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Originally Posted by mco65
odd statement but Public hangings and lynching are not the same thing...
Public Hangings were used as capital punishment as late as the 1930s. The most infamous public hangings occurred in 1865 when the Co Conspirators of President Lincolns assassination were hung...
Still an odd statement but obviously not as inflammatory as using lynching vs public hanging.
Often they did overlap in practice. Even if they did not, in this day and age it's distasteful to make light of executions of even guilty people. But Hyde-Smith's culture has an especially strong macho streak (I grew up within easy FM and TV broadcast range of the state, and went shopping in MS many, many times). A lot of people react like Pavlov's Dog to crime with "Kill the m.f.'s", with a lot of those types thinking that even the mildest relenting of strict punishment comes only from "sensitive ladies" and "unmanly males" - especially in the rural areas (which is close to the majority of the state's population).
I have gone all throughout the nation on personal and business travel and have not heard comments or jokes about public hanging uttered as a commonplace expression from acquaintances or strangers. Maybe you should research who it is that was generally publicly hanged in America's history. Then you might realize that it has everything to do with race.
show hanging stats by race so we can see if you’re just blowing smoke.
While I'll admit it's pretty creepy, I think it's being inflated into something beyond what's reasonable.
It was a poorly chosen phrase, but what I find far more interesting is that it's yet another example of a Republican choosing wording that conveys death/violence as a desirable thing. She could, for instance, have said, "If he'd invite me to come hear him read the telephone book..." But no. She preferred a violent image. Just like, for instance, Sarah Palin with her "Lock and load."
Lmao. Nobody is advocating public hangings. Though I think we should. We'd probably have less crime or at the very least give pause to people contemplating in committing heinous crimes.
I think we should have seizure of property and public hanging for treason.
Why don't some of you look at the history of public hanging in this country and then get back to me. Are you really that ignorant that you hear certain words that trigger you - and automatically see black?
Why don't some of you look at the history of public hanging in this country and then get back to me. Are you really that ignorant that you hear certain words that trigger you - and automatically see black?
There's something called context. Public statements don't just happen in a vacuum. You also have to look at the past and the track record of the person uttering it.
In a state like Mississippi, with a very violent history of racism, such comments aren't innocent.
Pigeonholing an entire state is ridiculous. The phrase is not a racial reference.
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