Whistlebritches
6 years ago
I'm Irish/Cherokee(1/8th)...…..I sympathize only with the Native Americans.How ever your family arrived here is irrelavent.If you do not feel as though you're better off being born/naturalized in the USA you do have a choice.That being said I do not wear that Cherokee badge in my argument here because my Irish blood outweighs my native blood by leaps and bounds.I thank God daily my Great/Great Great Grandparents took the risk and came to this country.I dare one of you to say the Irish were not schit on,spit on and yes lynched.

If you go through life looking for reasons to complain you'll find plenty.

I truly am sick of all this **** ing crying about racism in America.We elected a black man to the highest office in the land...…..then reelected him.Take your selective outrage elsewhere.If you'd feel comfortable in a different country by all means don't let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya.


My sensitivity training card expired long ago.
Mrs. dpnewell
6 years ago

So the Trump apology tour continues Tail? Tell a black man who had a family member lynched that it is fine to use the word because it now has a different meaning and they shouldn't be offended by it and they are a snowflake because they are defended by it. You will get your ass kicked. And you would deserve it for your racist attitude and comment.

Speyside wrote:



Spey, this is not a personal attack on you, but an attempt to educate. From 1882-1968, 4,743 documented lynchings occurred in the United States. Of these, 3,446 (73 percent) were black and 1,297 (27 percent) were white. So, since more then a quarter of all Americans lynched where white, why is the use of the word now considered racist? Also don't forget that the KKK lynched, murdered and terrorized white Republicans, as well as blacks.

David
DrafterX
6 years ago
It's only racist cause Trump said it... it doesn't matter that 5 dems used the word describing Clinton's impeachment... double standard... 😟
izonfire
6 years ago
I don’t know why everyone is so hung up on this issue.
Cut yourself some slack, my brothers!
frankj1
6 years ago

Spey, this is not a personal attack on you, but an attempt to educate. From 1882-1968, 4,743 documented lynchings occurred in the United States. Of these, 3,446 (73 percent) were black and 1,297 (27 percent) were white. So, since more then a quarter of all Americans lynched where white, why is the use of the word now considered racist? Also don't forget that the KKK lynched, murdered and terrorized white Republicans, as well as blacks.

David

Mrs. dpnewell wrote:


those stats were in the link to an editorial I posted earlier.
We know why blacks were lynched. But why were 25% of those lynched white?

per the source used by the author...

"Many of the whites lynched were lynched for helping the black or being anti lynching and even for domestic crimes."

kind of adds more to the numbers to know the incentive.

Not going after you David, just keeping the perspective of the term in mind.
The whites who were lynched might have been called nig - ger lovers in those times. Probably just as bad as being black to the lynchers.

Al can tell us about other non-black non-white victims. But we all know what was the real purpose of that heinous act.




happy to see you hanging out again!
DrafterX
6 years ago
And then there's da wild wild west... are we counting those..?? πŸ˜•
frankj1
6 years ago
thems were whiteys
DrafterX
6 years ago
Not all.. many indians were hung as well.. 😟
frankj1
6 years ago
yes, I was being dumb, but I knew.
frankj1
6 years ago

I'm Irish/Cherokee(1/8th)...…..I sympathize only with the Native Americans.How ever your family arrived here is irrelavent.If you do not feel as though you're better off being born/naturalized in the USA you do have a choice.That being said I do not wear that Cherokee badge in my argument here because my Irish blood outweighs my native blood by leaps and bounds.I thank God daily my Great/Great Great Grandparents took the risk and came to this country.I dare one of you to say the Irish were not schit on,spit on and yes lynched.

If you go through life looking for reasons to complain you'll find plenty.

I truly am sick of all this **** ing crying about racism in America.We elected a black man to the highest office in the land...…..then reelected him.Take your selective outrage elsewhere.If you'd feel comfortable in a different country by all means don't let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya.


My sensitivity training card expired long ago.

Whistlebritches wrote:


I get the feeling you're Irish, but with a proper mix of Scotch, bourbon and firewater.
Whistlebritches
6 years ago

I get the feeling you're Irish, but with a proper mix of Scotch, bourbon and firewater.

frankj1 wrote:




Not today...….fighting off the cruddies
Speyside
6 years ago
Hi Dave, good to hear from you. My point is slightly different than you interpreted it. Tail is being racist by saying the word is acceptable today. That anyone would consider a word describing such a horrific act can ever be acceptable is total BS. Since the majority of the people lynched were black or in some way helped/defended blacks I stand by what I said.
DrafterX
6 years ago
Because Trump said it... be honest... 😟
DrafterX
6 years ago
I suppose Lynchburg Va. should be renamed also... 😟
frankj1
6 years ago
it may be time to be honest about what Trump says.
DrafterX
6 years ago
The word lynch has never been an issue until Trump said it... 😟
DrafterX
6 years ago
I used to work for a guy named Lynch.. should he change his name..?? 😟
frankj1
6 years ago

The word lynch has never been an issue until Trump said it... 😟

DrafterX wrote:


yes it was...but everyone was more respectful then.
frankj1
6 years ago

I used to work for a guy named Lynch.. should he change his name..?? 😟

DrafterX wrote:


is his last name Mob?
Then yeah, he should change it.
frankj1
6 years ago
and his parents should be hung
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