 #1

Texas doesn't have the best 19th century history on such things. pipoman Mar 2016 #2

Copy of the appeal Burleson v. the State of Texas othermeans Mar 2016 #15

The word "lynch" by itself doesn't have a racial component philosslayer Mar 2016 #3

Right, but this isnt an extra-judicial hanging. Lynch is being used DesMoinesDem Mar 2016 #6

But the caption "All I said was that I didn't like the gumbo." suggests otherwise...... yellowcanine Mar 2016 #8

Here in the U.S., the association's pretty strong. backscatter712 Mar 2016 #9

Today it is used to describe interracial hangings Bestuserever Mar 2016 #16

I thought the same thing, then wondered... demwing Mar 2016 #4

Exactly. Geez. Coventina Mar 2016 #5

No kidding! mountain grammy Mar 2016 #18

Why would either a visual of a lynching or a hanging be considered pleasing during a meal? LanternWaste Mar 2016 #12

I never said it was pleasant. DesMoinesDem Mar 2016 #14

Yuck. Nitram Mar 2016 #7

Not a lynching. max blancke Mar 2016 #10

An execution is no better, frankly. cyberswede Mar 2016 #11

That makes it somehow more decorative? LanternWaste Mar 2016 #13

Using a hanging as comedy and decoration is still pretty nasty Bestuserever Mar 2016 #17