What does “black people weren’t the only ones lynched” have to do with this?29again wrote: ↑Tue Oct 22, 2019 10:54 pmmob lynching meaning, lynching meaning in hindiLemons wrote: ↑Tue Oct 22, 2019 10:36 pmIn this country they do. According to the NAACP, about 80% of lynchings were black people in the southern states, most in Mississippi, Georgia and Texas. White people in the south thought the freed slaves were getting too much power. White people got away with murder back then if it was a black person.29again wrote: ↑Tue Oct 22, 2019 10:10 pm Hmmmm. I went and looked this up, because some members seem to think that lynchings only "belong" to a certain demographic. So, checking "lynching meaning" brings up quite a number of dictionary and vocabulary sites, and none of them use a race in defining lynching.
No race owns the term, it is not solely applicable to one race. By the definition, yes, Trump is quite right on this.
Learn your American history, especially about the south after the Civil War. Read about some of the specific lynchings that were recorded. It was 100% about race. I can’t believe that kind of ignorance is still out there.
White people were lynched in western states, the wild Wild West back then, but usually for murder or cattle theft or an actual crime. Big difference. .
Lynching - definition of lynching by The Free Dictionary
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lynching - putting a person to death by mob action without due process of law. murder, slaying, execution - unlawful premeditated killing of a human being by a human being.
Lynching | Definition of Lynching at Dictionary.com
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Lynching definition, to put to death, especially by hanging, by mob action and without legal authority. See more.
Lynching - Wikipedia
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Lynching is a premeditated extrajudicial killing by a group. It is most often used to characterize informal public executions by a mob in order to punish an alleged transgressor, convicted transgressor, or to intimidate a group. It can also be an extreme form of informal group social control, and it is often conducted with the display of a public spectacle for maximum intimidation. Instances of lynchings and similar mob violence can be found in every society. In the United States, lynchings of A
LYNCHING | meaning in the Cambridge English Dictionary
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lynching definition: the act of killing someone without a legal trial, usually by hanging (= killing using a rope around…. Learn more.
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None of these sources indicate that the word should only be used in relation to blacks. The word itself is not a racist word, nor does it belong to one race.
I do know my history, thank you very much. Yes, there was a time in our history when blacks made up the majority of victims, however, they were not the only victims. What I do not know is why the Left feels such a need to redefine our words. I think the answer to that might be quite interesting.
The woman in the article didn’t say that or the offense was limited to Black people.