40000 Rapes in Congo

[Gibsie]

"Next time get your facts straight" indeed

Originally posted by Caligastia
Meanwhile the thousands of whites who were lynched are ignored.

You seem to be guilty of what you accused Laz of- you've just upped the number of white lynchings by the same amount Laz did. Hundreds, not thousands. I already provided the generally accepted figures... unless you have a source I don't, of course.

[MrFun]

Originally posted by Caligastia


Meanwhile the thousands of whites who were lynched are ignored.

Man -- we must be in the Caliverse zone right now.



You need to realize that lynching of blacks occurred in entirely different contexts than that of whites who were lynched.

Because of the important context in which blacks were lynched, "Without Sanctuary" only provides three or four photos with accompanying descriptions of whites being lynched.


This is not to say that we should ignore lynching of whites. What it does mean, is that we need to acknowledge the different contexts between lynching of blacks, and that of lynching of whites.

[chequita guevara]

Originally posted by Lazarus and the Gimp
How many white men got lynched for whistling at women, incidentally?

AFAIK, none. Whites who got lynched in the South were generally killed for such evil crimes as . . . labor organizing, consorting with Blacks, being a Republican, being a carpet bagger or scallawag or butternut, etc. Out west, people were lynched for being rustlers, theives, murderers, or being mistaken for one of the above.

[Nubclear]

Wow! Americans love slavery now! I hope you dont mind if we Russians go back into Eastern Europe to reclaim our slaves again

[Saras]

Originally posted by Comrade Tassadar
Wow! Americans love slavery now! I hope you dont mind if we Russians go back into Eastern Europe to reclaim our slaves again

Moscow burning, take 5. (C) LIETUVA

[MrFun]

Originally posted by chegitz guevara


AFAIK, none. Whites who got lynched in the South were generally killed for such evil crimes as . . . labor organizing, consorting with Blacks, being a Republican, being a carpet bagger or scallawag or butternut, etc. Out west, people were lynched for being rustlers, theives, murderers, or being mistaken for one of the above.

Someone who understands the concept of "different contexts."

[Caligastia]

Originally posted by Gibsie
I think I see what you [Cal] mean... although you seem to be mistaken when you say that most people lynched were white. The figure I see cited at most websites is around 4800, 3400 of those black.

If anything, the figure for whites is likely to be an undercount, since unreported lynchings were common in the West, where most victims were white.

In which case, given that the population was mostly white, it would seem black people were disproportionately the victims of lynching, which would in turn indicate that the motives were often racist (At best you could say fewer whites were lynched because their peers were more willing to let them get away with crimes).

I think it quite likely that Blacks were disproportionately the victims of lynching, and no doubt some of that was due to racism. But I strongly disagree with people like Che who seem to think that all the blacks who were lynched were completely innocent of any wrongdoing.

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by Saras


Moscow burning, take 5.

We demonic Russians have set fire to our own cities before As long as it gives us high quality Lithuanian slaves to rebuild our great cities....
Not to mention that your flag is unsightly. You should be more like Estonia

[Caligastia]

Re: "Next time get your facts straight" indeed

Originally posted by Gibsie


You seem to be guilty of what you accused Laz of- you've just upped the number of white lynchings by the same amount Laz did. Hundreds, not thousands. I already provided the generally accepted figures... unless you have a source I don't, of course.

It would only take 800 or so unreported white lynchings to bring the number up to 2000 which would qualify as thousands wouldn't it? Unreported lynchings were common, so I think it's fair to say that thousands of whites were lynched.

[Saras]

Originally posted by Comrade Tassadar
Not to mention that your flag is unsightly. You should be more like Estonia

Our flag is the most jamaican of all european flags

[Nubclear]

Originally posted by Saras


Our flag is the most jamaican of all european flags

We'll let the Estonian slaves keep their flag because it looks nice. Poland, Latvia, and Lithuania are a completly different matter...
As my first order, I command you to burn this thread down.

[Q Classic]

Slavery is wrong. It should never have happened. But it did. If not for the sacrifice made by American slaves and their descendants, people of African descent would never have had the opportunity to contribute to humanity as they do know. For that, they should be thankful.

that's like saying:
"The Atomic Bomb was wrong. It should never have happened. But it did. If not for the sacrifice made by those Japanese and their descendants, people of Japanese descent would never have had the opportunity to contribute to humanity as they do now. For that, they should be thankful."

"The Occupation of Korea by Japan was wrong. It should never have happened. But it did. If not for the sacrifice made by those Koreans and their descendants, people of Korean descent would never have had the opportunity to contribute to humanity as they do now. For that, they should be thankful."

"The Opium War was wrong. It should never have happened. But it did. If not for the sacrifice made by those Chinese and their descendants, people of Chinese descent would never have had the opportunity to contribute to humanity as they do now. For that, they should be thankful."

"The USSR was wrong. It should never have happened. But it did. If not for the sacrifice made by those Russians and their descendants, people of Russian descent would never have had the opportunity to contribute to humanity as they do now. For that, they should be thankful."

"The Vietnam War was wrong. It should never have happened. But it did. If not for the sacrifice made by those Vietnamese and their descendants, people of Vietnamese descent would never have had the opportunity to contribute to humanity as they do now. For that, they should be thankful."

[Q Classic]

The Jews should be thankful for the Holocaust -- I'm sure there were unintended positive benefits the current generation of Jews enjoy today, as a result of the Holocaust.

Well, if you read Iskandar Reza's joke thread, the current generation of Jews is thankful for the Holocaust.

[MrFun]

Man -- this is one of the most stupid threads in awhile.

[Nubclear]

Any thread which gives its tacit approval for the actions of the Soviet Union is great in my book