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It was an old-fashioned lynching, carried out with the help of county officials, that came to symbolize hardcore resistance to integration. Dead were three civil rights workers, Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, and James Chaney. All three shot in the dark of night on a lonely road in Neshoba County, Mississippi.
"We must stop the white man and his Uncle Toms from stealing our elections."
"Young people, you will be making more money than we ever dreamed of. Please find a way, find a way that we can trust each other so that our moneys can work for our total liberation.
"We have ideas, inventions, athletic talent. But our labor and our moneys and our contracts usually end up in the white folks' hands and pockets.
"When will we trust our own?
"Finally we must stop the white man and his Uncle Toms from stealing our elections. We must not be afraid to vote black. And we must not be afraid to turn a black out who votes against our interests."
Originally posted by jibeho
You grew up in the South so you must understand the the legal definition of a lynch. I understand that. However, I grew up in on a farm in a small Ohio town and to me and to Webster a lynching is a hanging.
So let's just turn this game into a classic battle of semantics. Sorry, that does not work.
Originally posted by mishigas
Sherrod knew this. So she intentionally used the most inflammatory word she could, to incite heated emotions. As I pointed out in an earlier post, she is a racist. Having been caught, she's now trying to play the part of Polyanna.
And you know this how? Psychic ability? Or did she correspond with you to let you know what her intent was?
Originally posted by c g henderson
Originally posted by jibeho
You grew up in the South so you must understand the the legal definition of a lynch. I understand that. However, I grew up in on a farm in a small Ohio town and to me and to Webster a lynching is a hanging.
Do they not explain how to read dictionaries in this part of Ohio? I know they do in others. So if she is a liar based on what you specifically think of when you hear the word then were you her intended audience? Do you know what image came to the minds of the people she was actually talking to? As far as I know, you were never supposed to see that tape unless you were part of the presentation anyway so why would it matter what anyone thought of outside the people she was addressing?
Now if you can confirm they all believed that lynching meant only hanging, then you might be on to something. Not sure what but something.
Using your logic though. When I hear "pedophile" I think white shorts and 70's haircuts. What conclusions can I now draw using your line of thinking?
Originally posted by jibeho
The popular definition and image of a lynching is a hanging. Regardless of what Media Matters, Huffington, or Daily Kos want you to believe.
As for Shirley Sherrod living in the south at the time she did? I am fairly sure she knows the full and accurate definition of that word well..along with most African Americans from that time in the south.