To: This Just In
I think it’s rather generous to assume that she knows exactly what the word ‘lynching’ means.
5 posted on
07/26/2010 10:22:50 PM PDT by
Sloth
(Civil disobedience? I'm afraid only the uncivil kind is going to cut it this time.)
To: Sloth
I think it’s rather generous to assume that she knows exactly what the word ‘lynching’ means. She knows it better than the author. Lynching isn't just by hanging.
43 posted on
07/26/2010 11:19:56 PM PDT by
Gondring
(Paul Revere would have been flamed as a naysayer troll and told to go back to Boston.)
To: Sloth
I think it’s rather generous to assume that she knows exactly what the word ‘lynching’ means.
Merriam-Webster: to put to death (as by hanging) by mob action without legal sanction
Whether or not three law enforcement officers constitute a mob is open to question, but certainly he was "put to death" without legal sanction. To the extent that her story was embellished, it was a very small embellishment. I give her a pass. I don't like her politics, but she seems to be attempting to be fair-minded.
71 posted on
07/27/2010 2:56:19 AM PDT by
Lonesome in Massachussets
(The naked casuistry of the high priests of Warmism would make a Jesuit blush.)
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